EXPRESSINDIA.COM The Indian Express Group _________________________________________________________________ The Indian Express daily newsletter Edition of Saturday, September 18, 2004 _________________________________________________________________ INDIAN EXPRESS ********************* TODAY'S TOP STORIES ******************* Before campaign kick-off, advantage Cong-NCP With a slender margin, the ruling Congress-NCP combine is set to retain power in Maharashtra. The three regions of Western Maharashtra, Konkan and Mumbai reinforce the findings of the first phase opinion poll covering the three other regions�Vidarbha, Marathwada and north Maharashtra�that the Congress-NCP government may be able to overcome the anti-incumbency after five years in power. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55349 _______________________________________________________________ Chief Justices-CMs agenda: judges� accountability out, their tax-free salary is in For the conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices due to take place tomorrow, the Government had proposed judicial accountability as one of the items to be discussed. That proposal has mysteriously disappeared in the latest agenda. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55353 _______________________________________________________________ Ordinance ready to scrap POTA, Govt claims law�s teeth will stay Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls, the UPA government sent a strong signal today that it was keeping its poll promises by approving a slew of measures that were outlined in its National Common Minimum Programme. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55355 _______________________________________________________________ Freeze construction, sanction on plots: Centre to Delhi L-G Moving swiftly after ordering a probe into the allotment of prime plots for a pittance in the heart of Delhi to organisations with RSS links � it was first highlighted by <i>The Indian Express </i>in August 2002 � the Urban Development Ministry has put on hold building plan sanction and frozen construction activity at the sites under scrutiny. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55358 _______________________________________________________________ Jairam returns BJP�s LS compliment, tells Shekhawat to fix RS Hardly had the din over the BJP-Sena picking on Speaker Somnath Chatterjee in the Lok Sabha died down, another chair�s abilities are being questioned. And this time it�s Congress MP Jairam Ramesh who�s trying to corner Rajya Sabha chairperson and Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat by suggesting that he didn�t manage the House properly in the last session. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55360 _______________________________________________________________ Man�s best friend is also doctor, therapist Two years ago, Girish Murthy, was a chatty boy, like most eight-year-olds. Only, he liked to talk to himself. Whether during classes or at lunch-break, he�d converse aloud, alone. A typical case of autism, diagnosed the psychiatrists. So he was admitted to Saraswathi Kendra, a special school for autistic and dyslexic children in Chennai. But he showed little improvement. 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