Friday, May 11, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Uprising: 1857 vs 1845
Treat Anglo-Sikh war as first: MPs
New Delhi, May 10
Disagreeing with the view that 1857 was the First War of Independence, Tarlochan Singh, Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana, today said that it was a part of the movement for independence.

	1857 The First Challenge Nation page: Kalam for two-party system Delhi page: 'Jang-e-Azaadi' march in Capital
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Vice-President B.S. Shekhawat, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and I&B Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi arrive at the courtyard of Parliament House in New Delhi on Thursday during the celebration of the 150th year of the 1857 First War of Independence. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

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Editorial Co-opting the crooks By H.K. Dua AT a time when persons who have built their careers on crime can easily become MPs, MLAs and ministers, it must have required guts on the part of the special sessions court judge of Siwan to convict RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin of kidnapping a CPI (ML) worker.

Coming: Law to check human trafficking
Chandigarh, May 10
The Punjab government is set to pass legislation to arm the police with more powers to check human trafficking. This will include strict financial penalties and a variable punishment for travel agents who defraud people on the promise of sending them aboard through various means.

Blair will stand down on June 27 (Details on World page) Deputy to go along Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair departs from Trimdon Labour Club in Trimdon, northeast England on Thursday. Blair announced that he would step down from office on June 27 after leading the country for a tumultuous decade during which he said it had emerged as a "leader". — Reuters photo

	PUNJAB: Sukhbir promises more water to farmers
	HARYANA: Teachers to take written exam for promotion
	HIMACHAL: Cong, BJP in election mode
	J&K: 2 LeT militants arrested
	CHANDIGARH:  Oustees to get residential sites
	LUDHIANA:  PAU don living miserably in twilight of his life
	DELHI: 'Jang-e-Azaadi' march in Capital
	OPINIONS: Father and sons
	BUSINESS: Govt exits Maruti
	NATION: Kalam for two-party system
	WORLD: Blair to go on June 27
	SPORTS: India make amends for Cup foul-up

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Early rains expected
New Delhi, May 10
The good news for the day is that the country’s most awaited weather phenomenon — the southwest monsoon — has set in over parts of southeast Bay of Bengal, Nicobar islands and Andaman Sea, almost five to six days earlier than May15, its normal date of arrival.

Woolmer Update Mushtaq gave Bob champagne: Report Karachi, May 10 In a sensational turn to Bob Woolmer’s murder case, it was disclosed today that two champagne bottles were passed on to him by the team’s bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed, which may unravel the mystery of the poison-laced drink the Pakistani coach is believed to have had on the night he died. Pakistan’s bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed