Friday, November 10, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Cabinet nod for Judges Inquiry Bill
*Check on foreign funding
* Pension for freedom fighters up
New Delhi, November 9
Amid perceived confrontation of the executive and legislature with the judiciary on certain crucial judgements delivered by the Supreme Court in the past two years, the Cabinet finally gave its approval to the Judges (Inquiry) Bill.

CJI declines comment

MAGHAR HAS SOMETHING TO SAY: The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Amarinder Singh, faces some sharp questioning from Maghar Singh of Kum Kalan in Ludhiana district during the second leg of Congress Vikas Yatra on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

CCS okays blueprint for talks with Pakistan
New Delhi, November 9
The Cabinet Committee on Security at its meeting today approved the broad contours of the upcoming Indo-Pakistan Foreign Secretary level talks scheduled to be held here on November 14 and 15 encompassing the understanding reached between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Gen Pervez Musharraf for an anti-terrorism mechanism on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Havana, Cuba.

Special article: Time to talk with China

Airports on alert after Al-Qaida threat
Bangalore, November 9
Security has been strengthened at airports across South India after an alleged Al Qaida threat was received by the Tiruchirapalli airport authorities in Tamil Nadu today.
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Opinions page: Britain hesitant to accept Pak role in terror

Democrats get Senate too
Battle for Virginia went down to the wire
The battle for Virginia was down to the wire on Thursday morning with less than a percentage point separating the Democratic and Republican candidates.
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N-deal Bill next week, says Mulford
US visa cheaper
Editorial: Casualty of Iraq war
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Back-to-Pachmarhi buzz in Congress
New Delhi, November 9
Clearly disenchanted with the coalition experiment, there is a growing section in the Congress which believes the party should not depend on allies and instead go it alone in the future.

‘Peacock’ Goyal, 6 more face job challenge
Chandigarh, November 9
In a significant decision, Mr Justice Mahesh Grover of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a bunch of petitions challenging appointment of seven persons as Punjab Civil Service (PCS) officers on compassionate grounds.

Talwar remains PGI chief
New Delhi, November 9
The apex decision-making body of the PGI today decided that the PGI Director, Professor K.K. Talwar, would continue as Director and Professor of Cardiology.

PM to aid of border farmers Amritsar, November 9 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed the Border Security Force to open at least one gate of each Border Observation Post (BOP) from dawn to dusk on the 533-km border along Pakistan to facilitate thousands of farmers to cultivate their land across the fencing.