care unit of a city hospital. Union minister Subodh Kant Sahay camped at the hospital yesterday for five hours, trying to persuade him to reach the Assembly. An ambulance was kept ready and Sahay apparently pleaded with the minister's wife to sign the risk bond so that the hospital could release the 'minister'. According to eyewitness accounts, she would break into tears everytime and wail that her husband could collapse on the way.

Raj Bhavan sources confirmed today that Singh's name figured on Munda's list of ministers and that the oath would be administered 'separately' to him. He could secure a letter from NCP chief Sharad Pawar, directing him to support the NDA, which appears unlikely the party's given that the party is a part of the UPA. EvenAs U.S.-backed forces fight their way through the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, the coalition is facing mounting allegations of civilian casualties from its airstrikes on the jihadist group in Syria and Iraq. In a detailed timeline of a March attack on a mosque in the northern Syrian town of Jinah, the commission said the coalition had neither taken appropriate measures to protect civilians nor provided evidence to back up its claim that the mosque was being used as a meeting place for senior al-Qaida leaders.