Punjab hikes power tariff by 10.27 pc
Chandigarh, June 14
The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission today hiked the power tariff by 10.27 per cent across the board except the farming sector and Scheduled Castes, thus putting a financial burden of Rs 768.65 crore on the power consumers in the state for the current financial year.

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Projects for 2000 MW additional power in pipeline: Dawar
Power tariff hike jolts industry

Mann held for sedition
Police swoops down on party leaders
Sangrur, June 14
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, President of the Akali Dal (Amritsar), was today arrested on charges of sedition from the Nankana Sahib chowk, here. Later, he was taken to a local marriage palace on the Sangrur-Patiala road where he addressed mediapersons.
SAD (Amritsar) President Simranjit Singh Mann with his supporters outside the Anandpur Sahib Court after being remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Remanded in judicial custody till June 20
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Kalam teaches ‘dharma’ to Governors
New Delhi, June 14
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam today asked Governors to rise above day-to-day politics and “override compulsions” emanating from the Central or state systems to preserve the “light of dharma”.
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Rodrigues for consensus on inter-state disputes

Quit politics, VHP tells Advani
Haridwar, June 14
Accusing BJP President L.K. Advani of having “betrayed” the Hindu cause, the VHP today asked him to quit politics and urged the party to replace him with a pro-Hindu leadership, asserting that it should not be turned into a “Bharatiya Jinnah Party”.
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