Monday, March 12, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Cop guns down 5 colleagues
New Delhi, March 11 In a sensational early morning incident, five Sikkim police personnel guarding the premises of Dena Bank in Daryaganj here were allegedly gunned down by a colleague in what is being described as yet another case of fratricide. A relative of one of the Sikkim police jawans cries outside the Dena Bank premises in New Delhi on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Sukhbir is acting president of SAD
Chandigarh, March 11 In a deft move that could pave the way for Sukhbir Badal (44) as the future Chief Minister, the Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today unanimously elected Sukhbir as the acting president of the party. Speak Punjabi	Sukhbir Badal
Punjab page: Mann flays appointment of Sukhbir

Nearly 77 per cent polling in Beas
*Clashes leave 5 injured
*Two MLAs, ex-BJP minister get notice
Beas, March 11
Amid an atmosphere of high tension, Beas went to the polls, recording a turnout of about 77 per cent, despite inclement weather, surpassing the state average of 76, here today.

Punjab page: Dimpa may be arrested

World Cup 2007
	There’s is a kind of hush in the Calypso land before sixteen warrior teams begin the ultimate battle for cricket supremacy from Tuesday, the 13th. The Tribune comes out with a special supplement

Suspended Pak CJ under ‘house arrest’
Islamabad, March 11
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry remained incommunicado yesterday for the second consecutive day and a heavy police contingent was posted to guard his residence.

‘Won’t step down’ Pakistani policemen stand guard near the residence of suspended Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhary in Islamabad on Sunday. — Reuters photo

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

	PUNJAB: New excise policy this week likely
	HARYANA: Sampat, Bishnoi attack Cong
	HIMACHAL: More rain, snow dip temperature
	J&K:  Jethmalani favours pull-out of troops from valley
	CHANDIGARH: CJ Bench to hear all cases
	LUDHIANA:  3 killed as car skids into canal
	DELHI:  DSIIDC to build 4,348 more low-cost houses
	OPINIONS: The burden of charges
	BUSINESS: IOC drills for deal  in Congo
	NATION: Ex-secy of SIMI nabbed
	WORLD: Crackdown on anti-Mugabe protests in Zimbabwe
	SPORTS: Who will win the Cup?

Attari train blasts: Indore link found
Chandigarh, March 11
The Haryana Police has made a major breakthrough in the Delhi-Attari Express train blasts, near Panipat, which claimed the lives of 68 persons, most of them Pakistanis.

EU to press for adoption of report on Kashmir
Voting on amendments on March 21
New Delhi, March 11
European Parliament will vote on March 21 on a set of 16 compromise amendments on the 27-nation body's draft report on Kashmir which is like a red rag to Pakistan.

Gene research: Indian doctor claims major breakthrough Chandigarh, March 11 A US-based Indian doctor, Dr Rajvir Dahiya, and his team of researchers, have discovered a new function of ribonucleic acid for gene activation which may open new vistas in the treatment and prevention of various diseases, including cancer. Rajvir Dahiya