Saturday, July 8, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Venugopal’s ouster stayed
HC passes interim order till Aug 17
New Delhi, July 7
In a major victory for sacked All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr P. Venugopal in the fight for autonomy of the institute in his faceoff with Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss, the Delhi High Court today stayed the resolution for his removal passed on July 5.

Nation page Doctors hold OPDs in AIIMS lawns A young patient eagerly watches the process during the parallel OPD organised by the striking doctors at AIIMS campus, in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI photo

Gangster ‘Dimpy’ killed by gunmen
Chandigarh, July 7
Notorious gangster Prabhjinder Singh ‘Dimpy’ was tonight shot dead by miscreants, after being allegedly hounded from the Sukhna Lake Club to Sector 8 here.

UPA to discuss divestment; Sonia calls on PM
New Delhi, July 7
A meeting of the UPA coordination committee is likely to be scheduled before the monsoon session of Parliament commencing this month-end to sort out differences on the Centre’s disvestment plans which were put on hold by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday following objections from the DMK.

Editorial: Roll-back at Neyveli

Congressmen come to PM’s defence
New Delhi, July 7
Having been isolated in his own party and under personal attack from the Opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got some solace today when the Congress put its best foot forward to defend him.

Follow-up
Deposit ‘education scam’ crores into treasury: AG
Chandigarh, July 7
Taking cognizance of media reports regarding the multi-crore Punjab Education Scam, the office of the Auditor-General, Punjab has directed the Punjab Education Department to deposit the huge sums of money lying in its various bank accounts, into the State Treasury and also get a special audit done.

Power crisis hits industry in region
Chandigarh, July 7
Industry in Punjab and Haryana came to a grinding halt and normal life was thrown out of gear, after two units of the Nathpa-Jakhri project in Himachal Pradesh were shut down this morning following excessive silt deposits.

SAD expels Calcutta for 6 years
Chandigarh, July 7
As expected, the SAD’s disciplinary committee headed by Mr Gurdev Singh Badal today expelled Mr Manjit Singh Calcutta, a member of the Political Affairs Committee, for six years from the primary membership of the party.

CBI books 3 in coffin scam
New Delhi, July 7
The CBI has registered a case in the coffin scam, during the tenure of Mr George Fernandes as Defence Minister ,against three senior Army officials and a US-based funeral service company for allegedly supplying poor quality aluminum caskets at “exhorbitant rates” after the Kargil war.

Tatas mulling to invest in Punjab New Delhi, July 7 Reliance have come to Punjab, can Tatas be far behind. Here they are with plans to set up manufacturing hub for cars with an investment of over Rs 4000 crore. Mr Ratan Tata with the Minister of State for Industry, Mr Ashwani Kumar, in New Delhi on Friday. — A Tribune photograph