Nuclear deal will happen: Cong
Left’s mandate is to shoot down national pride: Moily
New Delhi, March 6
Emboldened by this year’s please-all budget, a confident Congress is all set to “hardsell” the Indo-US nuclear agreement, going as far as to describe it as a matter of “national pride.” There is also a perceptible shift in the Congress’ s approach to the Left parties.

Sort it out now, says Left
World page: Yet another bid to throw spanner in the works

Senior Punjab IAS officer suspended
Saroj hired Mumbai firm without tenders
Chandigarh, March 6
In its drive against corruption in Punjab, the state government has suspended an IAS officer of 1989 batch. Kirpa Shankar Saroj was suspended on the basis of a report submitted to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that confirmed the officer had gone out of his way to help a Mumbai-based company by hiring it without inviting tenders and extending advances without proper bank guarantees.

Delhi rolls out red carpet for Blues
New Delhi, March 6
The Indian cricket team, which created history by winning the tri-series title for the first time on Australian soil, returned home to a rousing welcome, with thousands of euphoric fans today rolling out the red carpet for their heroes.

Sports page: Chaos marks team’s arrival

Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni happy together at the Ferozshah Kotla grounds in New Delhi on Thursday where Team India was felicitated for winning the tri-series in Australia. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

JBT Scam
Chautala, Ajay played crucial role: CBI
New Delhi, March 6
The CBI has nailed former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and IAS officer Sanjiv Kumar in Haryana’s much-debated JBT teachers’ recruitment scam. The investigation done by the agency has come to the conclusion that apart from the two, Chautala’s son Ajay also played a crucial role.

Coming: SMS-based case query in HC
Chandigarh, March 6
The Punjab and Haryana High Court will soon provide the case status to litigants through a short message service (SMS) as it gets ready to launch an ‘SMS-based query system’. The idea is to provide convenience to thousands of litigants so that they can get to know of their case status while sitting at home.

Anything for a boy: Rich prefer ‘sperm-washing’ Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 6 Prosperous families in general and NRIs in particular desirous of having male children are preferring sperm washing technique to female foeticide. Developed for treating infertility problems, the technique is reportedly being used for separating Y chromosomes from the sperm of desiring husbands and then begetting a male child by intra uterine insemination or similar methods.