Thursday, June 29, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

India not to cap N-programme
New Delhi, June 28
The Manmohan Singh Government believes that the 37/5 mark-up or vote in the House International Relations Committee in Washington yesterday outlines the legal basis for full Indo-US cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Senate panel to take up Bill today
World page: N-deal clears first hurdle in US Congress
N-deal made under special circumstances, says Rice
Pak slams India-US N-deal, wants package deal
Nation page: Left wary of US N-deal Bill
Editorial: Crossing the hurdle
Opinions page: Voting on N-deal

A Tribune exclusive
Naga talks in top gear; deal to be clinched in Bangkok
New Delhi, June 28
In the words of the Prime Minister’s Principal Interlocutor “From first gear it has now moved into fourth gear”. And unlike the politician’s hyperbole it is a cautious bureaucrat, Mr K. Padmanabhiah, describing it as the first breakthrough in the five-year Naga peace process. It is now official.

Jet-Sahara row reaches SC
New Delhi, June 28
The legal battle between two leading private airlines — Jet Airways and Air Sahara — on their failed Rs 2,300-crore takeover deal reached the Supreme Court today with the former seeking the transfer of Sahara’s application for invoking arbitration proceedings from the court of Lucknow District Judge to the Bombay High Court.

In video: Praful Patel says govt not responsible for Jet-Sahara deal scuttle. (28k, 56k)

Pension up to Havildar to be raised
New Delhi, June 28
In an effort to provide benefit to a large section of ex-servicemen, the government today said that demands of retired service personnel with regard to the one-rank-one-pension issue had been “substantially” met and the pension of those up to the rank of Havildar would be raised by Rs 400 to Rs 500 per month.

Mob goes on rampage after custodial death
Ferozepore, June 28
Things took an ugly turn when an angry mob, in a fit of rage over the custodial death of a 20-year-old Dalit boy, pelted stones at the police station, broke windows of vehicles of the police and blocked traffic in front of the police station here today.

Lawyers ransack office of Meerut DM
Lucknow, June 28
Peace in Meerut was shattered with angry lawyers and students protesting in their own way against yesterday’s violence that killed three persons. (Details on Nation page)

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

	PUNJAB: Henry on stone-laying spree, promises cheaper pulses
	HARYANA: Govt using police to crush trade unions: Dasgupta
	HIMACHAL: IEET students forced to skip final exams
	J&K: 2 ultras surrender after getting trained in Pak
	CHANDIGARH: Police rule out suicide in missing advocate case
	LUDHIANA: No clue to kidnapped son of industrialist
	DELHI: SC refuses to stay eviction of slum dwellers
	OPINIONS: Crossing the hurdle
	BUSINESS: PM keen to revive handloom sector
	NATION: Lawyers ransack office of Meerut DM
	WORLD: N-deal clears first hurdle in US Congress
	SPORTS: Les Blues send Spain packing

German forward Miroslav Klose aims as the German national football team practises archery on a free morning in Berlin on Wednesday. — AFP

CWC to discuss price rise today
New Delhi, June 28
Rattled by the public outcry over soaring prices of essential commodities, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of the party’s working committee tomorrow to discuss this specific issue and evolve a strategy to bring relief to the common man.

Arjun Singh meets PM on quota issue
New Delhi, June 28
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last evening to discuss the reservation issue that is likely to be taken up during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

Tribune impact DC asked to give report on cops’ role Infant’s body missing from graveyard Amritsar, June 28 Taking a suo motu notice on the basis of the news, ‘Cops thrash woman in labour, killing baby’, Mr Naranjan Singh, Chairman, Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission (PSSCC) today sought a report from the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar in a week.