Bhajji banned for three Tests
India rule out calling off tour
Sydney, January 6
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was tonight banned for three Tests after ICC match referee Mike Procter upheld the Australian charge that he had racially abused their all-rounder Andrew Symonds, a decision against which the Indian team will appeal within 24 hours.

Sports page: India succumb to umpires Indian spectators complain of racial abuse ‘Blunders marred Test’ ‘It’s difficult and it hurts’ BCCI complains to ICC about umpires FALL GUY: Harbhajan Singh kneels after taking a run on the final day of the second Test against Australia in Sydney. India lost the match by 122 runs. — AFP photo

College principal murdered
Her cook, two security guards also killed in Jalandhar
Jalandhar, January 6
In a horrifying incident, Rita Bawa, principal of one of the prominent women colleges Kanya Maha Vidhyala, was found murdered at her residence on the college campus in the wee hours today. The unknown assailants also did not spare her cook Kishore Mandal and two security guardsTarsem Lal and Shamsheedin.

Inconsolable father of Rita Bawa, KMV College principal, who was murdered in Jalandhar on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

Girl student shot dead in Santiniketan
Kolkata, January 6
Saswati Pal, a 20-year-old girl student of Visva Bharati University, was allegedly shot dead by an unidentified youth, who also tried to kill himself at the Ananda Sadan Hostel today, which caused panic and anger among the inmates and the residents of Santiniketan.

Issues of NRIs
11-member panel to advise govt
Jalandhar, January 6
Acknowledging the problems faced by the Punjabi diaspora will be better resolved with the cooperation of eminent NRIs, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced to constitute an 11-member advisory committee to aid and advise the government on the issues relating to their welfare.

	PUNJAB: DC’s info officer gets notice under RTI Act
	HARYANA: ASI killed in mob violence
	HIMACHAL: Define EC’s powers: Virbhadra
	J&K: Budget session likely to be stormy today
	CHANDIGARH: GC-11, DAV College fined Rs 1 lakh each
	LUDHIANA: Seechewal takes up Sidhwan canal cleaning
	DELHI: Metro’s earning up by 24%
	OPINIONS: Licence raj
	BUSINESS: Despite hurdles, we will succeed: Anil
	NATION: Row over insurance claim of Tagore’s lost Nobel
	WORLD: Mush rules out further delay
	SPORTS: India succumb to umpires

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Sarkozy to marry girlfriend Carla Bruni: Report
Paris, January 6
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who will be visiting India later this month, is to marry his new girlfriend, the former model-turned-singer Carla Bruni, a French newspaper reported today, claiming a wedding was “imminent”.

7 die in Delhi slum fire
New Delhi, January 6
At least seven persons were charred to death and 10 others received serious burns when a devastating fire swept through a slum near Sadar Bazaar railway station in the Lahori Gate area of central Delhi today. A Delhi fire services official said the blaze erupted at around 2.30 am. Hundreds of people were rendered homeless as over 3,750 jhuggis were gutted.

Bhutto may have been shot: Mush Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has for the first time conceded that Benazir Bhutto may have been killed by an assassin’s bullet, but said the former Prime Minister was responsible for her death. In an interview to CBS News,he said: “For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone.Nobody else. World page: Mush rules out further delay