Sunday, September 24, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

PM warns of terror attacks
Don’t polarise minorities, Sonia tells CMs

Nainital, September 23 Obviously concerned at their party's dipping popularity among the minorities, both Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took up cudgels for the minority community and asked the security agencies and state authorities to desist from branding all Muslims as terrorists as this would lead to their alienation.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Congress Chief Ministers’ conclave in Nainital on Saturday. — PTI photo

Sorry, say cops to students, cancel FIR

Ludhiana, September 23 Bowing to public pressure, the Ludhiana police today cancelled the FIR registered against about 200 students, including girls, of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.

Students of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University with the SSP, Mr A.S. Rai, and the SP (Headquarters), Mr A.S. Chahal, in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Tribune photo by  Sayeed Ahmed

IHRO: cops used excessive force
Girl students were primary victims
Ludhiana, September 23
The International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO), while condemning Punjab Chief Minister's for giving a clean chit to the Ludhiana police's onslaught on the agitating Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) students, accused the police force for using excessive force and censured the Veterinary University V-C, Mr D S Bains, for his inability to place the students' cause before the government. (Details on Ludhiana page)

Petro prices likely to go down
Mumbai, September 23
Prices of petrol and diesel may fall in the coming weeks if international prices of crude oil continue to fall, Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said here today. Speaking to mediapersons at a function, Deora said the government expected petroleum prices to continue falling.

Bomb threat on Rajdhani
Ahmedabad, September 23
Bomb disposal squads and the police have rushed to the Kalupur railway station, near here, following an anonymous call saying a bomb was planted in the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express this evening. The train which was scheduled to leave from the station at 5.30 p.m has been delayed by an hour. — PTI

28 convicted in fodder scam case
Ranchi, September 23
A special court here today sentenced 28 persons, including four women, to rigorous imprisonment for terms ranging between two and six years in a fodder scam case, taking the total number of persons convicted in connection with the multi-crore crime to 151. —PTI

Sania no match for Hingis
Kolkata, September 23
Top seed and World No nine Martina Hingis blew away Indian hope Sania Mirza in 58 minutes 6-1, 6-0 in the first semifinal to storm into the final of Sunfeast Open here today. (Details on Sports page)

Saudis believe bin Laden is dead Paris, September 23 A French newspaper today published what it said was a report by the country's intelligence services that said Saudi Arabia believes Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan this month. Nation page: US drill to confirm bin Laden’s death