Saturday, January 21, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Speaker to return notice
Parliament decision ‘supreme’, says all-party meet
New Delhi, January 20
The legislature and the judiciary is heading on a collision course with the all-party meeting convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee decided to “return” the notice issued by the courts in cash-for-query scam.

54 killed as bus falls into gorge in Rajouri
Jammu, January 20
Atleast 54 persons were killed and 15 injured when a private bus in which they were travelling rolled down a deep gorge in the border district of Rajouri today. The condition of five of the injured was stated to be critical.

An injured bus accident victim is comforted by his relative at a hospital in Rajouri on Friday. — Reuters photo

US praises India’s N-programme
New Delhi January 20
The US today showered praise on India for its
non-proliferation record and rubbished Iran’s imputation of putting the Iranian and Indian nuclear programme in the same basket.

Stage set for Rahul’s coronation
Hyderabad, January 20
Judging by the mood of the Congress delegates gathered here for the three-day AICC plenary session, the stage is being set for the coronation of the party's heir-apparent Rahul Gandhi. The party rank and file, which was disappointed when he was not inducted into the CWC in the recent revamp, are now preparing to voice their disappointment at the AICC session beginning here tomorrow.

Nation page: Dharam will prove majority: Cong

IIM-B plans to expand globally
Bangalore, January 20
The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, today set in motion a plan to enable it to carry out its expansion in Singapore and other foreign countries. The institute, whose Board of Governor’s met here today, said the board had approved a decision to change the Memorandum of Association of the institute so that it could go ahead with the establishment of a Singapore campus.