Friday, June 2, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Terror at Nagpur
Lashkar attack on RSS HQ foiled; 3 ultras shot
Nagpur, June 1
A major attempt to attack the RSS headquarters here was foiled when three heavily-armed militants were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the heavily-guarded sprawling premises in the wee hours today.

A view of the site where an encounter took place between terrorists and the police that foiled an attack on RSS Headquarters in Nagpur on Thursday. — PTI photo

PM condemns attack              In video (28k, 56k)
Editorial: Terror alert

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Medicos return to work
New Delhi, June 1
Resident doctors who resumed work after days of hunger strike, much to the relief of the government and patients, have cautioned that though the strike has been called off, they will sustain the anti-quota movement in the larger interest of the society.

Editorial: Strike and after
Chandigarh page: Normalcy returns to hospitals as doctors resume work

Left threatens stir against petro price hike
New Delhi, June 1
Buoyed by the recent triumph in the Assembly elections in West Bengal and Kerala, the Left parties adopted a more aggressive and interventionist strategy by warning the Congress-led UPA government not to hike petro product produces.

Strike hits life in Kashmir
Srinagar, June 1
Normal life was disrupted across the Valley today during a strike in response to a separatists’ call to mourn the death of 19 schoolchildren and three staff members in the boat tragedy near Watlab in Wular Lake on Tuesday.

Army announces ex gratia

	A securityman stands guard in Srinagar during a bandh on Thursday.  — Tribune photo by Amin War

Take out small farmers from farm sector, says panel
Chandigarh, June 1
Urging the Punjab Government to take hard decisions and bold initiatives, the Punjab State Farmers Commission has recommended the taking out of small farmers, for whom agriculture has become an unviable proposition, from the traditional farm sector.

Govt cautioned on Office of Profit Bill
New Delhi, June 1
Constitution expert and former Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha Subhas C. Kashyap has cautioned the UPA government that if it tries to resubmit the Office of Profit Bill, then “it will be blatantly violating the Constitution.”

Consider views of House on profit Bill: Advani

Pranab visits Lanzhou HQ
New Delhi, June 1
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, as a part of his six-day visit to China, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the Chinese Lanzhou military region — controlling the country’s largest physical area compared to other military regions.

India wants Pak to lift ban on films New Delhi, June 1 India today strongly raised the issue of Pakistan lifting ban on Indian films and television channels and, on its part, Islamabad pitched for telecast of Pakistani plays on Indian TV channels.