Sunday, April 2, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Don’t revise N-deal, says Saran
18 opposing lawmakers table motion
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Friday urged members of the U.S. Congress not to upset the "very, very delicate balance" of the civilian nuclear agreement by seeking amendments to the deal.

Pak seeks nuke deal with France

PM rules out talks with ULFA on sovereignty

Guwahati, April 1 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Centre would accelerate the peace process in Assam but ruled out talks on sovereignty.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets the media on the final day of the party campaign for the first phase of election to be held on April 3 at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on Saturday. — PTI photo In video (28k, 56k)

Sarabjit sends mercy petition to Musharraf
Islamabad, April 1
Indian national Sarabjit Singh, condemned to death for his alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in Pakistan, has sent a mercy petition to President Pervez Musharraf, seeking release on the grounds that he was innocent and wrongly implicated.

Punjab page: Dolma kicks off ‘Everest’ in Science City theatre Dicky Dolma, the youngest woman to climb the Everest, hugs her daughter Anushka during the screening of the film “Everest” in the Dome Theatre of Science City, near Kapurthala, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Six HC Judges take oath
Chandigarh, April 1
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice D.K. Jain today administered the oath to six Judges of the court. Among the six, four are Permanent Judges, while two are Additional Judges.

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	PUNJAB: Agitating RCF staff block road, rail traffic
	HARYANA: CM inaugurates permanent Lok Adalat
	HIMACHAL: Panel for firm price approach on contracts
	J&K: Cong, PDP members put govt on mat
	CHANDIGARH: Class VIII topper sets new record
	LUDHIANA: Blind murder case solved, 6 arrested
	DELHI: MCD steps up drive to seal shops
	OPINIONS: All organs must follow the constitutional code
	BUSINESS: 5 BJP states go under VAT canopy
	NATION: EC flooded with ‘profit’ petitions
	WORLD: India ready to hold talks with ‘everybody’
	SPORTS: Taking decisions is my job, says Dravid

The new Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court with Chief Justice D.K. Jain (middle) after the oath-taking ceremony in Chandigarh on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

IIM-A decision on fee hike likely today 
Ahmedabad, April 1
The issue of fee hike is expected to top the agenda, when the board of directors of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) meets here tomorrow.

SBI staff strike from tomorrow
New Delhi, April 1
Employees of the State Bank of India will go on an indefinite countrywide strike from Monday demanding enhanced pension package. Mr V.K. Gupta, senior vice-president of the All-India SBI Staff Federation, said since there was no communication from the Finance Ministry, “we are going ahead with the strike from March 3”. — PTI

Pak Acting CJ, kin finally cross border Officials not intimated about visit Wagah, April 1 Stung by the humiliation meted out to them by the immigration authorities here on March 29, Mr Justice Bhagwandas, the first Hindu Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan, and seven of his family members who reached Wagah today, went to Delhi without informing any official of the district administration or judicial officer. Justice Rana Bhagwandas, Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan, at the Wagah border on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma