Thursday, September 7, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Munda gets week to prove majority
Ranchi, September 6
With odds heavily stacked against him, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda was today asked to prove his majority in the Assembly in a week’s time after he demanded that he be given an opportunity for a floor test.
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Musharraf plotted Bugti murder: Sharif
Paris, September 6
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday lashed out against the Musharraf regime, squarely accusing it of "murdering" senior Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti on August 26.

Flood alert is for encroachers of riverbeds Ropar, September 6 Flood-threats in Punjab are not like the old days when meandering rivers marooned villages. Today, fired by greed, people have sown crops in areas that once formed the path of the rivers The water-level in the Bhakra Dam stands at 1677.14 feet on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

College girls consume poison, 1 dead
Amritsar, September 6
A student of Khalsa College has died while her room mate is struggling for life in the local Guru Nanak Dev Hospital following suicide attempt late last evening. The police has registered a case of attempt to suicide against the surviving girl.

13 killed in road mishap
Kiratpur Sahib, September 6

Thirteen persons, including nine women and a seven-year-old girl, were killed when the tractor-trailer in which they travelling overturned and fell into a gorge along the Anandpur Sahib hydel canal here this afternoon.

The tractor-trailer that fell into a gorge at Kiratpur Sahib on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Singing Vande Mataram not must: HC
Lucknow, September 6
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today ruled that the singing of Vande Mataram cannot be forced.

Bina Ramani arrested
Panaji/New Delhi, September 6
Socialite Bina Ramani, a key witness in the Jessica Lall murder case, was today arrested in Goa, two days after a Delhi court issued a non-bailable warrant against her in a cheating case.

Telgi names Sharad Pawar
Minister denies charge
New Delhi, September 6
A narco-analysis test conducted in 2003 on fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi, aired by TV channels today, sought to link Union Minister Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who vehemently denied any involvement in the case.

Near-unanimity in Cabinet on raising retirement age Chandigarh, September 6 There is near-unanimity in the Punjab Council of Ministers, which discussed various demands of employees today, to enhance the retirement age from 58 to 60 years, increase the medical allowance and regularise the services of ad hoc employees.