Agnihotri to cement Indo-US ties
New Delhi/Chandigarh, August 19
“Building bridges of understanding between a strong NRI community and the US authorities on one hand and the Indian government on the other would be my first and foremost endeavour,” says Mr Bhishma K. Agnihotri, who is tipped to be India’s ever Ambassador-at-large. 

World War II live shells found in well
Kurukshetra, August 19
Around 56 ‘live shells and mortars’ of the Indian Army, dating back to World War II, have been discovered from a well near Mohanpur village of Pehowa sub-division.

Minister’s brother booked for abusing doctor
Malerkotla, August 19
The Malerkotla police today registered a case against Kale Khan, a brother of Punjab Sports Minister, Mr Nusrat Ali Khan Bagga, for his alleged misbehaviour with a doctor of the local Civil Hospital on Friday night in the emergency ward while he was on duty.

Formula for Punjab’s transformation
Chandigarh, August 19
On the initiative of the Planning Commission, all states are engaged in preparing futuristic vision development reports with two components: one perspective plan for the 10 th Five Year Plan, (2002-2007) and the other up to 2020.

Now infighting in Congress wings too Shimla, August 19 Infighting within the parent Congress party in Himachal Pradesh has now percolated to its youth, student and labour wings. These frontal organisations started witnessing rumblings soon after the Congress went out of power and the new PCC set up was nominated by the party high command. The faction led by the PCC chief, Mrs Vidya Stokes, has started gunning for Mr Kewal Singh Pathania, president of the state unit of the NSUI.