Friday, December 15, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

10 days, 3 gainers
Punjab Vigilance Bureau on ‘clean chit’ spree
Chandigarh, December 14
At the fag end of the Punjab government’s tenure, giving a“clean chit” in high-profile cases has become common. The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has now found that no case is made out against either Punjab State Electricity Board officials for allegedly importing substandard coal or against those responsible for alleged irregularities in the purchase of medical equipment.

PM seeks Japan’s help on N-power

Tokyo, December 14 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought Japan's support to India's plans to meet its growing energy needs by tapping nuclear power. Japan evinces interest in importing food items
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito upon his arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. — AFP photo

LS okays OBC quota Bill
New Delhi, December 14
The Lok Sabha passed by voice vote today evening the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Bill, 2006, seeking to provide 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Government’s educational institutions.

9 of marriage party killed
Shimla, December 14
Nine members of a marriage party, including the bride and the bridegroom, were killed and 11 others injured when their vehicle fell into a khad near Umladwar on the Narakanda-Tikker road last evening.

Cold squat for second day
Lalru, December 14
It is a “catch-22” situation for over 800 families, who were uprooted from a slum colony in Zirakpur and were shifted to the prohibited periphery of Ammunition Depot, Dappar, as around 20 jawans from the depot pulled down their jhuggis in Gholumajra village in the vicinity of the dump.

CITU bandh paralyses life in West Bengal
Kolkata, December 14
The CITU's industrial bandh virtually brought to a halt the state of West Bengal today. It was the fifth consecutive bandh in some 15 days since November 26 in the CPM-ruled state, where Mr Budhadeb Bhattacharjjee's "dreamland" of IT sector was also not spared.
(Details on Nation page)

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	PUNJAB: Employees’ strike hits life
	HARYANA: Left unions’ stir partial
	HIMACHAL:  Left-supported strike hits work in banks, post offices
	J&K: HC directs Tihar Jail authorities to inspect Bhat’s grave
	CHANDIGARH:  Strike leaves hundreds stranded
	LUDHIANA: Barrewal going the Budda Nullah way
	DELHI: Traders demand road map for integrated tax system
	OPINIONS: Of the babus, for the babus
	BUSINESS: Maran: $2 b investment expected in 2007
	NATION: CITU bandh paralyses life in West Bengal
	WORLD: Speculation over exit of Saudi envoy in US
	SPORTS: Golden checkmate

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Acquiring farmers’ land inevitable: CM
Chandigarh, December 14
Defending the acquisition of land for various projects,the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today said there was no alternative except to acquire fertile land to set up development projects in the state.

Balasingham dies
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Sidhu moves SC
NEW DELHI: Former BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu and Rupinder Singh Sandhu, convicted along with him in a road rage case, have filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against Punjab and Haryana High Court judgement sentencing them to three years’ imprisonment. — UNI