Friday, June 16, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Minister, AIIMS docs on warpath
* I will quit: Venugopal
* Go ahead, says Ramadoss
New Delhi, June 15
The government and the prestigious AIIMS were today back on the warpath after the anti-quota stir with the hospital’s faculty accusing Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss of undermining the dignity of the institute and its director threatening to quit.

Punjab’s Nightingale is no more
Chandigarh, June 15
The Nightingale of Punjab sings no more. After playing hide and seek with death for over a month, the legendary Surinder Kaur finally surrendered her defences late last night.                                Surinder Kaur 

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Surinder Kaur’s kin remember her fondly

Govt assures Left on food item prices
New Delhi, June 15
The UPA today assured the Left leaders at the Coordination Committee meet that it would not hesitate to import to check the steep increase in the prices of food items and essential commodities.

Left leaders take UPA to task

Tharoor India’s candidate for UN top job
New Delhi, June 15
India has thrown its weight behind the candidature of Shashi Tharoor for the post of UN Secretary- General. “India strongly supports the principle of regional rotation under which the next Secretary-General should be from Asia,” a spokesman for the External Affairs Ministry said here today.

Martyrdom Day festivities draw flak Devotees take a holy dip at Darbar Sahib Gurdwara, Tarn Taran, near Amritsar, on the eve of the 400th anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev’s martyrdom on Thursday.  — PTI (Details in Punjab page)

Don’t construe judgement as a statute, says SC
New Delhi, June 15
The Supreme Court has cautioned high courts and subordinate judiciary against wrong application of previous judgements in cases coming before them for decision and came down heavily on the Punjab and Haryana High Court for such a lapse.

FIFA WORLD CUP 2006
Ecuador first to enter second round 
Germany also through; Poland, Costa Rica out
Hamburg, June 15
Ecuador strolled past Costa Rica 3-0 and into the second round of the World Cup today for the first time in their history. Goals in either half from Carlos Tenorio (8) and Agustin Delgado (54) and then a late strike from Ivan Kaviedes kept the South Americans’ 100 per cent record in Group A intact following a 2-0 win over Poland in their opening match.( Details in Sports page )

FIFA WORLD CUP 2006
England defuse T&T
Nuremberg, June 15
England had to endure 83 minutes of frustration against Trinidad & Tobago before Peter Crouch and then Steven Gerrard powered them into the World Cup second round with a hard-earned 2-0 Group B win today.
( Details in Sports page )

INDIA IN WEST INDIES Victory eludes India again St Lucia, June 15 The downside of modern-day cricket tours is, while one visits some exotic places, there is rarely any time to explore these. Here, for instance, there are the Pitons, a world heritage site, with a pair of mountains rising like elongated pyramids, with a nearby “drive-in volcano”, which has not erupted for over 50 years, but is still active. ( Details in Sports page )