Monday, January 8, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

CPM cadres raid Nandigram 8 dead; TMC, Cong call for bandh today
Kolkata, January 7 A group of CPM cadres, armed with automatic rifles and other weapons and wearing police uniforms, raided Nandigram village last night and gunned down at least six farmers in accordance to the party’s suddenly adopted policy of applying force against the Krishi Bachaoo Committee, opposing the land transfer to Indonesia’s Salim group.	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the 14th conference of the DYFI in Kolkata on Sunday. — PTI photo
Nandigram: CPM to oppose bandh

ULFA strike again, kills 15 
* Central team visits areas
* People take to roads
Guwahati, January 7
ULFA militants today killed 15 Hindi-speaking people and injured 10 others in four separate attacks in Assam hours after Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal visited the state in the wake of stepped up violence by the banned group since Friday.

No sovereignty, says minister
Tight security in Asom-bound trains
Nation page: Sonia condemns Asom violence
Editorial: Massacre in Assam

In video (56k) Police officials and a sniffer dog patrol the railway tracks in Guwahati on Sunday. — Reuters photo

Central rule disfavoured
Let Mulayam face voters’ ire: UPA
New Delhi, January 7
Despite persistent demands by the BJP and the BSP for Central intervention in Uttar Pradesh because of a breakdown in the law and order situation in the state, the Congress-led UPA government is unlikely to dismiss the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in Lucknow and impose President's rule.

Varsity for PIOs on the cards
New Delhi, January 7
In an emotional appeal to the Indian diaspora, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today urged the 25 million people spread across the globe to invest in the country of origin “not just financially, but intellectually, socially, culturally and above all, emotionally.”

Govt to allow NRI docs to practise here
New Delhi, January 7
The government is taking steps to allow overseas Indian doctors to practise in the country, Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said here today.

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

	PUNJAB: CM promises relief to victims of canal breach
	HARYANA: Deputy Commissioners in eight districts shifted
	HIMACHAL: Join duty or face dismissal, Virbhadra warns docs
	J&K: Two Pak-based militants among four killed
	CHANDIGARH:  City, Mohali cops dilly-dally on FIR
	LUDHIANA: 3.5 lakh children vaccinated against polio
	DELHI: MCD official transferred over issue of lavatories
	OPINIONS: Massacre in Assam
	BUSINESS:  Underground oil storage projects in the pipeline
	NATION: India to sign Hague Convention
	WORLD: Israel planning N-strike on Iran: Report
	SPORTS: Some heads may roll, warns BCCI

A first: Vulture bred in captivity
Panchkula, January 7
There’s a reason for vulture conservationists to rejoice, the New Year’s dawn, wrapped in fog and cold, brought with it the first white-backed vulture chick born in captivity at the Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore.

Lalu wants Bihar back
Patna, January 7
After being drubbed in the 2005 Assembly poll in Bihar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav indeed had some happy memories of 2006.

Hydro projects hit hard as rivulets freeze
Shimla, January 7
Taps went dry as the water froze in many areas of the state capital and towns. The entire region continued to reel under severe cold for the third consecutive day today.

Delhi page: Cold spell continues this week too A man paddles his “Shikara” on the frozen water of famous Dal Lake in Srinagar on Sunday. — PTI photo

Monday Special HIV-positive man is now beacon of life Patna, January 7 For Kailash Bhagat in his 30s, HIV positive does not mean the end of life. His eyes have sunk. Hairs on the head has become scarce and skin has turned black.