Want power? Remove communal sting from your tail: JD(S) to BJP

•JD(S)-BJP coalition in Karnataka appears to be collapsing, neither willing to blink over power transfer

•JD(S) political affairs committee meeting in New Delhi on Friday. Party says can share power if BJP removes “communal sting in its tail”

•Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy says “we will go to people’s court. I am ready to break my word on power transfer”

•BJP’s Yashwant Sinha: “Agreement is non-negotiable. This will be conveyed to Deve Gowda”

N-deal again: No one’s blinking, expect little headway

•UPA-Left joint committee on nuclear deal meets for third time on Friday

•UPA showing no signs of going slow on meeting milestones to conclude deal

•Left to seek clarification on status of negotiations with IAEA on India-specific safeguards

•Editorial in CPM mouthpiece People’s Democracy: “No one can expect the CPM to support this UPA government.. which is pursuing the direction of India’s foreign policy that was begun by the NDA”.