SGPC elections: Badal urges President, PM to intervene
Chandigarh/New Delhi, May 30
While there has been no communication so far from the Ministry of Home Affairs about the postponement of the July 11 SGPC poll, SAD President Parkash Singh Badal today sought intervention of the President and the Prime Minister to scuttle such a move.

Punjab page: Congress has no role in
postponement: Amarinder

Eight Indians among 22 killed in Saudi attacks
Dubai, May 30
Commandos today ended a 25-hour hostage drama, storming a luxury housing complex in the Saudi Arabian oil city of Al Khobar, freeing over 50 persons held captive by militants who carried out twin attacks, killing 22 persons, including eight Indians.

Jaguar engine defective, fleet grounded
New Delhi, May 30 The Indian Air Force said today that it had 'brought to ground' the entire fleet of its Jaguar fighter aircraft to check on a technical defect, which had caused some of these planes to crash on routine sorties.	File photo of a Jaguar

CBI arrests senior HAL official
New Delhi, May 30
The CBI arrested a senior official of Hindustan Aeronautics along with his conduit last night on charges of offering bribe to an agency official to wind up a disproportionate assets case against him.

Shoot orders in Chapra; repoll today
Chapra (Bihar), May 30
Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued against booth capturers at the Chapra Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to repoll tomorrow, a top official said.

Chandigarh page: Delegates seek better economic ties Eminent Pakistani writer Bushra Ejaz makes a point to her senior Parveen Atif on the concluding day of the 10th World Punjabi Conference in Chandigarh on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Fernandes for fast probe into coffin scam
New Delhi, May 30
NDA convener and former Defence Minister George Fernandes has written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to order a time-bound inquiry into the “specific” matter of the purchase of usable caskets by the Army Headquarters.

Former Defence Minister George Fernandes addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday regarding Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee hinting at a probe into the alleged coffin scam.
— PTI photo

Nation page: Army officers visiting Sonia worries Fernandes

BJP, AIADMK poll tie-up over
Chennai, May 30
The Bharatiya Janata Party has severed its alliance with the ruling All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu after both parties scored a duck in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections for 40 seats in the state and adjoining Pondicherry.

FICCI job plan for rural areas submitted to PM New Delhi, May 30 The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry today submitted an action plan to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to rejuvenate the economy and to create employment opportunities in the rural sector.