Thursday, March 30, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Acting Pak CJ’s kin denied entry at Wagah
Wagah, March 29
An unsavoury situation arose at the Wagah joint check post when Immigration authorities denied entry to seven members of the family of Justice Rana Bhagwandas, first Hindu acting Chief Justice of Pakistan.

Thousands bid adieu to Bansi Lal

Golagarh (Bhiwani), March 29 The mortal remains of the architect of modern Haryana, former CM Bansi Lal, were consigned to flames at this dusty hamlet where he was born almost eight decades ago.

Kiran Choudhary, wife of late Surinder Singh, with daughter Shruti, Mr Ranbir Singh Mahendra and other relatives pay their last respects to former Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal at his residence in Bhiwani on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Editorial: Legacy of Bansi Lal
Opinions page: Man who gave electricity to villages

Haryana page
“Don’t cry, he was an iron man”
Leaders mourn Bansi Lal’s death
Bansi Lal’s death condoled

Meher murder accused shot at, escapes
Lucknow, March 29
Sachin Pahari, main accused in the Meher Bhargava murder case, managed to escape despite receiving four to five bullet shots during an encounter with the police in the crowded Qaiserbagh area here today.

Police wants speedy trial in 16 cases
Includes 8 cases of murder, 5 of kidnapping
Chandigarh, March 29
Fearing a public outrage like the one witnessed in protest of the handling of the Jessica Lall murder case in Delhi, the Punjab Police has recommended that 16 high-profile cases of serious crime in Punjab be referred to fast-track courts for quick dispensation of justice.

Lakhs offer prayers to eclipsed sun

Kurukshetra, March 29 Lakhs of pilgrims took a holy dip in Brahm Sarovar and Sunnhit Tank on the occasion of the solar eclipse between 4.30 p.m. and 6.04 pm here today.

SEA of HUMANITY AND DEVOTION: As a sea of devotees gets ready to take a dip in the holy Brahmsarovar in Kurukshetra on Wednesday, a cop looks at the solar eclipse through a dark glass. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik In video (28k, 56k)

MEA official booked for human trafficking
New Delhi, March 29
The CBI today booked a senior External Affairs Ministry official, along with three others, for alleged human trafficking to Germany and conducted raids at their official and residential premises at six places here and in Punjab in this connection.

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125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: Sikh conclave’s ultimatum to govt
	HARYANA: “Don’t cry, he was an iron man”
	HIMACHAL: Private universities Bill introduced
	J&K: ‘Buy me for Rs 2,000’
	CHANDIGARH: Strike by MC, UT Admn staff
	LUDHIANA: Tough summer ahead for city residents
	DELHI: MCD begins sealing shops in residential areas
	OPINIONS: Legacy of Bansi Lal
	BUSINESS: Ranbaxy takes Romanian firm for $324 m
	NATION: SC notices to Haryana, MDU
	WORLD: Carter opposes N-deal with India
	SPORTS: Indian weightlifting body banned again

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EARLIER FEATURES

AIIMS examination bungling: raids at 40 places, 4 detained
New Delhi, March 29
After conducting raids at over 40 places in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and here, the CBI today claimed to have cracked the case of alleged bungling in the postgraduate examinations conducted in January by the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences and has detained three or four persons for questioning.

Tea, basmati to redefine ties between India, Pak
New Delhi, March 29
For the first time in six decades, commerce is set to become equal partner of diplomacy in India-Pakistan relations and tea and basmati rice are going to redefine relations between the two neighbours.
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