Monday, January 29, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Fresh clashes in Singur
40 injured; 1000 held
Kolkata, January 28
Violence erupted again at Singur and several other adjoining places today when the police and Trinamool Congress workers and supporters were involved in pitched battles at least at four entry points over the construction of the Tata Motors plant on the farm land forcibly acquired by the state government. In video (56k)

Tribune Exclusive
Pakistan opposes freer roaming by diplomats
New Delhi, January 28
A move by India and Pakistan for easing restrictions on movement of diplomats in and around their respective capitals has fallen through, The Tribune has learnt.

TWO FACES OF PAKISTAN

Pakistani woman commandos take part in a parade during training for Moharram in Multan; and (right) veiled hardliners from a seminary stage a sit-in in Islamabad against a government-ordered demolition of mosques on Sunday. — Reuters/AFP photo

Punjab Votes '07
Sidhu, Singla in stage rage
Chandigarh/Amritsar, January 28
The face-off between the two main contenders for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat telecast live at Khalsa College here tonight brought forth the hideous face of Indian politics, with supporters of both candidates coming to near blows.

The BJP candidate for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, Mr Navjot Singh Sidhu (extreme right), and his rival from the Congress, Mr Surinder Singla (left), along with their supporters capture the dais at a debate being aired live in Amritsar on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Rajeev Sharma

Cousins battle it out with poise, dignity  Fall in line, or face the axe, Cong to rebels (Details on Punjab page)

India to set up aerospace command
Gandhinagar, January 28 An aerospace command will be established soon to exploit outer space and control space-based assets, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi said today. The Indian Air Force was in the process of establishing this command by integrating its capabilities, he told reporters here.	S.P. Tyagi

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

	PUNJAB: Cousins battle it out with poise, dignity
	HARYANA: Farmer electrocuted, three injured
	HIMACHAL: Devotees throng Mandi, Riwalsar lake
	J&K: Back from Pak, Mirwaiz talks of building consensus
	CHANDIGARH:  Hike in collectors’ rates on cards
	LUDHIANA: Forgot college Mr Badal? Ab hamaari bari
	DELHI: Religious, social bodies clamour for recovery of idols
	OPINIONS: Boosting the ties
	BUSINESS: IRDA slashes third-party vehicle premium
	NATION: Dry weather prediction coming true
	WORLD: 18 Lanka Oppn MPs defect to ruling party
	SPORTS: No surprises - It’s Federer

Dubious First
Woman Army officer faces court martial
Chandigarh, January 28
The Army has ordered trial by General Court Martial of a woman officer on charges of corruption. This is the first known case of its kind in the Army and the second such trial in the armed forces since women officers were inducted in the services.

Prisoner stabbed in gang war
Mumbai, January 28
A bitter war between the members of Dawood Ibrahim and Chotta Rajan gangs resulted in one person being stabbed in the Arthur Road Central Jail here this morning. DCP Panjabrao Ungale, jail in charge, said Asghar Ali ‘Mehandi’ was brutally stabbed by four other inmates inside barrack No. 4 of the jail. — TNS

Music director O.P. Nayyar dead Mumbai, January 28 Music director O P Nayyar, best known for classic songs like “Pukarta Chala Hoon Mein”, died of cardiac arrest at his home in Thane today. He was 81. Farewell: Flavour behind Shammi’s ‘Yahoo’ O P Nayyar