Monday, May 7, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Projects cleared by Cong govt up for sale
Chandigarh, May 6
In less than a year of clearance of mega projects by a high-powered committee of the previous Congress government, some of them are already up for sale.

CID excavating near Vanzara’s home for remains of Kausar Bi
Ahmedabad, May 6
The police has started excavations at places around the house of arrested IPS officer D.G. Vanzara to trace the remains of Kausar Bi, wife of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was killed in a fake encounter.

Vanzara, Pandian suspended

New Delhi hosts world’s biggest aircraft

New Delhi, May 6 The world’s biggest passenger aircraft — Airbus A380 — that can seat up to 850 passengers today cruised through Indian skies and landed in the Capital for the first time.
A superjumbo Airbus A380 about to land at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Sunday. The world’s first double-deck passenger aircraft is on its maiden visit to the country. — AFP photo In video (56k)

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Sarkozy wins French presidential election
Paris, May 6
Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy won France’s presidential election today, beating his Socialist rival Segolene Royal by a comfortable margin and extending the Right’s 12-year grip on power.

Kenyan plane crash: names released
New Delhi, May 6
The government today released the names of 14 Indian passengers believed to be on the Kenya Airways flight that crashed in Cameroon with 114 persons aboard.

Mumbai trader among missing in Kenyan crash
Kenyan plane wreckage found

Days of dictatorship over: Pak ex-CJ
Lahore, May 6
Attacking the military regime led by President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s suspended Chief Justice Iftikar Ahmed Chaudhry today declared that the "era of dictatorship is over" in front of thousands of cheering supporters here after a massive show of support by the people.

Nandigram issue
‘Cops to step in if political process fails’
Kolkata, May 6
Police will step in to restore normalcy in trouble-torn Nandigram if the political process fails and opposition parties continue to stay away from all-party meetings, veteran CPM leader Jyoti Basu said today.

M.F. Hussain’s house attached
Mumbai, May 6
The Mumbai Police today completed the attachment of the residence of acclaimed painter M.F. Hussain in South Mumbai following the orders of a Hardwar court.

16 hurt in Guwahati blast
Guwahati, May 6
At least 16 persons, including a CRPF jawan and a 10-year-old boy, were injured when suspected ULFA ultras detonated a bomb at Fancy Bazar in the heart of Assam’s capital city this evening.