1.   THE Indian government defeated an opposition censure motion in parliament yesterday and said it had vital evidence to identify those responsible for a series of bomb explosions in Bombay.

2.   Earlier yesterday the government had defeated an opposition censure motion in the lower house of parliament.

3.   The defeated opposition motion accused the government of failing to protect the lives of citizens.

4.   Parliament on Wednesday defeated an opposition motion to censure the government for its handling of Indian-Muslim riots.

5.   Bostancioglu is from the Democratic Left Party of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, who had urged his coalition partners to reject the opposition motion.

6.   But Schroeder said the government will use its parliamentary majority to block an opposition motion calling for Altmann to resign, according to Heye.

7.   During the three years Orban has been prime minister, not one opposition motion for a special committee has passed.

8.   His resignation came on the eve of a Parliament debate on an opposition motion to censure the government for its handling of the situation in Gujarat.

9.   If the opposition motion passed, Burlando would have to resign but the government would survive.