Monday, April 23, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Now, a transfer scam in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, April 22
Vigilance officials investigating the City Centre scam have stumbled upon another scandal in the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) where money power allegedly decided the key transfers and postings within the trust.

Ch Jagjit Singh minted Rs 20 lakh per month: VB

Hotel visitors’ record examined
Ludhiana, April 22
Vigilance Bureau sleuths examined the records of visitors at Park Plaza hotel late this evening on the statement of arrested accused Manmohan Singh that the officials of Today Homes and Infrastructure Company Pvt Ltd had paid bribe to him and other accused in a room of the hotel for favours in the City Centre project.

Snake venom killed Woolmer?
London, April 22
Snake venom may have been used to poison Bob Woolmer, a British Daily reported today in the latest theory regarding the murder of the Pakistan coach in a Jamaican hotel more than a month ago.

Tributes paid to Minal, Loganathan Mourners attend a memorial service for Reema Samaha, one of the 32 persons killed during the shootings at Virginia Tech, at St. Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly, Virginia, on Saturday. — AFP

US Fortune smiles on 6 Indian-origin CEOs
New York, April 22
Cola queen Indra Nooyi is not the only person of Indian origin heading a behemoth like PepsiCo in the US; she is in company with five others at the top of the latest Fortune league of American corporate giants.

12 passports recovered from Katara’s residence
New Delhi, April 22
Overnight raids at the residences of BJP MP Babubhai Katara, allegedly involved in human trafficking, led to the recovery of 12 passports even as the police today continued to look for his wife and sons.

Viagra recovered from Katara’s baggage
Nation page: Katara issue: LS Speaker calls meeting

BrahMos test-fired
Balasore (Orissa), April 22
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed by India and Russia, was successfully test-fired from the interim test range (ITR) at Chandipur, near here, today.

	PUNJAB: Badal’s power(ful) sop
	HARYANA: 2 lakh crore investment our target, says CM
	HIMACHAL: Boards, corpns not to be closed down
	J&K:  Geelani announces non-participation
	CHANDIGARH:  Principal shoots off letter to admn
	LUDHIANA:  Rain damages wheat in fields, grain markets
	DELHI:  Delhi Govt funding discoms in violation of norms: CAG
	OPINIONS: Low Marx for UPA
	BUSINESS: Customers of private banks to shell out more
	NATION: 116 ‘tainted’ candidates in fray
	WORLD: MMA denies any contact with government
	SPORTS: England ruin Lara party

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Abhi, Ash seek blessings at Tirupati
Tirupati, April 22
Newly-wed Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai today sought blessings of Lord Venkateshwara at the famous hill shrine at Tirumala near here. In video (56k)

Big B apologises for scuffle between media, security

Security threat from Bangladesh
Indian concerns remain alive
New Delhi, April 22
A major Indian concern, feared rise of Islamic fundamentalism, still remains in Bangladesh today and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Bangladesh, tops the chart.

India, China discuss border
Chennai, April 22
The 10th round of talks of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on the India-China border dispute were held at Coonoor in Ughammagalam district of Tamil Nadu, 650 km from here, today. In video (56k)

11 days on, Germany yet to hand over body Dhanora Jatan (Kurukshetra), April 22 Tears have literally dried up in the eyes of 80-year-old Gur Devi of Dhanora Jatan village of Kurukshetra district, who has now been waiting for the arrival of the body of his son, Somi Chand (46), who died in Germany 11 days ago. Daughter, wife, mother and son of Somi Chand. — Photo by writer