Saturday, September 23, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

SC orders police reforms
Gives Centre, states 3-month ultimatum
New Delhi, September 22
In a judgement that would go down as a landmark in the history of reforming criminal justice system and strengthening the rule of law in the country, the Supreme Court today ordered drastic changes in the police administration to make it more accountable and protect it from political interference.

Editorial: Court and the cop
Nation page: Verdict historic, say former bureaucrats

Cops add insult to injury, book 200 students
Ludhiana, September 22
As if the brute force that the police used mercilessly against veterinary students on the Punjab Agricultural University campus yesterday was not enough, it has now registered an FIR against them.

Editorial: Poor Captaincy
Punjab page: SAD condemns use of force against girls
Ludhiana page: Widespread condemnation of police atrocity

Outrage at brutality
Chandigarh, September 22
Yesterday’s incident in Ludhiana, where protesting students, including girls, of veterinary sciences were cane-charged, has sparked off an outrage with the public, political parties and social organisations reacting to the happenings.

Kashmir bilateral issue: Bush

President George W. Bush on Friday said it was very important that the issue of Kashmir move forward and be resolved peacefully. Speaking to reporters in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Bush said he was pleased with the recent discussions between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in Havana.

US President George W. Bush shakes hands with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday. — AFP photo

US threatened to bomb Pak, says Musharraf
The Bush administration threatened to bomb Pakistan “back to the Stone Age” if it didn’t help in the US-led war on terror, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf revealed in an interview this week. (Details on World page)

’93 blasts: Dawood’s agents found guilty
Mumbai, September 22
Dawood Mohammad Phanse, alias Dawood Taklya, Dawood Ibrahim’s landing agent, was today found guilty in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case. The TADA court found him guilty of meeting Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai and taking instructions from him for landing RDX and other arms and ammunition at Raigad in Maharashtra.

A Tribune Investigation — Govt as landgrabber-IV
Ignoring pro-farmer Act
Chandigarh, September 22
Successive governments in Punjab have used various clauses of the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 to oust farmers from their land. In doing so, they have conveniently chosen not to implement the “pro-farmer” Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995, as also follow various pro-farmer provisions of the Panchayati Raj Act.

Cong CMs may pitch for loan waiver
Nainital, September 22
When Congress Chief Ministers sit down for their seventh conclave tomorrow, they are expected to make a strong pitch for immediate concessions for debt-ridden farmers while pressing the Centre to launch a second agriculture revolution to provide the necessary push to the stagnating production of wheat and pulses.