Monday, April 17, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

No decision to stop work on dam: PMO
Gujarat MPs meet Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, April 16
Coming together against any move by the Centre to suspend the Narmada Control Authority decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam, BJP and Congress MPs from Gujarat today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the project was the “lifeline” of the state.

Nation page: Modi begins fast; Medha Patkar’s effigy burnt

An activist from the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) shouts slogans from a bus as the protesters are transported after being arrested outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence in New Delhi on Sunday. — AFP photo

Courts can interfere in departmental inquiries: SC
Chandigarh, April 16
In a major decision, the Supreme Court has set aside a judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court by which it had refused to interfere in the findings of an inquiry officer and various appellate authorities.

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Shoddy catering derails Shatabdi
80 cases of upset tummy
Chandigarh, April 16
The much-acclaimed Shatabdi Express, introduced by the Indian Railways with an objective of providing luxury yet affordable rail travel in the region, no longer inspires the confidence it had generated about a decade ago.

Curd being packed for Shatabdi at Ambala Cantt railway station.
— Tribune photo by Neeraj Chopra

Lightning strikes malkhana
Amritsar, April 16
Wireless system of the Amritsar police was partially paralysed today when lightning struck malkhana of the Court Complex, near Deputy Commissioner and SSP office, here.

Naxals kill 10 cops in Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur, April 16
Ten security personnel were killed and two seriously injured in a Naxalite attack on a police camp in Dantewada district's Murkinar village, the police said today.

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	PUNJAB: Amarinder defends wheat import, seeks MSP hike
	HARYANA: Govt committed to better power situation in Haryana: Hooda
	HIMACHAL: Cap challenge to CM
	J&K: Contest poll, Cong asks Hurriyat
	CHANDIGARH: Solar energy project fails to take off
	LUDHIANA: Dalit alleges torture in police custody
	DELHI: Cong MLAs urge CM to end demolition drive
	OPINIONS: Trail of terror
	BUSINESS: ONGC earns net profit of Rs 15,485 crore
	NATION: Modi begins fast; Medha Patkar’s effigy burnt
	WORLD: 40,000 Iranian suicide bombers ready, if nuke sites hit
	SPORTS: Jeev wins China Open

Quota: IIT students mull class boycott
Chennai, April 16
Students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, are planning to boycott classes to mark their protest against the proposal to increase reservation in IITs and IIMs.

NCERT to adopt heritage schools
New Delhi, April 16
These are schools that were established during the British regime, when the country was striving for Independence. And years after the country won its freedom, some of these schools, that stood for certain values and ideologies are struggling to exist.

40,000 Iranian suicide bombers ready, if nuke sites hit
London, April 16
Iran has formed battalions of suicide bombers to strike targets in the UK and the USA if its nuclear facilities are attacked, says a media report. (Details on World page)

First Sikh officer in Pak army Islamabad, April 16 A man hailing from the birth place of Guru Nank yesterday became the first Sikh in Pakistan to be commissioned into the army. Wearing a blue turban and sporting a traditional beard, Hercharan Singh of Nanakana Sahib, marched to the military tunes at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul and was formally commissioned into the army at a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.