Friday, April 20, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Police takes custody of MP Katara

New Delhi, April 19 A Delhi court today remanded suspended BJP MP Babubhai Katara to 10-day police custody in a human trafficking case. The woman, Paramjeet Kaur, who was arrested along with Katara at Indira Gandhi International Airport yesterday, was remanded to four-day police custody. BJP MP from Gujarat Babubhai Khimabhai Katara is produced in Patiala House Court in New Delhi on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Left attacks BJP on Katara issue
New Delhi, April 19
The Left parties today used the Babubhai Katara issue to hit back at the BJP by asking it to ponder why it had become a refuge for venal and corrupt people. The shocking and disgraceful act by the Lok Sabha MP reflects badly on his status as a parliament member and his party and the BJP should come to terms with the reality, the CPM Politburo in a statement said.

Editorial: A criminal called MP

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EC rejects BJP’s plea on Chawla
New Delhi, April 19
A day after the embarrassing human trafficking episode involving a BJP parliamentarian, the saffron party today suffered a setback with the Election Commission rejecting its demand for keeping out poll commissioner Navin Chawla during the hearing of the de-recognition case over the communally inflammatory CD issue.

Cho’s message from the grave
‘You forced me into a corner’
Two days after a massacre on the campus of Virginia Tech NBC received a package mailed by the shooter, 23-year-old Cho Seung-hui, in which he said in a videotaped message that he had been “forced into a corner.”

Nation page: Prof’s kin leave for Virginia

Pereira case: HC takes suo motu notice
Mumbai, April 19
The Bombay High Court today took suo motu notice of a hit-and-run case where the son of a city businessman, who ran over seven pavement dwellers last year, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by a fast-track court.

Opinions page: Mumbai’s road outrage

OBC quota: IIMs to meet today
New Delhi, April 19
Caught in a delicate situation with the Supreme Court fixing April 23 as the next date of hearing on the union government's application seeking vacation of its stay on the implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in institutions of higher learning, the directors of all six Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are meeting here tomorrow to decide the next course of action.

Farmer kills himself
Abohar, April 19
A debt-ridden farmer yesterday committed suicide at Kandhwala Hazarkhan village near here, sources said.

Duleep Singh’s bust auctioned
Amritsar, April 19
The Anandpur Sahib Foundation (ASF) has failed in its bid to procure the bust of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the auction of which was held at Bonhams, London today.
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Colleges face heat on fee refund Chandigarh, April 19 The All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) today tightened its noose around colleges, which do not refund fee to students who leave the college within a few days of admission.