Tuesday, March 20, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

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3 ex-civil surgeons indicted
Detection of graves of female foetuses in Patran
Chandigarh, March 19
Commissioner of Patiala Division Anjali Bhawra has indicted three former civil surgeons of the district for their failure to check the illegal practice of the medical termination of pregnancies (MTPs) at Patran where two graves of female foetuses were found in August last year.

Punjab stakes claim to Chandigarh
Chandigarh, March 19
Punjab needs a special Central package, bigger in magnitude than the packages given to other states, to tide over its agricultural crisis, besides securing the merger of Chandigarh and other Punjabi-speaking areas with the state.

The Indian team observes a two-minute silence for Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer prior to their match against Bermuda at Port of Spain, Trinidad, on Monday. — AP/PTI photo (Details on Sports page) Playing Today South Africa vs Scotland at St. Kitts 7 pm New Zealand vs Kenya at St. Lucia 7 pm Sports page:  India win by record margin  Zimbabwe post 202  Inzamam quits one-day cricket

Wait till summit, PM to ask Mufti New Delhi, March 19 Worried about the international implications of PDP’s decision to pull out of the Congress-led coalition government in the sensitive state of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to urge Mufti Mohammad Sayeed not to take any drastic step till after the next month’s SAARC summit. In video (56k)	A person witnesses the partial solar eclipse in New Delhi on Monday morning. — PTI photo (Details on Nation Page)

Nandigram: Houses adjourned
New Delhi, March 19
Parliamentary decorum touched a new low today as the BJP and Congress members nearly came to blows in the Rajya Sabha on the Nandigram violence issue. The Nandigram issue rocked the Lok Sabha as well.

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

	PUNJAB: Army reveals startling facts on Bluestar
	HARYANA: 7 INLD MLAs suspended
	HIMACHAL: Govt yet to decide course of action
	J&K:  Jawan shoots his two kids
	CHANDIGARH: Panic in Kalka, surrounding villages
	LUDHIANA:  MP’s assurance to farmers on compensation
	DELHI:  Congress party marred by angry demonstration
	OPINIONS: Shakeup in UP
	BUSINESS: Reliance lines up $9 b for gas project
	NATION: Solar eclipse a big draw
	WORLD: 6 judges quit
	SPORTS: India win by record margin

Jamait rallyists hurt in lathi charge
Kolkata, March 19
The police resorted to lathi charge and fired teargas shells on activists of a religious organisation, fighting against acquisition of farmland for the industry, after they broke barricades and attempted to march to Writers' Buildings, the West Bengal Secretariat, today.

A policeman fires teargas shells to control a mob led by Jamait-e- Ulema-Hind members during their protest against Nandigram violence in Kolkata on Monday. — PTI photo

PSEB to pay 50 pc of enhanced relief
Land acquired for power projects
New Delhi, March 19
The PSEB today gave a commitment to the Supreme Court that it would pay 50 per cent of the enhanced compensation for the land acquired from farmers to set up power projects in the state while challenging the high court verdict increasing it beyond the farmers’ demand.

Income limit up for cheap atta, dal Chandigarh, March 19 In an effort to provide the cheap atta and daal to more number of people in Punjab, the state government tonight raised the income eligibility limit for recipients of this scheme. Now, any family that has an income less than Rs 30,000 annually will be eligible.