Delhi mall cave-in leaves 11 dead
New Delhi, December 25
Eleven contract labourers were killed and at least five others are still feared trapped in yesterday evening’s cave-in at an under-construction shopping mall in Jasola village in South Delhi.

Tsunami scare: few attend midnight mass
at Basilica
Vailankanni (Tamil Nadu), December 25
Not many attended the midnight mass at the Church of Shrine Basilica last night following last year’s tsunami here in which 615 pilgrims died while taking a holy dip in the sea.
Archbishop calls for universal peace
World page: End conflict, urges Pope

	Punjab page:  Sukhbir immature, ambitious, says CM  and more Devotees throng Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara on the occasion of Shaheedi Jor Mela on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Top Al-Badr commander killed
Srinagar, December 25
A top commander of Pakistan-based Al-Badr was among four militants killed by the security forces while a militant was arrested in the state overnight, an official spokesman said.

Police rescues child after more than 2 years of abduction
Amritsar, December 25
For Bawa Singh and his ailing wife it was a Christmas gift. They were re-united by the police with their son Jaspreet Singh after two and half years of abduction. Jaspreet (10) was abducted by Ashok Singh of Ghanupur Kalen village from near his house on the Sultanwind road.

Jaspreet Singh with his maternal grandmother in Amritsar on Sunday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

Fog upsets flight schedules
New Delhi, December 25
The bitter cold exacted two more lives in Uttar Pradesh and pushed the death count to 71 today as thick fog dampened the festive spirit of travellers, disrupting air, rail and road traffic for the third day running.
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Delhi page: Thick fog throws normal life out of gear
Chandigarh page: City flights cancelled yet again

‘Bhera’ performs feat to propitiate deity
Shimla, December 25
It was amidst beating of dhol-nagaras that Kanwar Singh safely crossed the 350-long grass rope as over 50,000 people who were assembled in Bachhunch village to witness the “bhunda mahayajna” watched with bated breath. Being held after a span of 70 years, the mahayajna is organised to propitiate the local deity, who protects the locals and helps bring prosperity in the area.

FLASHBACK 2005
Power sector seemed jinxed in 2005
Shimla, December 25
It has been a bleak year for the power sector in the hill state as the reforms took a back seat and the 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri project, the country’s largest hydroelectric venture, ran into rough weather within days of its inauguration by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, on May 28.

GenNext to follow standards of patriarchs: Sabri Jalandhar, December 25 Kamal Sabri is not just another youngster trying to play the instrument his forefathers earned a name for themselves with. He is the face of the younger generation of classical musicians who have been blessed with not only the discipline and richness of the training of their seniors but added lot on their own. Punjab page: Mandolin recital mesmerises Harballabh audience