Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Khalra murder: Life term for 4 cops
Chandigarh, October 16
After holding that seven-year rigorous imprisonment awarded to four Punjab police cops by a lower court in the Khalra murder case was inadequate, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today enhanced their sentence to rigorous imprisonment for life.
Human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra who was tortured at the Jhabal police station and shot dead there. His body was disposed by by cops near Harike bridge.

N-Deal: Pause & Effect
Wrap it up as soon as possible: US
The Bush Administration on Monday reiterated its belief that a civil nuclear agreement it struck with India over two years ago is “positive for both countries” and that it would like to see it wrapped up “as soon as possible.”

Editorial: Deal in coma
Nation page:
Cong should forget N-deal: Yechuri
Ronen summoned before RS privileges committee

CP shootout: ACP Rathi, nine cops convicted
New Delhi, October 16
After a 10-year-long trial in the infamous shootout of two Haryana businessmen in the broad daylight in Capital’s busy up market Connaught Place, a city court today convicted Delhi Police ACP S.S. Rathi and trigger-happy nine policemen of his team of murder of the businessman not even remotely connected to crime world.

Neema Goel, widow of businessman Pradeep Goel (left) who was shot dead in the 1997 Connaught Place shootout, at her home in Gurgaon on Tuesday. — PTI photo

Delhi page: Kin want capital punishment

Did union minister Fatmi offer supari to kill Bihar official?
Patna, October 16
Union minister of state for HRD and senior RJD leader M.A. Fatmi was today charged by a group of criminals, including a chargesheeted ward councillor, with offering a "supari" of Rs 5 lakh to eliminate the deputy mayor of Darbhanga, Badrujama Khan, alias Bobby Khan.

Mosquito-eater dragonfly is dying in HP
Mandi, October 16
There is bad news for Himachal Pradesh. The dragonfly, the bio-indicators of “pure water” in rivers, ponds, lakes, wetlands and the killers of deadly mosquitoes which spread malaria and dengue fever, are being pushed to brink.

Mamata accuses CPM of phone tapping
Kolkata, October 16
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has alleged that she has been a victim of telephone tapping. She accused the CPM of involving in the bugging and sought the Prime Minister’s help in this regard. She circulated copies of the letter to mediapersons that she sent to the Prime Minister yesterday.

Land Ceiling
HC judge, brothers file returns
Nagpur, October 16
After getting a month’s reprieve, a Bombay High Court judge and his two brothers filed the mandatory returns to the Urban Land Ceiling authorities after they sold their land for Rs 105 crore, the highest ever land deal in Vidarbha region.