Thursday, November 9, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

BY GEORGE, WHAT AN AMBUSH!
Democrats wrest House; Rumsfeld quits
Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party on Tuesday and were poised to win a majority in the Senate in an election seen as a referendum on President George W. Bush's leadership and the war in Iraq.

Editorial: A weakened Bush
Nation page: Indo-US nuclear deal may take some time

The deal is important, US Secy Cohen told True Dubyaman, Bobby Jindal No effect on N-deal DOWN: George concedes defeat. — Reuters photo

CM flags off Punjab Vikas Yatra politics
Nangal/Ropar, November 8 Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh took to the streets today to seek the blessings of the people in helping him regain power for another term. Riding the crest of achievements which he claimed as "unprecedented in Punjab's history", the Chief Minister traversed a historic path - one which the Tenth Sikh guru followed to salvation.	No VAT on gurdwara rations Besides upgrading Nangal to a subdivision today, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh exempted VAT on langar (community kitchen) commodities/items supplied to Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, Takht Sri Dam Dama Sahib, Talwandi Sabo and Sri Durgiana Temple, Amritsar.
A very tough yatra for some, as many as twelve hours

ROAD SHOW: The Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh and the PPCC President, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, wave at people on the Nangal-Ropar road during the first day of the Punjab Vikas Yatra on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Suicide bomber blows up 42 soldiers in Pak
Islamabad, November 8
A suicide bomber killed 42 Pakistani soldiers at an army training ground today in an attack that the military said was linked to a bloody army assault on a militant camp last week.

Brown, Blair to be quizzed on corruption
London, November 8
Chancellor Gordon Brown and other leading Cabinet ministers are to be questioned by the police for the first time over whether they knew that four Labour businessmen who secretly loaned the party millions of pounds had been put forward for peerages by Tony Blair.

Sealing campaign gets rolling in South Delhi
New Delhi, November 8
As the sealing of unauthorised commercial establishments in the Capital was resumed on Wednesday, it was the posh South Delhi that became the first target of the civic agencies. In video (56k)

TRAI office also not spared
Delhi page: MCD resumes sealing drive amid tension

Body of girl found in wooden trunk
Ludhiana, November 8
In a hair-raising incident, the body of a young girl was found locked in a wooden trunk in Indore Express when the train reached the Ludhiana railway station this late evening. The girl’s body had no injury mark.

SC says UT transgressed on rent Act
New Delhi, November 8
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Chandigarh Administration for attempting to take upon itself legislative powers by enforcing provisions of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act in the Union Territory to make a distinction between two classes of tenants.

Ram says tall Sikh shot Lall
New Delhi, November 8
Adding another twist to the Jessica Lal murder case, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani today claimed it was a ''tall Sikh'' who had shot model Jessica Lal, not the prime accused Manu Sharma.

Bottled water companies face squeeze New Delhi, November 8 To provide safeguards against hazards of overexploitation and tighten the noose around the multi-million crore bottled water and soft drink industry in the country, the Centre is now planning a clear-cut policy on the ownership of groundwater and its pricing in the country.