Wednesday, March 21, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Rahul insulting Hindus: BJP

New Delhi, March 20 Taking exception to the Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s remark that the Babri mosque would not have been demolished had his family been active in politics at that point of time, the BJP has termed it an insult to sentiments of the Hindu community. In video: (56k) Forced to keep back: Rahul Gandhi waves to supporters during an election rally in Bareilly on Tuesday. A rally to be addressed by Rahul on a college campus was cancelled by the district magistrate. — PTI photo

Coming: New SEZ policy in Punjab with ‘uproot allowance’
Chandigarh, March 20.
The Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal today announced that the government will come up with a new land acquisition policy, wherein the farmers would be paid compensation for land acquired in accordance with the existing market rates. Besides this, farmers will also be paid an additional 30 per cent of the land cost as “uproot allowance”.

Playing Today Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh at Port of Spain 7 pm Pakistan vs Zimbabwe at Kingston 8 pm

New Zealand’s Ross Taylor in action during a World Cup Group C match against Kenya in St. Lucia on Tuesday. — AP/PTI photo Sports page SA cruise into second round Windies through to Super Eight

India ready for cooperative mechanism on J-K
New Delhi, March 20
Ruling out any redrawing of its boundaries, India today said it was open to "cooperative and consultative mechanisms" on Jammu and Kashmir involving the two parts of the state with the active encouragement of New Delhi and Islamabad.

Captain killed in Kupwara
Srinagar, March 20
Four militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit and two Army men, one of them a Captain, were killed in an encounter in Chottimarg and Anderbog villages of Lolab in Kupwara district of north Kashmir today.

N-deal not a threat to India: US
New Delhi, March 20
Ahead of the talks on an agreement to operationalise the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Washington today said the deal should not be viewed as a “threat in any way to New Delhi’s sovereignty or its nuclear programme.”

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

	PUNJAB: Copying goes hi-tech
	HARYANA: INLD MLAs decide to boycott House
	HIMACHAL: All major hospitals to get separate OPDs: CM
	J&K:  Manmohan-Mufti meeting today
	CHANDIGARH: Varsity students to pay more
	LUDHIANA:  Lights at Beant’s statue lose lustre within a week
	DELHI:  Several ‘corrupt’ candidates in Congress list, says BJP
	OPINIONS: Unborn daughters of Patran
	BUSINESS: Signs of overheating in economy: Montek
	NATION: Life hit in Bihar, Jharkhand
	WORLD: CJ issue: Gen blames it on ‘tactical errors’
	SPORTS: SA cruise into second round

SJC meeting in Pak put off
The hearing in the presidential reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) scheduled for today has been postponed to April 3.

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A civil judge and a deputy attorney-general have also resigned.

‘Signs of overheating in economy’
“There are signs of overheating in the economy and the 9 per cent economic growth is putting pressure on inflation,” Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia told reporters today after a meeting between a GoM and Left party leaders on FDI limit in insurance sector. (Details on Business page)

Tribune Impact Budda Nullah: Set deadline, says HC Committee recommends closure of polluting units from April 1 Chandigarh, March 20 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab chief secretary (CS) to set a timeframe to implement the recommendations of the P. Ram Committee set up on the Budda Nullah clean-up project.