Wednesday, April 5, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

SC for filling all judicial vacancies
Seeks reports from states, HCs
New Delhi, April 4
Taking serious view of the state governments and High Courts’ inordinate delay in filling the vacancies of judges at all levels, which has direct bearing on speedy disposal of cases across the country, the Supreme Court has directed them to adhere to the annual appointment schedule strictly.

Govt’s no to SBI staff demand
New Delhi, April 4
The nationwide indefinite strike called by the State Bank of India Staff Association and Officers' Association continued for the second day today, causing inconvenience to lakhs of customers. The government has, however, ruled out to entertain their demand of enhancing pension, claiming it would lead to similar demands by staff of other banks.

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Ludhiana page:  Pensioners suffer as strike continues
Chandigarh page: ATM services hit

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Deals on airports inked
It’s breach of trust, says CPM
New Delhi, April 4
The government today signed significant agreements with two private consortia headed by Hyderabad-based firms GVK and GMR, paving the way for modernising of the airports in Mumbai and Delhi at a cost of $1.2 billion each.
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SP to field “strong” candidate against Sonia
Lucknow, April 4
The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh is confident of winning the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat by fielding a “strong candidate” who will defeat AICC President Sonia Gandhi in the May 8 by poll.

A tourist stands near a pile of shoes in Trafalgar Square in central London for Landmine Awareness Day on Tuesday. The event, staged by Mines Advisory Group (MAG), is to raise awareness of the 15,000 to 20,000 civilians injured or killed each year by landmines and other unexploded munitions. — Reuters Chandigarh page: Blinded ex-serviceman awaits benefits

Rare manuscripts of Prof Puran Singh missing
Chandigarh, April 4
Certain important archives related to the late Prof Puran Singh, respected Punjabi poet and prose writer, seem to have disappeared from the library of Punjabi University, Patiala. When did this happen, no one knows.

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125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
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	PUNJAB: UN rapporteur pulls up French Govt
	HARYANA: Power plants sans Chief Engineers
	HIMACHAL: BJP to launch stir on ski village
	J&K: NC may not field candidate against Azad
	CHANDIGARH: High Court restrains Mohali MC
	LUDHIANA: Farmers harvest wheat crop with hands
	DELHI: Lawyers move HC over sealing of their offices
	OPINIONS: More or less
	BUSINESS: ‘Hotmail’ Bhatia hot on Nano City in Haryana
	NATION: SC notice to Centre, Assam
	WORLD: Rice to testify on N-deal today
	SPORTS: IHF ruining Indian hockey: Rajinder

Shinde, Sushma take oath as  RS members
New Delhi, April 14
Union Ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Praful Patel, senior BJP leaders, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, and Congress spokespersons Abhishek Singhvi and Rajiv Shukla were among 27 newly-elected Rajya Sabha members from 11 states who took oath as members today.

Medha Patkar’s condition worsens

New Delhi, April 4 Efforts by the government to persuade Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar to break her fast having failed, her condition is stated to have worsened. In video (28k, 56k)

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar (right) drinks water from a glass offered by former Prime Minister VP singh on the seventh day of a hunger strike in New Delhi on Tuesday as Minister for Water Resources Saifuddin Soz (second from left) looks on. — AFP

Suicide by farmers Tragedy brings women together, dilutes caste divide Lehragaga, April 4 The Sunday’s congregation here was overwhelming in many ways. Not only did it drive the focus back on the enormity of suicide by farmers in the state, it yielded insight into lives of women who have taken over the role of men in their families. Editorial: Farming kills