Saturday, November 25, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Expose democratic inadequacies: Speaker
Stamp of The Tribune released
New Delhi, November 24
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today asked the media
to criticise the shortcomings in the parliamentary and political system and leave no effort in exposing the inadequacies which would help the growth of the democratic system.

Rush on first day cover

From Left : Tribune Trust Chairman Justice R.S. Pathak, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, and Minister of State for Communication and IT Shakeel Ahmed during the release of the commemorative stamp on the 125th anniversary of The Tribune at a function in New Delhi on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

The people's paper
The Tribune is one of the oldest newspapers of India. It has played a major role in the awakening of the people. The newspaper owes its origin to Sardar Dyal Singh of Majitha village in Amritsar.

Arunachal not debatable
Govt rejects Opposition demand for resolution
New Delhi, November 24
The government today rejected an Opposition demand for a Parliament resolution on Arunachal Pradesh and gave a clear signal to China that there was no scope for a debate on the status of the sensitive border state which is an integral part of India as parliamentarians rising above party lines condemned the Chinese Ambassador's remarks laying a claim to it.

Rs 6,000-crore relief for farmers soon
New Delhi, November 24
To mitigate the sufferings of farmers and prevent them from committing suicide, a Rs 6,000-crore statewise relief package is in the offing by the Planning Commission, Minister of State for Planning M.V. Rajasekharan said here today.






Vengsarkar assigned to tick off men in blues
New Delhi, November 24
The Indian cricket team’s Durban disaster notwithstanding, the BCCI today ruled out removal of coach Greg Chappell and rushed its chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar to South Africa on a damage-control mission amidst fresh calls for recall of Sourav Ganguly in the squad.

Sports page: Performance-based pay on cards?

No place for Irina in Asiad team Chandigarh, November 24 The reigning golf queen of the country has been shunted out from the Asian Games team without a fair trial. (Details on Sports page)

Govt attempts to rope in Left on pension, banking Bills
New Delhi, November 24
In move to push the economic reforms and break the deadlock on the contentious Pension and Banking Bills, the government today made fresh proposals to the Left parties on the proposed legislations which the Communists, the crucial outside supporters, said they would consider.

Rip-off — I
PSIDC generosity fattens 43 units
Chandigarh, November 24
A select 43 well-established industrialists in the state have collectively benefited to the tune of Rs 203 crore under a scheme to waive the money they owed to a semi-autonomous body of the Punjab Government.

Plan to spruce up Shimla
SHIMLA: The Himachal Government has drawn up a Rs 3,900- crore development plan for Shimla.

Alexander Litvinenko 1963-2006 Ex-spy accuses Putin from beyond grave London, November 24 Former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder today in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London hospital. ‘It wasn’t me’