Monday, March 19, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Woolmer dies hours after Pak exit
Kingston, March 18 Pakistan’s cricket coach Bob Woolmer suddenly died in mysterious circumstances today, hours after Pakistan’s shocking elimination from the World Cup after the defeat at the hands of Ireland. ‘I can’t believe the news’

Bob Woolmer 1948-2007

Born: May 14, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India   As an all-rounder, played in over 300 first-class matches for   Kent, England, Natal and Western Province   Made his Test debut for England against Australia at Lord’s in 1975. 19th and last Test against Australia in 1981   Had interrupted his Test career by signing for World Series Cricket in 1977, before effectively ending it forever by joining the rebel English South African tour of 1981-82.   Voted Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1976   Began his coaching career at Warwickshire before taking charge of South Africa   Following a spell as the ICC’s high-performance manager, he was appointed coach of Pakistan in June, 2004.

Amarinder in London Chandigarh, March 18 “You tell me the time and I will be available at my home for you, but do not harass my men or conduct raids on our empty houses,” is the message former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has for his successor Parkash Singh Badal.

Blast rocks Tata Motors’ Singur plant
Huge stock of explosives seized
Kolkata, March 18
Tata Motors’ Singur plant was rocked today with heavy explosion when an AICC delegation, led by former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, was making an on-the-spot enquiry. Large areas around the boundary walls had been blown up due to the explosion. In videos (56k)

A violent mob tries to open the door and free the persons arrested by the CBI team as they are brought to be produced before a court at East Midnapur on Sunday. The persons were arrested with arms at Nandigram on Saturday. — PTI photo

Youths burn a poster of Team India during a protest in Allahabad on Sunday, a day after the shock defeat to Bangladesh in Port of Spain. — Reuters photo (Details on Sports page) Playing Today India vs Bermuda at Port of Spain 7 pm West Indies vs Zimbabwe at Kingston 8 pm Sports page:  Aussies overwhelm Dutch  England defeat Canada Pakistan burn in Fireland India, Pak united — in protest

PM speaks to Mufti, invites him for talks
New Delhi, March 18
With PDP continuing to boycott Cabinet meeting in Jammu and Kashmir, on the issue of withdrawal of troops from the state, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited the leader of the key coalition partner, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, to resolve the differences for talks here on Tuesday.

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

	PUNJAB: Badal for more autonomy to states
	HARYANA: Kurukshetra gears up for solar eclipse today
	HIMACHAL: Minister threatens to file defamation suit
	J&K:  Sex scandal: Accused IAS officer reinstated
	CHANDIGARH: Don’t mess with master plan: Sharma
	LUDHIANA:  Rs 760-cr drinking water, sewerage plan for city
	DELHI:  Probe ordered against RML for admitting accused
	OPINIONS: A judge’s tears
	BUSINESS: FDI outflow set to cross $15 billion
	NATION: It’s getting hot in UP
	WORLD: Underground caves found on Mars
	SPORTS: Aussies overwhelm Dutch

PDP to pull out of J-K Govt?
Jammu, March 18
Adding uncertainty to the continuance of the Congress-PDP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP ministers today again boycotted the cabinet meeting convened by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.

No fresh milk, veggies in Kashmir (Details on J&K page)

Suspended Pak CJ sent on forced leave
The Law Ministry has announced that Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has been sent on forced leave, triggering a fresh controversy over the authority to the ministry to force leave on the Chief Justice with retrospective effect.

N-fuel: India firm on reprocessing
Mumbai, March 18
Ahead of the talks on an agreement to operationalise the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, New Delhi has said the Hyde Act “significantly deviates” from the July 18, 2005, understanding and emphasised that it wants its concerns explicitly addressed.

City engineer first Indian to cross ocean in paddle boat Chandigarh, March 18 A 34-year-old software engineer from Chandigarh, Sher Singh Dhillon, has paddled his way into the record books by becoming the first Indian to cross the Indian Ocean on “human power”.