Sunday, April 9, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

EC questions Arjun on quota
Seeks details of advt on Panipat project
New Delhi, April 8
Taking note of the Centre’s announcement of reserving 27 per cent seats in educational institutes for OBCs, the Election Commission has sought a reply from the Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh.

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AMU moves SC against HC order
New Delhi, April 8
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has moved the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court order striking down the central legislation providing 50 per cent reservation to Muslim students in the university and declaring that it was not a minority institution.

Health Ministry favours quota 
New Delhi, April 8
The Union Health Ministry has favoured the proposal of 27 per cent quota for students of other backward classes in medical educational institutes under it. The Health Ministry has written to the Human Resource Development Ministry, which had sought its views on the proposal, officials said.

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Vinod Kumar Jha, a former Commandant of the Navy, hides his face as he is produced at the Tees hazari Court in New Delhi in the war room leak case on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

India no to defining minimum N-deterrent
New Delhi, April 8
India has categorically rejected the US suggestion to define its credible minimum nuclear deterrent emphasising that it has no responsibility to make any such declaration.

State governments shift Treasury accounts from SBI
Mumbai, April 8
Many state governments started to shift Treasury accounts to other public sector banks as the countrywide indefinite strike by workers of the country’s largest bank continued for the sixth day today.

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Firing in Aligarh, 1 seriously hurt
Lucknow, April 8
Aligarh remained tense on the fourth consecutive day today with fresh incidents of stone-pelting and firing reported in which at least one youth was critically injured. Stringent curfew remained imposed in practically the entire old city area. The district administration’s plan to relax curfew from this morning had to be shelved when fresh trouble started in Hathipura locality. Heavy stone-pelting was reported.

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	PUNJAB: DIG to probe land grab case
	HARYANA: Third front need of hour: Ajay Chautala
	HIMACHAL: Punish torturers of Capt Kalia
	J&K: Hizb militant with Press card held
	CHANDIGARH: Regular power cuts to hit city
	LUDHIANA: Vet kills wife, held
	DELHI: Khurana begins weeklong ‘Save Delhi Yatra’
	OPINIONS: The Hindu Succession Act: Ending gender bias
	BUSINESS: CNG-driven bikes on Bajaj’s agenda
	NATION: Refer Chawla issue to CEC, NDA requests Kalam
	WORLD: Curfew in Kathmandu
	SPORTS: Rain threatens Guwahati tie

Varanasi blasts: phone calls gave lead
Lucknow, April 8
Manually sifting through details of approximately four lakh calls made from Varanasi on the day of the blast is how Special Task Force (STF) got their initial lead which finally led to the arrest of the mastermind Waliullah, a cleric working out of a nondescript mosque in Phulpur in Allahabad.

Bihar steps up vigil on Indo-Nepal border
Patna , April 8
State Home Secretary H. C. Sirohi and DGP Ashish Ranjan Sinha today flew to the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar to inspect the prevailing situation following reports that thousands of people were fleeing the Himalayan kingdom to escape increasing tension and threats by Maoists following a four-day blockade and chakka jam that began there yesterday.

Pak woman leaves three children in jail to remarry Amritsar, April 8 The three children of a Pakistani woman, deserted by her Bangladeshi husband, who were reunited in an Amritsar jail on the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court are destined to languish there even though they have not committed any crime. The three children of Mumtaz, a Pakistan national, who are languishing in the Central Jail, Amritsar. — Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma