Tuesday, February 7, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

5000 troops pulled out from J&K
More withdrawals soon: Pranab
New Delhi, February 6
In an apparent gesture to Pakistan to further come forward with confidence-building measures, the government has allowed the Army to move a brigade (about 5,000) troops from Jammu and Kashmir following “much improvement” in the situation there.
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Govt went with non-aligned nations at Left’s insistence
New Delhi, February 6
The Left parties wanted the Manmohan Singh government to go with the non-aligned countries on the Iran vote in IAEA and it did. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who also holds the External Affairs Minister’s portfolio, will make a statement in Parliament to explain this at the first available opportunity when the Budget Session starts on Feb 16.
Editorial: Left alone
Special article: India’s vote at IAEA

Sports page: Butt, bad light take Pak to victory The first one-dayer ended in an anti-climax here today after Pakistan were declared winners on the basis of Duckworth-Lewis system just when the match was poised for a nail-biting finish. Sachin Tendulkar executes a stroke past the Pakistani wicketkeeper on way to his century in the first one-day match between India and Pakistan in Peshawar on Monday. India lost the match by seven runs. — PTI

Sensex breaches 10,000 barrier
Mumbai, February 6
Sensex today made history by breaching the 10,000 mark on the back of large-scale buying by funds. Sensex went on to touch 10,002.83 points before closing lower at 9980.42 gaining 237.44 points from the previous close. Nifty too touched an intra-day high of 3008.95 before slipping to close at 3,000.45.

Chandigarh: Indian stock market has come of age

SC guidelines to check custodial torture
New Delhi, February 6
In view of the allegations of custodial torture of a man from Haryana, his family and relatives by the police in connection with a criminal case, the Supreme Court has laid down fresh guidelines to prevent police atrocities and involved the state human rights panels and the CBI to enquire into such cases.

125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: Withdraw order on Sarnas, panthic leaders ask Vedanti
	HARYANA: Narnaul MP favours link channel
	HIMACHAL: Central order to government on forest land
	J&K: Caricatures of Prophet: strike in valley
	CHANDIGARH: Robbers strike at Sector 44 oil station
	LUDHIANA: Police rescues two kids from kidnappers
	DELHI: Demolitions: Centre for leniency towards minor violations
	Opinions: Left alone
	BUSINESS: ADAE slaps slew of legal notices on Mukesh group
	NATION: No confrontation with judiciary: Somnath
	WORLD: Kalam’s offer to boost IT in ASEAN region
	SPORTS: Butt, bad light take Pak to victory

Two brothers of Block Cong chief shot
Abohar, February 6
Two elder brothers of the Rural Block Congress president and former District President of the Youth Congress were shot in different incidents here this evening. One of the victims was sarpanch of Danewala village, other was a former president of the Truck Operators Union.

Centre awaits wheat arrivals from Punjab as stocks dwindle
Chandigarh, February 6
Obviously worried over the dwindling stock of wheat in the Central pool, the Union Government has enquired from the Punjab Government as to when fresh wheat will start arriving in the market.

Wheat procurement estimated at 162 lakh tonnes
Editorial: Importing wheat

Goods for export to Pak gutted in railway godown
Amritsar, February 6
Goods worth crores were gutted in a fire that broke out in a godown of the Railways here. The material was to be exported to Pakistan. It included relief material for the earthquake-hit.
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India delinks Russia from WTO membership on trade issues New Delhi, February 6 On the insistence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, India has agreed to delink the support to Russian membership at WTO from the settlement of trade payments by Russia. Both countries today agreed to set up a joint study group to finalise a roadmap for increasing the bilateral trade turnover to $10 billion by 2010.