Friday, August 17, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Back channels work overtime
New Delhi, August 16
UPA government’s crisis managers and the Left parties are working overtime to narrow their differences over the Indo-US civil nuclear deal so that a compromise formula can be presented before the CPM’s politburo which is meeting here tomorrow to reassess its stand on this issue.

N-deal: BJP gives privilege notice
New Delhi, August 16
The BJP today moved a privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha for misleading the nation on the Indo-US nuclear deal. To add to the worries of the Congress-led UPA, the United National Progressive Alliance is also contemplating a similar notice.

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Withdrawal of support inevitable: Bardhan
New Delhi, August 16 The CPI tonight put the UPA government on notice, saying the party is considering withdrawal of support to it on the issue of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. “Withdrawal of support to the UPA government seems inevitable,” CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan told a television channel.	A.B. Bardhan
CPM, CPI speak in two voices PM invites Buddha for dinner

Howard calls up PM, offers uranium
New Delhi, August 16 Australian Prime Minister John Howard today telephoned his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh and conveyed his country’s decision to sell uranium to India- a double-edged sword which cuts both ways.          Howard offers uranium to India

CBI to pursue Q
New Delhi, August 16
The CBI, which has received a lot of flak after Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi yesterday walked free from Argentina, today said it will continue to pursue him in connection with the Bofors case.

Himachal page: Bhavi had just no chance MIRACLE AT GHANVI: This is the only house left standing after Tuesday evening’s cloudburst in Ghanvi village, about 220 km from Shimla. — Tribune photo by S. Chandan

Sensex falls 642 points
Mumbai: Fears of a global credit squeeze continued to haunt the domestic stock market today as the benchmark BSE Sensex plunged 642 points in its second-biggest fall ever on massive selling pressure triggered by concerns of spreading US subprime mortgage sector crisis.
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Fly to New York from Chandigarh
Chandigarh, August 16
Can you fly from Chandigarh to New York ? Yes, say Air India officials. Anyone interested in flying on a non-stop Mumbai-New York flight in a new generation Boeing 777 aircraft can do so by taking a Chandigarh-Mumbai flight of Indian without paying anything extra.

Dam happy in Haryana Salehpur (Yamunanagar) With no takers for this land at Rs 50,000 per acre four years ago, there are no sellers today even at Rs 10 lakh an acre in this small village located in the foothills of the Shivaliks. A dam small water harvesting dam constructed in less than 40 days and declared ready for use in this April has changed the fate of thirty odd families and checked their migration to nearby cities.