Sunday, January 7, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Day Two: ULFA guns down 26
Rajdhani targeted

Guwahati, January 6 Armed operations against ULFA intensified in Assam and a red alert was sounded across the state in the wake of its violent attacks by the militant group on non-Assamese people in Assam since last evening, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today. An injured person is brought to Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrughar on Saturday following a militant attack which left 26 persons dead. — AFP photo

Central team to study situation in Assam
New Delhi, January 6
Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the ULFA killings in Assam as an ‘anti-people act of cowardice and inhumanity,’ the UPA government is sending a high-level team headed by Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal to the state tomorrow for an on-the-spot study of the situation.

Noida in Bhiwandi? 43 kids missing
Mumbai, January 6
Even as the probe into the sensational killings of children at Noida has hinted at rape, pedophilia and cannibalism there is panic in the textile town of Bhiwandi near here as 43 children have gone missing in the past year.

Nation page Sonia visits Nithari, slams Mulayam govt Congress president Sonia Gandhi talks to kin of the victims of Nithari serial killings, at Nithari village, Noida, UP, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Rajeev Tyagi

Nation page Noida serial killers subjected to brain mapping Forensic experts scan Pandher’s house Chandigarh page Noida killings: At last, police to identify missing Moninder loves kids, can’t be killer: son

SA win third Test, series South Africa won the third Test against India by 5 wickets at Cape Town on Saturday, thereby taking the series 2-1. (Details on Sports page)

Punjab Polls 
13-member panel constituted
None from PM’s family to contest
Chandigarh, January 6
No one from the family of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will contest the coming Punjab Assembly elections as the All-India Congress Committee approved a 13-member Punjab State Election Committee.

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

	PUNJAB: Cong gets jolt in Majha
	HARYANA: Stones of 14 projects laid in Hassangarh
	HIMACHAL: RSS a political, not a social outfit: Cong
	J&K: Lone releases vision document for Kashmir
	CHANDIGARH:  Big chill: City records 0°C
	LUDHIANA: Youth’s death: Arrest of drivers sought
	DELHI: Manesar units plagued by poor power supply
	OPINIONS: Stem the rot
	BUSINESS: Hutch bid: Vodafone allays fears of overpayment
	NATION: Sonia visits Nithari, slams Mulayam govt
	WORLD: Japan, US warn North Korea on second N-test
	SPORTS: India lose match, series

Hindus’ share in SAD list up
Chandigarh, January 6
Making a significant break from tradition in its electoral history after Independence, the Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) has for the first time nominated seven Hindu candidates so far for the Punjab Assembly elections.

Charges framed against Rahul Mahajan
New Delhi, January 6
A Delhi court today framed charges against Rahul Mahajan, son of the late Pramod Mahajan, for allegedly purchasing drugs for personal consumption.

HP hikes daily wages by Rs 5
Shimla, January 5
The minimum daily wages in Himachal Pradesh have been increased from Rs 70 to Rs 75 with effect from January 1, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh announced today.

Want to pay power bill? Stay at home
Panchkula, January 6
The Haryana Power Corporations of the state have decided to introduce on-the-spot billing and payment of electricity charges beginning this month.

Cracks appear in JD(U)-BJP alliance
Patna, January 6
After 15 months of honeymoon, cracks are finally visible in JD(U)-BJP relations in Bihar. Despite his good equation with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Modi could not prevent the “near revolt” by a section of BJP MLAs and MLCs against Nitish’s style of functioning.

Iraq: Democrats go for Bush jugular New York, January 6 A day after they took control of the US Congress, Democrats on Saturday set the stage for a confrontation with Republican President George W Bush by strongly opposing the increase of number of troops in Iraq.