Saturday, September 16, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

42 SAD, BJP MLAs suspended
Ruckus in Punjab Assembly over City Centre scam
Chandigarh, September 15
An eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation between the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, on the floor of the Punjab Assembly over the Ludhiana City Centre scam today rocked the House.

Editorial The minister must go
Punjab page
City Centre case: sale stopped
Book CM, Jagjit, says Sukhbir

PM: NAM should not be ambiguous on terror

Havana, September 15 Warning that NAM cannot be ambiguous on the issue of terrorism if it wants to be relevant, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told its leaders to unitedly fight the scourge and not allow the forces of extremism to distract the world’s attention from developmental issues.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur are greeted by a Cuban girl on their arrival at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Thursday. The Prime Minister arrived in Havana to attend the 14th NAM Summit. — PTI photo PM celebrates wedding anniversary

Manmohan, Musharraf express cautious optimism
Havana, September 15
Ahead of their meeting here tomorrow, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today voiced cautious optimism, amid indications that they will focus on critical issue of terrorism and its adverse impact on the stalled Indo-Pak peace process.
(Details on World page)

No easy going for Koda
Ranchi, September15
In less than 24 hours after staking claim to form the next government in Jharkhand as an alternative to the NDA, the actual strength of the UPA in support of the first Independent Chief Minister-designate Madhu Koda has come down to 42 against the list of 43 MLAs presented before the Governor on Thursday.

Nation page
Son is CM, but Koda’s father does not know

Mahant quits as member of Amarnath Shrine Board
Srinagar, September 15
Mahant Deependra Giri, custodian of Chhari Mubarak or the holy mace of Lord Shiva, here today announced his decision to disassociate himself from the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) over this year’s controversy on artificial Shivalingam. He had been associated with the board, headed by the state’s Governor, as one of its members since it had been constituted in 2001.

AP arms haul: 7 held
Chennai, September 15
The Tamil Nadu police made a major breakthrough about the arms haul meant for Maoists seized in Andhra Pradesh and arrested seven persons while it dispatched a team to the neighbouring state to arrest the kingpin. The arms included rockets and launchers consigned to the Maoists in trucks from the state capital of Tamil Nadu.

	PUNJAB: City Centre case: sale stopped
	HARYANA: Bansi Lal’s widow files plea in High Court
	HIMACHAL: Move to merge enforcement, vigilance depts
	J&K: Azad to address EU, Mufti UN assembly
	CHANDIGARH: City Centre case: sale stopped
	LUDHIANA: Woman leaves 2 kids for paramour
	DELHI: Delhi Govt notifies 2200 roads for commercial use
	OPINIONS: The minister must go
	BUSINESS: 66 cos bid for 52 oil, gas blocks under NELP
	NATION: CVC to probe allegations against CBSE chairperson
	WORLD: Manmohan, Musharraf express cautious optimism
	SPORTS: India need to plug bowling loopholes

In Saturday Extra today

Paes unlimited by Vikramdeep Johal  I’m a strict mother: Jaya by Subhash K. Jha

CBI seeks death for Memons
Mumbai, September 15
Counsel for the CBI C. Sharma has urged the special court that the four members of the Memon family found guilty in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case be awarded the death penalty. — TNS

India need to plug bowling loopholes 
Kuala Lumpur, September 15
Sachin Tendulkar’s return to prime form on his comeback may ring alarm bells in the rival camp but India desperately need to plug the bowling loopholes when they take on Australia in the DLF Cup tri-series match here tomorrow.(Details on Sports page)

A Tribune Special Killing the unborn daughter — III  PNDT Act proves ineffective against female foeticide Chandigarh, September 15 It is more than a decade since the Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act 1994 came into being but it was only this year, on March 28, that a doctor was sentenced to two years in prison. This class at a school in Begowal near Ludhiana has more girls than boys, a rare phenomenon in this region. — Tribune photo by Inderjit Verma