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Re-probe Tytler’s role: Court
Rejects closure of case; orders CBI to examine US-based witness
New Delhi, December 18
A city court today rejected the CBI’s closure report against Congress leader and former minister Jagdish Tytler about his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and ordered fresh investigation by examining the US-based key witness, Jasbir Singh, who had filed an affidavit before the Nanavati Commission.

In video (56k) Nation page: Delhi BJP wants PM to monitor fresh probe Jasbir affidavit suspect: Tytler IF LOOKS COULD KILL: Jagdish Tytler at the Delhi police headquarters in New Delhi. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Ch Jagjit takes an indirect hit House panel wants two officials booked for record tampering Chandigarh, December 18 The Privileges Committee of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has in a report tabled in the House recommended registration of a case against two former employees of the Assembly besides indirectly indicting Chaudhary Jagjit Singh.

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Pravin Mahajan sentenced to life-term
Mumbai, December 18
Pravin Mahajan was today sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his elder brother and senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan but the prosecution said it would appeal for the death penalty.

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Naxals in Beur Jail force govt to order judicial probe
Patna, December 18
The Nitish government today ordered a judicial probe into the circumstances that led Nagina Manjhi, 40, a member of the outlawed Naxalite outfit, to commit suicide inside the high security Beur Jail on December 14. Manjhi was found hanging from the iron gate of the jail infirmary where he was being treated for a minor ailment.

Editorial: Why can’t heads roll?

US campus killings: Sketches released
The police on Monday released sketches of two suspects wanted in the slayings of two Indian students at Louisiana State University. The first suspect is believed to have been the driver. He is a black male, estimated to be in his 20s. His hair was done in twists in rows. He was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt.

Nuke Submarine
Naval chief’s remarks stir global curiosity
Mumbai, December 18
A remark by Naval Chief Admiral Suresh Mehta about the Indian navy shopping for the Russian SSN Akula Class nuclear submarine has virtually shone the spotlight on India’s efforts to build such a vessel.

HP VOTES
Out of one lakh licensed weapons in the state, only 1,000 deposited by poll-eve
Voter fired up, literally
Nahan, December 18
As Himachal Pradesh goes to polls tomorrow, the police in the state will face a different kind of problem: Keeping an extra check on goons trying to carry firearms. Authorities in most of the districts in the hill state have not made it mandatory for licensed firearm owners to deposit weapons with the respective police stations this time.

GREEN BOOM in Boormajra school Boormajra (Ropar), December 18 From the outside, Government Senior Secondary School, Boormajra, looks like any other rural government school of Punjab. It’s difficult to believe that students of this school can defeat over a thousand other school teams from India to win the prestigious “Greenest School of India” title for 2007 for the school. Students of Government Senior Secondary School, Boormajra, with the “Greenest School of India” trophy. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu