Tuesday, June 20, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Reliance inks pact with Haryana
25,000-acre economic zone
Chandigarh, June 19
Overruling objections by Opposition parties and even a ruling party MP, the Reliance Industries and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation today signed a joint venture agreement for setting up a Rs 25,000-crore multi-product special economic zone.

Mukesh calls on Punjab CM
Punjab page: Mega projects will change face of Punjab: CM
Haryana page: CPM seeks White Paper on SEZ deal

Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister, Haryana, talks to Mr Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, after a news conference in Chandigarh on Monday. — Reuters photo

Punjab CM sacks Chief Parliamentary Secretary

Chandigarh, June 19 The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today removed the Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Malkiat Singh Birmi, on the direction given by the party high command. Mr Birmi, who was elected from the Ludhiana (rural) constituency, was holding the charge of Jails Department as CPS.

Malkiat Singh Birmi

Tharoor has talks with PM
New Delhi, June 19
Career diplomat Shashi Tharoor, whom India has fielded for the post of UN Secretary General, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight for 20 minutes. The PM’s Media Adviser Dr Sanjaya Baru, described the meeting as a courtesy call by Mr Tharoor.

World page: Pak evasive on bid for top UN slot

Court clears Lalu’s foreign tour
Patna, June 19
In partial relaxation of the blanket ban imposed on Railway Minister Lalu Yadav’s foreign junkets till the conclusion of hearing in the fodder scam case, a special court here today granted him permission to undertake his proposed tour of Europe from June 23 to 28.

Hearing in Salman’s illegal arms case on
June 23

Jodhpur, June 19 A court here has fixed June 23 as the next date for hearing actor Salman Khan’s case related to illegal possession of arms. In video (28k, 56k) Actor Salman Khan leaves a court in Jodhpur on Monday. — AFP photo

India: The Tasks Ahead
   SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: Mega projects will change face of Punjab: CM
	HARYANA: Power board to conduct survey
	HIMACHAL: BJP workers demonstrate against SDM
	J&K: Amarnath cave lingam: Mahant Giri seeks probe by SC
	CHANDIGARH: Travel agency charged with duping youths
	LUDHIANA: Six of ‘mirchi’ gang nabbed
	DELHI: Jessica case: Police plea to probe Ramani
	OPINIONS: “Aaj ka MLA”
	BUSINESS: Nokia to move management services business to India
	NATION: JD(S)-BJP standoff on BMIC ends
	WORLD: Tipton Three treated worse than animals at Guantanamo
	SPORTS: Togo go down to Swiss

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Accountability gives better results

Sports page: Togo go down to Swiss Fans cheer as Switzerland score the first goal in the Group-G World Cup match against Togo in Dortmund on Monday. Switzerland won 2-0. — Reuters photo

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Lady officer faces court martial
Chandigarh, June 19
About a month after a lady officer went missing from the military hospital in Jammu, she faces trial by a court martial for being absent without leave, it is learnt.

Army continues fire-fighting on gender bias
New Delhi, June 19
The Army today continued its fire-fighting exercise in the wake of reported remarks of its Vice-Chief, Lt Gen S. Pattabhiraman, that forces could do without women and insisted today that there was no gender bias in the forces.

Editorial: Cracks in male bastion

Straight talk seems to be his undoing Chandigarh, June 19 Straight talk seems to be the Vice-Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen S Pattabhiraman’s undoing. Pragmatic and matter-of-fact statements made by him on various issues seem to rake up controversies.                                       Lt-Gen S Pattabhiraman