Monday, April 16, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Rahul UP’s future: Manmohan
Poranpur (Pilibhit), April 15
In a statement that could have some serious political undertones, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today described Congress MP Rahul Gandhi as ‘the future of Uttar Pradesh’.
PM in UP for poll campaign. In video (56k)

Priyanka to enter politics after a decade
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Tribune Exclusive
SYL cases: Huge payments to lawyers under scanner
New Delhi, April 15
Even as successive governments in Punjab have maintained that no expense will be spared to secure a legal victory in the Satluj-Yamuna-Link canal cases, it now seems that the state may have been taken for a costly ride in the name of safeguarding its interests vis-a-vis the ‘jinxed’ canal.

Himachal woos Bollywood
Shimla, April 15
Himachal Pradesh, which has formed the backdrop of many a hit movie in the past, is planning to cash in on the natural beauty of the state by formulating a comprehensive plan to make it easier for the Bollywood filmmakers to shoot in the state.

NCERT’s new mantra: politics in classroom
New Delhi, April 15
“In my school, the class monitor changes every month. Is that what you call a power-sharing arrangement?” “I am anxious about my board exams.

Fans jeer at Sachin, Zaheer
Ahmedabad, April 15
Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar, who were part of the Indian squad that exited the World Cup in the first round, were today “welcomed” with jeers by fans in the city.

Cancer patient raped in hospital
Mumbai, April 15
A 16-year old girl was allegedly raped in the operation theatre of the Tata Memorial Hospital here by two ward boys while undergoing treatment for cancer, the police said today.

UN medals for Indian troops

Chandigarh, April 15 Coinciding with its 302nd Raising Day celebrations, the Force Commander, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Maj Gen Claudio Graziano, on Friday presented UN medals to personnel of 15 Punjab at Lebanon, tasked with enforcing peace in southern Lebanon under a UN mandate.

The Force Commander, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Maj Gen Claudio Graziano, presents UN medals to personnel of 15 Punjab at a function in Lebanon, organised to mark the battalion’s 302nd Raising Day.

Awaiting bridge to life Mukandpur Chaudhria (Kathua), April 15 In this village children have been dying of snake bites and women losing lives owing to matured pregnancies in the past 50 years, as the natives are still without a bridge to reach a doctor on the other side of a rivulet. A vehicle gets stuck in Bhag Nullah near Mukandpur Chaudhria in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. —  Tribune photo by Anand Sharma