Sunday, June 10, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Hisar 47.9°C; three more die
Power cuts add to the sizzle
Chandigarh, June 9
Heat wave today pounded most of Punjab and Haryana, claiming three lives, as temperatures rose to record level in many years, and the Met department predicting no relief over the next two days.

Indo-US Nuclear Deal
PM: Tough negotiations lie ahead
New Delhi, June 9
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh firmly believes that the atmosphere at the pull aside meeting with US President George Bush yesterday at Heiligendamm, the Baltic coast venue of the G-8 Summit in Germany, was “very positive” but the Indo-US nuke-deal would take some more time requiring tough negotiations before “we see light at the end of the tunnel.”

Argentina not to extradite Q
El Dorado (Argentina), June 9
India once again failed in its efforts to bring Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi to the country with an Argentine court today rejecting a CBI request for the extradition of the Italian businessman to face trial in the 20-year-old case.

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Murder Case
5 dera men to be chargesheeted
Ambala, June 9
Special Judge, CBI court, Ambala, R.K. Saini ordered the framing of charges against five members of the Dera Sachha Sauda, Sirsa, in Ranjeet murder case here today.

Haryana Page: Relief in Sirsa

Ford wins coach race
Chennai: South African Graham Ford was today appointed as India’s cricket coach for a one-year period. “The seven-member special committee headed by BCCI president Sharad Pawar has decided to appoint Ford as the Indian team coach initially for one year,” board treasurer N. Srinivasan told reporters here.

Maninder attempts suicide; accident, says wife
New Delhi, June 9
Former test cricketer Maninder Singh, recently arrested in a narcotics case, was admitted to a private hospital early today after he slashed his wrists in an alleged suicide attempt. The former left-arm spinner underwent surgery immediately after being admitted to Shanti Mukund Hospital, Karkardooma in East Delhi, and his condition is out of danger now, doctors said. However, his wife, Milly Singh, denied the allegations and said it was an accident.
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Murder in train
SC restores life term to gangsters
New Delhi, June 9
The acquittal of four members of the Surinder gang in a daring train robbery and a murder near Sampla by the Punjab and Haryana High Court has come under severe criticism of the Supreme Court while setting aside the acquittal verdict and ordering immediate arrest of the accused.

Heiligendaam Diary
Manmohan, Bush keep date
There were doubts in the morning yesterday with TV news channels flashing that US President George Bush was not well with an upset stomach whether the Manmohan Singh-Bush pull aside will take place at all. But all that was put to rest with Bush making an appearance in the afternoon at the Outreach 5 discussions with the summiteers of the world's rich countries.

Indo-US nuclear deal
PM and Angela Merkel
Nostalgic meeting
Child pornography

Bhagat Singh to stand tall in Parliament Chandigarh, June 9 An 18-foot-high bronze statue of Shaheed Bhagat Singh will adorn the main lawn of the Parliament complex soon. The joint committee of Parliament on the installation of statues of national heroes in the Parliament complex has okayed the proposal in this regard.