New Delhi, Sept 19 : The Left parties on Wednesday alleged that the United States was pressurising India to go ahead with the bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation deal.

“I feel it is they (the US), who are laying down the timetable for the government, it seems to us. They are pressurising; you know it very well," said CPI leader A B Bardhan.

The Left parties also rejected the government’s response to the concerns expressed by them over the nuclear deal, saying they were not convinced with the Centre’s contention on the issue.

New Delhi, Sept 19 : Condemning the attack on his daughter’s house in Bangalore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said this act has proved “Ram devotees’ culture.”

“By this act, Ram's devotees have proved their culture. What is wrong with my comment on Ram?” he said.

However, Bangalore Police Commissioner N Achyut Rao has still not confirmed that the attack on Karunanidh’s daughter’s house on Tuesday night was a handiwork of right wing activists.

New Delhi: The Left-UPA group on the N-Deal will assemble for the third time today amid a new notice from the CPI (M) against carrying out the deal and to hold it for at least 6-months.

Indore, Sep 18: Activists of the Bharatiya Janashakti Party on Tuesday attacked a store owned by Reliance Industries Limited, to register their protest against the food retailer.

Later, Madhya Pradesh police arrested at least 13 protestors, armed with iron rods and sticks, who ransacked and shut the shop.

"Police cannot be everywhere all the time. As soon as we were informed of this incident, we rushed to the spot in five minutes, and arrested the people involved," said Manoj Rai, Additional Superintendent of Police, Indore.

Washington, Sept.18: The increasing challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's grip on power are forcing the United States to explore an alternative course to keep its crucial ally on board in the "war against terror," former State Department officials and Pakistan experts in the US say.

Experts say that there is a sense in Washington that Pakistan is going through a period of political transition and that President General Musharraf needs greater popular legitimacy in order to muster grassroots support for the US counter-terrorism agenda.