Thursday, November 23, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

We are not selfish: Hu
*Speaks of a new course in relations
*Next boundary meeting in December

New Delhi, November 22 India will make all efforts to hold the next round of Special Representatives’ level talks on boundary dispute with China next month itself, well-placed sources said today.

OOPS, PARDON US, PLEASE: A Chinese official tries to molify former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral during the Chinese President Hu Jintao keynote address to Indian and Chinese delegations at Vigyan Bhawan. Before the start of the function, the Chinese side asked Mr Gujral, who was sitting in the front row, to make way for the wife of the Chinese President and sit at the back row. Obviously annoyed over the incident, Mr Gujral preferred to sit in the third row itself. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Be pragmatic, Hu tells Left
New Delhi, November 22
It was a lesson from the fatherland for the Indian Communists, which they did not expect. Chinese President Hu Jintao today asked the Left leaders to adopt a “more pragmatic” approach, as this is the era of globalisation that provides immense scope for economic prosperity.

Hu to meet Kotnis family
Editorial: India, China move forward
Himachal page: Tibetans raise Parec(Hu) concerns

Kashmir crux: ‘Trust and take people forward’
New Delhi, November 22
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and PDP's erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Beig underlined the imperative need for decision makers at the Centre to overcome decades of "lack of trust" in the Kashmiris.

Patil sounds Lashkar terror alert
New Delhi, November 22
Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives are being trained to sabotage India’s key installations like atomic power plants, oil plants and those in the defence, communication and IT sectors, and these are highly vulnerable to terror attacks, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said here today.

Women’s quota Bill to be tabled
New Delhi, November 22
Ending all speculations, the UPA government tonight decided to introduce contentious Women’s Reservation Bill, giving 33 per cent reservation in legislative bodies, in the second half of winter session of Parliament.

Sex scandal: 9 get bail
Chandigarh, November 22
Mr Justice Rajive Bhalla of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted regular bail to nine accused in the infamous Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal.

Ravana temple at Jodhpur
Jodhpur, November 22
In this north Indian city of the Hindu heartland where Lord Rama is the main deity, a temple dedicated to demon king Ravana is being built by his descendants.

Shoes nail Vikramjit’s killer Ludhiana, November 22 Jagminder Singh, alias Aman Verma, had no clue that his shoes would bare his criminal activities. The Rs 9,000-Reeboks had been purchased by him using the credit card of Vikramjit Singh whom his gang had kidnapped and done to death in June this year. MAIN ACCUSED: Jagminder Singh alias Aman Verma (right), and Rajinder Singh. — Photo by Inderjit Verma Nikhil Kidnapping Case  Ludhiana page: Quick money, fast girls did him in  Agonised father vents his anger