Saturday, December 16, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Nuclear deal: Japan to wait & watch
Tokyo, December 15
If India expected Japan to go gaga over the Indo-US civil nuclear deal cleared by the US Congress, it was a disappointment today.
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CPM wants PM to allay their  nuke deal fears
Business page: PM woos Japanese companies

No reservation in Army: J J Singh
Hyderabad, December 15
Chief of Army Staff General J J Singh today said the defence forces would not allow 'minority' quota in the defence services as they were against reservation in providing employment, based on socio-economic factors of certain communities.

I was not raped: Maid
Chandigarh, December 15
The high-profile rape case involving the Shiromani Akali Dal MLA from Dhuri, Gaganjit Singh Barnala, took a dramatic turn today following a volte-face by the victim.

Gaganjit Singh Barnala

Bye Bye Doha

Sports page Medal haul falls short of expectation IOA blamed for Rana faux pas Medal tally   Performers act out a desert caravan sequence in the closing ceremony at the end of the 15th Asian Games in Doha. The games, the biggest-ever staged, officially ended Friday night. — AFP

Tortures: Death for ex-ACP New Delhi, December 15 A city court has awarded capital punishment to former Assistant Commissioner of Delhi Police Rishi Prakash Tyagi for torturing two persons to death in judicial custody. TV grab of ex-ACP Tyagi

Rs 25-crore SMS con Mumbai, December 15 The Mumbai police is on the lookout for two brothers whose SMS scam had duped hundreds to the tune of Rs 25 crore.

India: The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: Cong stalwarts stay away from CM’s rally
	HARYANA: HUDA flats now only for homeless
	HIMACHAL: Team surveys flood-hit areas
	J&K: Create fund to save Dal: HC
	CHANDIGARH:  UT to lease out new school buildings
	LUDHIANA: VAT woes scare industry
	DELHI: Sheila demands control of civic agencies
	OPINIONS: Some reservation
	BUSINESS: SAARC to set up food bank
	NATION: Kalam for 10 pc growth in GDP
	WORLD: Pentagon official predicts Afghan turmoil by spring
	SPORTS: Medal haul falls short of expectation

In Amritsar Plus today

Farmers keen to breed fish

In Real Estate today

Soaring construction costs sour concrete dreams

In Sports Tribune today

Indian Hockey Fiasco

Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder dead
New Delhi, December 15
Rajya Sabha member and former Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder died in a city hospital here after a prolonged illness.

Punjab page: Gloom in Bhinder’s village

HC directs UP govt to help vacate hostels
Lucknow, December 15
In a major relief to Lucknow University vice-chancellor R.P. Singh, Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to assist the university authorities to vacate all hostels.

Molestation: CFSL says photo doctored
Chandigarh, December 15
The controversy over the alleged incident of molestation of women veterinarian protesters at a rally in Ludhiana on September 21 took a new turn today.

Palace gutted
Jammu, December 15
The Dogra heritage suffered yet another loss here today when a devastating fire consumed an old palace in the Mubarak Mandi complex in the heart of the city.