MATCH UPDATE & BREAKING NEWS
Sehwag puts India in command
10-member Cabinet takes oath in Haryana

Jharkhand floor test on March 11
SC restrains Governor from nominating Anglo-Indian MLA
New Delhi, March 9
In an order that has cast shadow on the Jharkahand Governor, Mr Syed Sibtey Razi’s controversial decision on appointing JMM leader Shibu Soren as Chief Minister of the state and giving him time till March 15 to prove his majority, the Supreme Court today advanced the date of floor test in the Assembly to March 11. In video (28k, 56k)

Nation page: NDA asks President to recall Razi
Govt under fire over Goa, Jharkhand

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Sehwag shines on rain-hit day
Chandigarh, March 9
There are very few superlatives which one can use to describe Virender Sehwag’s batting when he is in full flow. Very few bowlers can contain the Indian opener when he is determined to make his bat do the talking. A player of his nature makes little distinction whether he is playing Test cricket or an one-dayer.

Chandigarh page: Sehwag cloudburst puts rain gods to shame
Sports page: Sehwag wants India to post 500-plus total
Pakistan will rue dropped catches
Saqlain was not handled properly: lntikhab

In video (28k, 56k) Virender Sehwag plays a sweep shot off Danish Kaneria (not in picture) during his unbeaten knock of 95 runs on the second day of the first Test at PCA Stadium, Mohali, on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

India invites Pervez to watch match
New Delhi/Islamabad, March 9
India has invited Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to watch one of the matches in the current Indo-Pak cricket series and Pakistan said the General was “positively thinking” of visiting India.

35 BJP MLAs rebel against Modi
Gandhinagar, March 9
Amid allegations of tapping of their phone calls, over 35 BJP MLAs from Gujarat today met senior party leader Keshubhai Patel to air their grievances against Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s style of functioning.

B’desh forces continue firing to stop fencing
Agartala, March 9
Firing by the Bangladesh Rifles continued in a bid to stop the ongoing fencing works by India along the international border, four days after a flag meeting with BSF officials at Sabroom in South Tripura.

Employee dies while preventing robbery
Gurgaon, March 9
An alleged bid to loot an industrial firm today was foiled owing much to the courage shown by an employee who died fighting the robbers. In another incident, a Senior Manager of a cooperative bank was allegedly shot at and robbed of Rs 15 lakh by gangsters today.
(Details on Haryana page)

Punjab for trade transit with Pak
New Delhi, March 9
With an aim to start the proposed bus service between Nankana Sahib and Amritsar by the coming Baisakhi, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will lay the foundation stone of the “widening road project” at the holy Sikh Shrine during his visit to Pakistan. (Details on Punjab page)