Congrats Sehwag, you’ve done it
Becomes first Indian to hit triple century in Test cricket

Multan, March 29 Virender Sehwag created history by becoming the first Indian to crack a triple century and Sachin Tendulkar struck an unbeaten century as India posted their third highest Test score ever to take a firm grip on the opening Test against arch-rivals Pakistan here today. Nation is proud of Sehwag: PM India’s top scorers Second day’s highlights Editorial: Three cheers!
Virender Sehwag looks skywards after completing his triple century during the second day’s play in the first Test match between India and Pakistan in Multan on Monday. — Reuters photo More stories on Sports page

Videos Indo-Pak friendship slogans dominate Multan. (28k, 56k) India celebrates as Sehwag amasses record score. (28k, 56k)

1 dead, 200 hurt as farmers clash with cops
Manawali (Amritsar), March 29
One farmer was killed and 150 others were injured in police firing, use of teargas shells and lathi-charge during a seven-hour protest dharna by the Kisan Sangharsh Committee and the BKU (Ekta) on the Jalandhar-Amritsar rail track here today.

Advani, Sangma enter fray
Filing of papers picks up
New Delhi, March 29
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma, BJP Vice-President Babulal Marandi and former Delhi Police Commissioner Nikhil Kumar were among over 200 aspirants who entered the electoral race today as filing of nominations for the first phase of the staggered Lok Sabha poll gathered steam today.
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I’m Indian to the core, says Rahul
Amethi, March 29
Rubbishing the Opposition claim that he was not Indian to the core Rahul Gandhi said he learnt being an Indian from his mother Sonia Gandhi and he had joined politics to help India and his motherland.

Cong, SP in war of words
New Delhi, March 29
The war of words between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party is getting increasingly shrill.

Mehbooba’s cavalcade attacked
Srinagar, March 29
Militants fired upon the cavalcade of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti near Pahalgam this afternoon. Three police personnel were injured when their escort vehicle skidded following the firing.

I&B Ministry throws ball in EC’s court
Surrogate advertisements
New Delhi, March 29
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry today virtually threw the politically contentious issue of ‘surrogate’ advertisements on television channels in Election Commission’s court, stating that the poll panel should consider regulating these under the Model Code of Conduct.

SC seeks records of parties with ‘religious affiliations’

Tohra’s condition worsens, not to be shifted to Delhi
Amritsar, March 29
The condition of SGPC President Gurcharan Singh Tohra worsened last night when the doctors attending on him tried to remove his life support system partially at the Escorts Heart and Super-Specialty Institute here.

Lakshmi was disqualified for Gladrags contest Mumbai, March 29 The controversy over the Miss India Contest winner, Lakshmi Pandit, got murkier today with the organisers of Gladrags Mega Model contest claiming that she had been disqualified in 2003 for various discrepancies in her bio-data. Maureen Wadia, organiser of the leading beauty pageant, said: “Lakshmi had entered the mega model contest in 2003. However, we were forced to disqualify her following discrepancies in the information provided to us by her.”