CBI to probe Tehelka scam
Govt not to extend Phukan panel term
New Delhi, October 1
The UPA government has decided not to extend the term of the Justice Phukan Commission probing the Tehelka revelations in a decision that is expected to have wide repercussions in the on-going confrontation with the Opposition. The commission’s term ends on November 2.

Editorial: Old gold Spare a thought for senior citizens Another Senior Citizens Day has gone by without making any real change in their actual condition. On this particular day, some of them were made to feel special, but the privilege is unlikely to last the dawn of another day. Chandigarh page: Emirates unveils discounts for senior citizens Schoolchildren accompany members of ‘Aasra Old Age Home’ for a picnic on International Elders Day in Bhopal on Friday. — PTI

We are not against FDI, Left leaders tell Manmohan
New Delhi, October 1
A day after the Planning Commission dissolved all its consultative groups, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Left leaders discussed the holding of the next UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting over breakfast here today.
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Kapurthala, October 1

SGPC team to visit Nankana Sahib on Oct 5
New Delhi, October 1
Pakistan High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan today told Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Bibi Jagir Kaur that the SGPC was free to send its delegation to Nankana Sahib “anytime” for on the spot assessment of the extent of damage to the historic gurdwara and visas would be given to as many delegates as the SGPC desired.

Lift sanctions against 2 scientists, India tells USA
New Delhi, October 1
India today conveyed to the United States that its blacklisting of two Indian scientists on charges of assisting in the Iranian nuclear programme was a clear case of error and demanded reversal of the decision, diplomatic sources told The Tribune.

SC defers hearing in Badal’s case
New Delhi, October 1
The Supreme Court today deferred hearing on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukbir Singh’s petition, seeking quashing of the charges in the Rs 78 crore disproportionate assets case against them for want of sanction from competent authorities.

PUDA plans colony in green belt

First woman Air Marshal

Widow “sold” by in-laws for Rs 25,000 Chandigarh, October 1 Sarabjeet Kaur is a broken woman. Widowed at 25 years of age, she is now fighting a lone battle of justice against her own in-laws who allegedly “sold” her off to a middle aged man for a paltry sum of Rs 25,000. Allegedly sold off by her in-laws, Sarabjeet Kaur with her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter in Chandigarh on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan