Monday, March 13, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Witnesses fail to identify suspects
Hope now on art student in Varanasi hospital
Lucknow, March 12
One of the art students recuperating in the ICU ward of Sir Sundarlal Hospital is confident that he would be able to draw the sketch of the culprit as soon as he is better. The doctors treating him have passed on this vital information to the district administration.

In video: Doms in Varanasi stop burning pyres. (28k, 56k)

IAS officers exploit loophole to evade
stamp duty
Chandigarh, March 12
Over 200 IAS and PCS officers of the Punjab cadre have got more than 50 acres of land registered in the name of a cooperative housing society without paying a single rupee as stamp duty.

Mother-daughter duo of lawyers murdered
New Delhi, March 12
A mother-daughter duo of lawyers, practising at the High Court in the Capital, was found murdered this morning at their residence in a posh area of South Delhi.

Curfew in Putlighar to demolish shops
Amritsar, March 12
The district administration today ordered imposition of curfew in the Putlighar area in the morning here today to demolish 27 kiosks amid widespread protests.

Punjab page: Kiosk owners threaten immolation The shopkeepers of Amritsar whose shops were demolished by the Municipal Corporation on Sunday following the High Court’s orders. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

Tribune Special
Poor quality groundwater in Punjab
Chandigarh, March 12
In what is a shocking warning on the deteriorating condition of underground water in Punjab, a recent study has produced evidence that large tracts of land in the state are being irrigated with poor quality water.

The wife of Pakistani prisoner Sarbjit Singh, Sukhpreet Kaur (third from right), accompanied by her daughter Poonam (second from left) and sister Dalbir Kaur (centre) along with villagers at a rally in Bhikhiwind, near Amritsar, on Sunday. — AFP photo Punjab page: Sarbjit case: Bhikhiwind residents block traffic In video(28k, 56k)

India: The Tasks Ahead
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125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: Two claimants to post of jatha chief
	HARYANA: Eligibility criterion change rakes up controversy again
	HIMACHAL: PFC keen on funding N-power projects
	J&K: PDP for ‘balanced’  seat-sharing with Cong
	CHANDIGARH: Punter places bets from media box
	LUDHIANA: No affidavit needed for lodging complaints
	DELHI: Govt flayed for ‘bias’ against Punjabi, Urdu
	OPINIONS: Persuading Congress
	BUSINESS: Merger of Reliance Info into RCoVL okayed
	NATION: Bihar plans to recruit 20,000 policemen
	WORLD: Serbian Press blames UN court for Milosevic ‘murder’
	SPORTS: England staring at defeat

CM, PCC chief favour state leader for Himachal RS seat
New Delhi, March 12
Amid hard lobbying by aspirants to the lone Rajya Sabha vacancy from Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and PCC chief Viplove Thakur have urged the party’s central leadership to nominate a leader from within the state for the seat.

SA pull off record chase
Johannesburg, March 12
South Africa hit a world record 438 for nine in the highest-scoring one-day international ever to beat Australia by one wicket and win the series 3-2 today. (Details in Sports page)

Industrialist’s son held for rape
Mumbai, March 12
The police today arrested the 26-year-old son of a leading industrialist for allegedly raping a 52-year-old woman in Worli area of the city.

Morinda bypass remains unusable, as overbridge is still not complete Chandigarh, March 12 Traffic jams at the Morinda level crossing remain a nightmarish experience for thousands of motorists moving on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana highway. “Nowadays it takes two hours to reach Ludhiana from Chandigarh. When will the railway overbridge on the Morinda bypass be completed? — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan