Monday, February 27, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Railway recruitment exam cancelled
18 arrested for paper leak
Lucknow, February 26
The Railway recruitment examination for Group D posts today was cancelled in the midst of the test — affecting six lakh northern region candidates — after question papers were found to have leaked here and 18 persons, including a railway official, have been arrested in this connection.

Chandigarh page: 15,000 take cancelled Rly exam

In video (28k, 56k) Candidates who were in Chandigarh to appear in a test conducted by the Railways rush to board a train at Chandigarh Railway Station on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Jessica case: row over judge’s elevation
New Delhi, February 26
The elevation of Delhi Additional Sessions Judge S.L. Bhayana, who acquitted all nine accused in Jessica Lall murder case, to the Delhi High Court touched off a controversy with a Supreme Court lawyer today demanding that his promotion be put on hold till the High Court adjudicates upon the verdict.

CPI seeks retrial
Editorial: Retrial is the only option
Oped page: Jessica case
Delhi page: Jessica case IO transferred

13 die in bus-Canter collision
Rohtak, February 26
As many as 13 persons were killed and 23 others were injured seriously when a bus carrying a marriage party collided head on with a Canter near Bhiwani Road octroi post here today within minutes of departing from the groom’s place.

7 security men hurt in J&K car blast
Srinagar, February 26
Seven security personnel and a driver were injured in a car bomb blast on the outskirts of Srinagar city today, an official spokesman said. Elsewhere in the valley, the security forces recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition which was to be used in fidayeen attacks.

Editorial: Troubled Valley Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel carry the wreckage of a car used in a bomb blast on the outskirts of Srinagar on Sunday. — AFP photo

India: The Tasks Ahead
   SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT

125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: Ponty Chadha kin slashes investment
	HARYANA: Remnants of fortified Harappan era found
	HIMACHAL: Education board to launch “National Open School System”
	J&K: Budget session begins today
	CHANDIGARH: 15,000 take cancelled Rly exam
	LUDHIANA: Vendors allege harassment by police
	DELHI: Yamuna water unfit for drinking even after treatment: Report
	Opinions: Retrial is the only option
	BUSINESS: PC to simplify tax structure, boost reforms
	NATION: CPI wants govt to change pro-US foreign policy
	WORLD: Imran Khan, MMA leaders detained
	SPORTS: India fight back to hold Pakistan 3-3

3 CRPF jawans killed in ambush

Earth cave-in: contractor booked
Gurdaspur, February 26
Pawan Kumar, the sole breadwinner of a poor family, from Tibber village, near here, was buried under a huge mass of earth at the construction site of a micro-hydel project on the UBDC canal near Babaehali village.

Aamir claims Rs 21 cr from newspaper
Mumbai, February 26
Actor Aamir Khan has served a legal notice on a prominent city newspaper, its publisher and two others seeking compensation of Rs 21 crore for using his photograph and quote, without his permission, in an advertisement to promote ‘Filmfare Awards’ held yesterday.
In video (28k, 56k)

IAEA’s final report to be discussed on
March 6
Iran’s nuclear programme
New Delhi, February 26
The Manmohan Singh Government is keeping a close tab on the issue of Iran’s nuclear energy programme which is bound to come centre-stage in international politics next week.

Centre to amend phone-tapping law
New Delhi, February 26
In the wake of a raging controversy over tapping of phones, the Centre has decided to examine and amend the law to check unauthorised interception of telephonic conversation in the changed technological and security scenario.

Rain, snowfall end dry spell in Himachal Landslides block Kashmir highway Srinagar, February 26 The Kashmir valley was cut off from the rest of the country following the closure of the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway due to landslides. A report from Baramula said one person identified as Bashir Ahmad Lone drowned in Hapatnar Nullah at Nadihal in north Kashmir.