Saturday, October 7, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Venod Sharma quits Chandigarh, October 6 After dithering for several days, Haryana Power Minister Venod Sharma today put in his papers. He submitted his resignation from the Cabinet to AICC president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi this morning.                         Venod Sharma
Nation page: Venod Sharma pays price for son’s mistake Editorial: Son-struck

Mumbai blasts: India, USA share evidence
New Delhi, October 6
India is understood to have shared with the US evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the July 11 Mumbai blasts. The US Ambassador here, Mr David C. Mulford, hinted at this today when he was asked a question on whether India had shown evidence of the involvement of the ISI in the blasts.

No reopening of talks on Indo-US N-deal: Mulford
New Delhi, October 6
The Bush Administration will try its best to bring the Indo-US nuclear agreement to vote in the Senate during its lame-duck session beginning November 13, but in case it does not happen the entire legislative process will have to start all over again when the new Congress starts its session next early next year.

Dengue tightens grip, toll up
New Delhi, October 6
Seven more dengue deaths have been reported from various parts of the country in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 45. Reports of 282 fresh dengue cases across the country have added to the worry of public health experts. In video (56k)

Chandigarh page:
 Insanitation, waterlogging dog city hospitals
11 fresh cases of dengue reported
Ludhiana page: 28 more suspected dengue cases surface
Punjab page: Suspected dengue case reported
Haryana page: Steps to prevent dengue, malaria
Delhi page: Dengue outbreak shows no sign of abating

BJP denies ticket to Varun
New Delhi, October 6
Strong pressure and resentment in the state unit forced the BJP to deny the Lok Sabha ticket to a scion of Gandhi-Nehru family Varun Gandhi from Vidisha and instead go for Minister of Public Health and Engineering Rampal Singh.

Militants kill 13 Railway men in Assam
Guwahati, October 6
Suspected anti-talk Dimasa militants today killed 13 NF Railway personnel in a remote jungle near Hatikhuli, about 12 km from Lumding railway junction.

’93 blasts: 3 more found guilty
Mumbai, October 6
The special court set up under the Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act to hear the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case today found three persons guilty of being part of the conspiracy.

Two ISI agents held
New Delhi, October 6
Two agents of the Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence have been arrested in the Capital with sensitive defence documents in their possession.

Tribune Special Education in North in a shambles Schools in all states perform below national average Chandigarh, October 6 In a reminder of the abysmal education system in government schools across North India, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has found that school students in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir are performing below the national mean achievement.