Tuesday, March 13, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Bhattal to head CLP
Dullo resigns as Punjab Congress chief
Chandigarh, March 12
Still not able to come out of the shock of the assembly poll debacle, the All-India Congress Committee has set in motion its efforts to restructure its Punjab unit by preferring Rajinder Kaur Bhattal to Amarinder Singh as leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP).

Lawyers in Pakistan boycott courts
Opposition wants Musharraf to quit over CJ’s suspension

With suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry becoming a rallying point against General Musharraf, the legal community across the country on Monday boycotted courts while an all parties conference (APC) held here called upon Musharraf to quit power making way for a national government.

Police officers beat lawyers with batons during an anti-government rally in Lahore on Monday. Lawyers boycotted court proceedings, clashed with riot police and burned effigy of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in a countrywide protest. — AP/PTI photo

Editorial: General and the Judge World page Justice Iftikhar seeks open proceedings of SJC

The Tribune to launch Himachal Pradesh Edition  on Thursday For quite some time we have been receiving suggestions from our readers in Himachal Pradesh that The Tribune should come out with a daily Edition of the paper for the State. — H.K. Dua Editor-in-Chief

Mulayam moves SC in assets case
New Delhi, March 12
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today moved the Supreme Court for modification of its order on the CBI probe into his assets and instead sought a judicial inquiry alleging that the petition against him had been filed on behalf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and CBI, under the UPA coalition, was not functioning “independently”.

Big chill returns to valley
Srinagar, March 12
Normal life was adversely affected due to continued snowfall across the valley, with heavy snow in the upper reaches and the people waking up to a thick blanket of snow this morning.

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

	PUNJAB: Dimpa ‘disappears’, abandoning 22 guards, official vehicles
	HARYANA: O.P. Chautala at receiving end
	HIMACHAL: Sleet, snow flakes dip mercury in Shimla
	J&K:  Rift in Cong, PDP widens
	CHANDIGARH: Sentry shoots colleague
	LUDHIANA:  Weather leaves farmers worried
	DELHI:  DPCC sets up scrutiny committee for candidates
	OPINIONS: General and the Judge
	BUSINESS: Remove trade-distorting subsidies: Pranab
	NATION: Cong gaining lost ground in MP
	WORLD: Credentials of SJC judges to be questioned
	SPORTS: On with the Cup

Fireworks explode as dancers perform during the opening ceremonies for the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica, on Sunday. — Reuters (Details on Sports page)

Two get life term for murder
Faridabad, March 12
The Additional District and Sessions Judge today sentenced two persons to life term and another to three months’ imprisonment in connection with the murder of a taxi driver in 2002.

Atwal in dock after fatal car crash Arjun Atwal, the first player from India on the professional golf circuit in the United States, is being investigated by the police after a reported high-speed car crash left one driver dead in Florida on Saturday evening.