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Dell inaugurates its third contact centre in India

Speakers voice concern
SC order on Jharkhand
New Delhi, March 20
An emergency conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies of India, boycotted by Speakers of NDA-ruled states, today expressed concern over court orders, which tend to disturb the delicate balance of power between Judiciary and Legislature and appeared to be a transgression into the independence of the Parliamentary System of our country.

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Haryana Cabinet restores Governor’s power
Chandigarh, March 20
Taking the first step to restore the dignity of various Constitutional institutions as promised by the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Haryana Cabinet today decided to restore the power of the Governor to hear memorials submitted by government employees against punishment awarded to them by the state government.

Haryana page:  Haryana House to elect Speaker today

Sports page: Kumble gives India a thumping victory and more Indian cricketers celebrate after winning the second Test against Pakistan in Kolkata on Sunday. India won the match by 195 runs to go 1-0 up in the three-Test series. — Reuters photo

Invite to Modi divides hosts
The controversial decision to invite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to address the annual convention of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association has created a rift within the predominantly Gujarati group.

 ‘Swabhiman Rally’ by NDA
 Editorial: Visa power

Ponty dominates auctions again
2,818 liquor vends go for 771.70 cr
Ludhiana, March 20
Liquor baron Ponty Chadha-led syndicates today dominated the Punjab excise auctions, winning the right to run all 3,613 vends, including 2,818 country liquor vends, in three of the seven divisions of the state. Auctions in the remaining four excise divisions have been deferred till March 22.

Liquor contractor Ponty Chadha arrives at Rotary Bhavan in Ludhiana to attend the liquor vends’ auction on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

 ‘Punjab has no choice’

Ludhiana page: Liquor vends of Ludhiana division fetch
Rs 275 cr

50 killed in Baluchistan
Islamabad, March 20
Fifty persons were killed and over 100 injured in a suicide bomb blast at a shrine of a Shiite Muslim saint in Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province, even as the army was deployed in the gas-rich town of Sui of the troubled region to ward off attacks from nationalist rebels.
(Details on World page)