Thursday, October 19, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

11th Plan to target 10 per cent growth
* Aims to create 7 cr jobs
* Inflation to be pegged at 4 pc
New Delhi, October 18
Even as the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pitched for a 10 per cent GDP growth, the Planning Commission in its 11th Plan Approach Paper today underlined the need for creating seven crore job opportunities in next five years for inclusive growth.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia at a meeting of the Planning Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI photo

SC questions sting operations by TV channels
New Delhi, October 18
The Supreme Court today raised a question mark on the “sting operations” being conducted by various TV news channels and wanted to know whether these were done with real public interest in mind, or were aimed at raising the TV rating points and also involved money transactions.

Specifications changed after receiving coal
Scandal in PSEB
Chandigarh, October 18
The imported coal scandal worth several crores of rupees in the Punjab State Electricity Board has similarities with the City Centre scam in Ludhiana. After executing the tenders, placing the order and receiving coal at its plants, the PSEB authorities amended the most crucial part regarding the specifications in the purchase order obviously to accept substandard imported coal at its thermal plants.

HC: action against Venu subject to final verdict New Delhi, October 18 The Delhi High Court today said any action against All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Director P Venugopal would be subject to the final verdict on the petition which is pending in the matter.
Dr P. Venugopal

Farm credit: PM for studying moneylenders’ role
New Delhi, October 18
Admitting the failure of institutional mechanism in meeting the needs of the farmers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today initiated a debate on roping in and regulating money lenders in extending farm credit to alleviate the agricultural crisis facing the nation.

Bride vows to end groom’s marriage run Lavkeri village (Karnal), October 18 Thirteen proved unlucky for a 72-year-old man, Ramdhari, after his “13th” wife, Harbans Kaur (45), decided to stand up for herself when she learned about her husband’s past. Harbans Kaur outside Ramdhari’s house in Lavkeri village, near Karnal. — A Tribune photograph