Former Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium says he was rejected from judgeship because he wouldn't toe the government line. The law minister maintains a studied silence; The Prime minister speaks of the need for bitter pills and reforms, but then differs the tough, anti-populist decision of hiking gas prices by three months; Accident says the Bihar government, sabotage cries the railway minister after four die in a train derailment; and more in our news wrap of the day.