Tibet Tide
Torch put out, takes a bus ride
Olympics run-up nightmare continues in Paris
Paris, April 7
Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch today on the Paris leg of its journey, disrupted by protesters against China's crackdown on Tibet.

Police security personnel run beside the bus on which the torch was placed after it set off from the Eiffel Tower. — Reuters

Pawar rules out bonus on wheat
Chandigarh, April 7
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar here today virtually ruled out the possibility of bonus on wheat. Though Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his counterpart from Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda pressed Pawar hard for announcing bonus for wheat, he refused to yield.

K’taka, AP notify Sikhs as minorities
New Delhi, April 7
Sikhs may not be a minority in Punjab, as recently ruled by the Supreme Court, but they now enjoy minority status in some other states of India. In a significant development, state governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have notified Sikhs as minority communities.

Sotheby’s won’t auction armour
London, April 7
Leading auction house Sotheby’s today announced that an armour plate, which is claimed to be of 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, had been withdrawn from the sale scheduled for April 9.

Jury blames paparazzi, driver for Diana’s death
London, April 7
Britain’s Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed in a 1997 car crash due to “grossly negligent” driving of their chauffeur and the paparazzi trailing their car, the jury in her inquest said today, setting at rest conspiracy theories about her death.
Princess Diana, who was killed in a car crash in 1997.

Sensex up 414
Mumbai, April 7
The markets surged today with the Sensex gaining 2.7 per cent or 414 points to close at 15, 757 levels on the back of positive showing globally. In the broader markets, Nifty of the National Stock Exchange also shot up by 114.20 points or 2.46 per cent to close at 4,761.20 from its last close of 4,647.

Rahul bluffing Dalits: Maya
Khalilabad, April 7
Calling Rahul Gandhi’s pro-Dalit politics a sham, Chief Minister Mayawati today charged Rahul Gandhi of having a bath with a special soap and undergoing “shudhikaran” (ritual cleansing) every time he stayed or ate at a Dalit’s house.

She’s jealous, says Cong