Aftershocks push up water level
Campbell Bay airstrip faces flood threat
Port Blair, December 31
The water level in the seas off Campbell Bay in the southern most island of Great Nicobar in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is rising, posing further problems to the people who continue to be stranded there, and to the efforts being made by the services to reach rescue efforts.
In video: No immediate signs of epidemic outbreak, says Health Director General A.K. Aggarwal. (28k, 56k)

PM to convene all-party meeting
Vijayawada, December 31
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced today that the Centre would shortly convene an all-party meeting to chalk out an overall strategy to deal with the situation arising from the tsunami tragedy.

Editorial: Goof-up, or a lapse? Prime Minister Manmohan Singh listens to the woes of tsunami-affected people at the Muthukulam relief camp in Alapuzha district of Kerala on Friday. — PTI photo

Protests over discrimination in relief distribution
Chennai, December 31
Five days after the killer tsunami struck the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, normalcy is limping back but marked with protests in many places against distribution of relief while the state’s tourism industry suffered heavy losses.

Nation page
Aid not reaching tsunami-hit people
Vajpayee, Advani to meet PM
Car Nicobar IAF base to be operational in 6 months
Most tribes in Nicobar safe
Kalam for research on quake prediction
World page: Tsunami death toll nears 1,25,000
They rode the tsunami aboard stricken yacht
Business page: ADB to give $325 m to tsunami hit

Tyagi takes over as air chief

New Delhi, December 31 The Indian Air Force (IAF) today got a new Chief with Air Marshal S.P. Tyagi taking over as the Air Chief Marshal succeeding Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy at the Air Headquarters here. The new air chief, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, comes out with the outgoing air chief, Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy, after taking charge at Air Headquarters in New Delhi on Friday. — Tribune photo by Rajeev Tyagi

Army gets new Vice-Chief
New Delhi, December 31
Lieut-Gen B. S. Thakur, Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command, was today appointed as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff and will take up his new assignment on January 5, 2005.

Haryana defies EC Declares civil services exam results Chandigarh, December 31 The Election Commission of India (EC) seems to have lost its teeth at least when it comes to Haryana. The Haryana Government is continuing to defy its instructions on new appointments. The Haryana Government is continuing to defy its instructions on new appointments. State Chief Secretary Sunil Ahuja, on the directions of the EC, on December 24 had directed all departments not to make fresh appointments after the Code of Conduct came into force on December 17, but withdrew the instructions within two days. Haryana page: HPSC results