http://www.telegraphindia.comThe Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nationen-usThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:45:46 GMTThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:45:46 GMTThe Telegraph Webdeskttfeedback@abpmail.comttfeedback@abpmail.comNationCopyright (C) 2009, The Telegraph. All rights reserved.http://www.telegraphindia.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://www.telegraphindia.comhttp://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763290.jspNew Delhi, Nov. 19: The Congress tried to salvage the sugarcane situation to some extent by revealing that Rahul Gandhi had extracted a promise from the Prime Minister that farmers' interests would be protected under any circumstances.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763295.jspNew Delhi, Nov. 19: The sugar struggle has taken on a life of its own but the BJP wants to be at the centre of all the bitterness.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763294.jspDhaka, Nov. 19: Bangladesh authorities today vowed to hunt down and hang the six fugitive killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman too after the Supreme Court rejected appeals from five other convicts to commute their penalties.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763293.jspNew Delhi, Nov. 19: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is violating its own regulations to exempt handpicked institutions from following tough new qualifications required to teach at universities, the human resource development ministry has alleged.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763297.jspChennai, Nov. 19: The southern alliance is showing signs of strain, two years before Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763296.jspNew Delhi, Nov. 19: The defence ministry today got the vice chief of air staff, Air Marshal P.K. Barbora, to issue a clarification saying his comments on not inducting women as fighter pilots reflected his personal views and not the government's.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763740.jspNew Delhi, Nov. 19: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the "Dilli 4" are working overtime to dispel the impression that they are at odds with each other on the prospective anointment of Nitin Gadkari as the next BJP chief.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763741.jspRanchi, Nov. 19: Madhu Koda failed to turn up before enforcement directorate (ED) officials for the third time today, choosing to spend the time campaigning for his Assembly poll nominees.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763742.jspCalcutta, Nov. 19: The CPM state secretariat summoned and censured Abdur Rezzak Mollah today in the presence of the chief minister for criticising the party leadership in public.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11763739.jspWashington, Nov. 19: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will gently rub in India's relative economic health compared with America's financial disarray to underline India's importance to the US during his four-day stay here.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11761275.jspBhubaneswar, Nov. 19: The Opposition today stalled House proceedings for the day demanding that the Assembly first condole the death of farmers due to crop failure and debt burden.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11761748.jspGaya, Nov. 19: Magadh University (MU) authorities are mulling a plan wherein teaching and non-teaching staff will have to leave their thumb impressions on registers to mark their attendance.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091120/jsp/nation/story_11761277.jspBhubaneswar, Nov. 19: Be sure to keep an eye on the wildlife warden's office and Maneka Gandhi, if you plan to monkey around with animals.