Thursday, June 22, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

SC cancels counselling for MBBS
quota seats
New Delhi, June 21
In the wake of errors found in preparing the merit list for admission to the MBBS course against the 15 per cent central quota in medical colleges across the country, the Supreme Court today stopped the ongoing counselling for the same and ordered that it to be done afresh from June 26.

Centre asks for AIIMS Director’s explanation
New Delhi, June 21
The Health Ministry today sought an explanation from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Director,
Dr P. Venugopal, for carrying tales to the public on the alleged interference of the Health Ministry in the functioning of the premier institute.

Delhi page: Hike in AIIMS user charges may be withdrawn

Narayanan to visit China
New Delhi, June 21
National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan will leave for China later this week for holding eighth round of special representative-level talks with his Chinese counterpart Dai Bingguo on resolving the boundary dispute. The two-day talks begin in Beijing from June 26. The previous round of talks was held here in March.

Hectic activity can be seen on the Nathu La international border, gateway to the Old Silk Route, which is proposed to be reopened next month. The route has remained closed since the Sino-Indian war in 1962. — PTI photo

J&K ex-Advocate-Gen surrenders
Mattoo gets four-day CBI remand in sex scandal
Jammu/Srinagar, June 21
After dodging the CBI for about two weeks in connection with the Srinagar sex scandal, Anil Sethi, a former Advocate-General of Jammu and Kashmir, surrendered in a court here today.

Editorial: Get them all

5 Amarnath pilgrims hurt in blast
Srinagar, June 21
At least five Amarnath pilgrims from Rajasthan were injured in a grenade blast at Ganderbal on the Srinagar-Baltal yatra route this afternoon. The police said militants hurled a hand grenade towards a bus (RJ19P-5367) carrying pilgrims from Baltal to Srinagar at 12.30 p.m.

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

	PUNJAB: Guru Gobind Singh Marg to be extended
	HARYANA: 36 injured in police firing, lathi charge
	HIMACHAL: Varsity opposes tie-up with bioresource institute
	J&K: Large cache of arms seized in Kashmir
	CHANDIGARH: Punjab minister’s remark causes stir
	LUDHIANA: MP, MLAs walk out of planning board meeting
	DELHI: EC notice: MLAs deny holding offices of profit
	OPINIONS: Courage under fire
	BUSINESS: Jet calls off deal, claims Sahara
	NATION: Mumbai needs better governance, says PM
	WORLD: US Senate, Cong panels to review N-deal next week
	SPORTS: Portugal beat Mexico to top group

India may intervene in Lanka again
Chennai, June 21
India might intervene in the imbroglio between Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam, if not directly like the last time, but indirectly. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi late last evening spoke to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and urged him that India must intervene.

Lankan Foreign Minister to meet PM today

Indo-Pak talks on Wullar barrage today
Islamabad, June 21
Senior Indian and Pakistani officials are holding talks here tomorrow on resolving the dispute over India’s plans to construct a barrage over the Wullar lake in Jammu and Kashmir.

A Tribune exclusive Protecting indigenous varieties, breeds Management portfolio on cards Chandigarh, June 21 After holding brainstorming sessions for three days, scientists of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research have set on the course of preparing the intellectual property rights management portfolio of all crops, livestock, aquatic animals and plants and microbes and processes to prevent their plundering at the international level.