Phukan report to be tabled in House
Pranab promises strict action against guilty
New Delhi, April 20
The government today assured Parliament that the Phukan Commission report on the Tehelka expose would be tabled in the current session of Parliament, even as the Lok Sabha witnessed uproarious scenes as the Opposition demanded the government to table the CVC report on Kargil arms purchases.

J&K page: 2 killed, 9 injured in explosion A relative comforts a wailing woman who lost a close relative when militants hurled a grenade killing two civilians in Sopore, 55 km north of Kashmir, on Wednesday. —  Tribune photo by Amir War

Reopen some cases: Nanavati
New Delhi, April 20
Retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati, who probed the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, has asked the government to reopen cases against a “few politicians” saying investigation against them was not “properly carried out”.

NDA govt was warned of SA gun firm
New Delhi, April 20
Even as Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee sought more details about charges that a South African firm, Denel, paid Rs 20 crore to a British company to obtain confidential documents about purchase of self-propelled guns by India, it has emerged that the BJP-led NDA Government was questioned two years ago about how rules were being circumvented to unduly favour this firm.

 

Avalanche expected in Himalayan region
New Delhi, April 20
Urging the Prime Minister to put the disaster management machinery on high alert in the Himalayan region to avoid damage, the Federation of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have expressed apprehensions of a disaster in the region owing to melting of snow.

India committed to peace with Pak, says PM
New Delhi, April 20
Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has observed that India looks forward to Pakistan implementing its assurances in letter and spirit so that the peace process between the two neighbours is not hindered by violence and terror, the Sino-Indian strategic and cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity transcends bilateral issues.

Cabinet hikes paddy MSP
New Delhi, April 20
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today announced prices for kharif crops for 2005-06, which includes Rs 10 hike in minimum support price for paddy and no increase in the case of cotton.

Cabinet decides to abolish CAT
New Delhi, April 20
The government today decided to amend the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, to provide for abolition of the Central Administrative Tribunal and State Administrative Tribunals.

Schools turn into marriage palaces Noormahal (Jalandhar), April 20 The fate of government schools falling in the periphery of the district is becoming imminent with each passing day as teachers deputed in such areas are getting themselves transferred in relatively easily accessible areas.