Sunday, June 4, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Moitra poisoned
No traces of drugs in Rahul, says report
New Delhi, June 3
With Rahul Mahajan testing negative for any drugs and BB Moitra’s post mortem indicating death by poisoning, the mystery surrounding Friday’s tragic incident has further deepened.
In video: Rahul Mahajan pulled off ventilator support. (28k, 56k)

Sahil surrenders in Srinagar
Srinagar, June 3
Stating that he was innocent, Sahil Zaroo, the fourth person wanted in the Rahul Mahajan case, today surrendered before the police here. ''I am innocent,'' Sahil, a resident of Nigeen, said before he surrendered in the office of a private Television channel.                   Sahil Zaroo

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Rahul’s condition sheds light on life of high & mighty
BJP distances itself from Rahul
He was poisoned, says Munde

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Dullo meets Sonia, asks for relief for terror-hit

New Delhi, June 3 The Punjab Congress has urged the government to provide relief to terror-affected persons in Punjab on the pattern of relief announced by the Centre for victims of the anti-Sikh violence of 1984.

Women from terrorist-hit families of Punjab wait outside 10 Janpath to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Nano City at Raipur Rani
Chandigarh, June 3
While it is almost certain that the Sabeer Bhatia-promoted Nano City will be set up in Panchkula district, the possibility of this project taking shape in the Morni hills is remote. According to sources, a site has been selected between the Tangri and Dangri rivulets in Raipur Rani block of Panchkula. 

Stash away black money, illegal arms in lockers
Chandigarh, June 3
Unaccounted-for-cash, or the black money, can be kept safely in a bank. To be precise, this money can be safely stashed away in a bank locker, or the new age storage having vaults. And it is not only cash, but even bullets and plastic explosives (RDX), drugs, or unaccounted for gold, are also being stored in bank lockers and vaults. 

7 villages under Tata Trust plan
Muktsar, June 3
Seven villages of the district have been brought under Sir Ratan Tata Trust Scheme for cotton cultivation and a benchmark survey in this regard has been completed. This was revealed by the Chief Agricultural Officer,
Mr S. S. Kandhari, here today.

Rain damages radar at Mumbai airport
Mumbai, June 3
Arrivals and departures at Mumbai airport have been affected for the past three days after a heavy downpour damaged the radar system, according to information available from the Airports Authority of India. Sources confirmed that the downpour affected the localiser installed on the main runway of the airport. 

Locals held for attacks on tourists
Srinagar, June 3
The Police here today claimed to have picked up local suspects with background of being involved in militant activities and grenade throwing incidents. This, according to an official spokesman quoting I G Police, Kashmir, S M Sahai, had been done to apprehend culprits behind the attacks on tourist buses in the valley.

Air in India unfit to breathe, says study New Delhi, June 3 Indians are being exposed to dangerous levels of highly toxic gases, including carcinogenic organic compounds and sulphur fumes, everyday through the air they breathe even as the country continues to have “no standards for these chemicals found in ambient air”. Delhi page Air at ITO has cancer-causing benzene: Report