SC okays quota minus creamy layer
New Delhi, April 10
Settling the controversial reservation issue in education, the Supreme Court today upheld the law providing 27 per cent quota for OBCs in IITs, IIMs and other central educational institutions and said the “creamy layer” cannot enjoy the benefit.
People have not understood reservation. I feel vindicated by this judgment. — Arjun Singh, HRD minister

It will flow from this session
IIMs defer admissions

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Ta-ta to Corbusier code
Tatas plan residential towers over 30-storey high
Mohali, April 10
Barely a km north of Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex, where the edict of Chandigarh specifically bans any construction, Tata Housing Development Corporation has planned Punjab’s tallest housing project ever.

60 pc turnout in Nepal
Independent candidate shot dead
Despite violent run-up to the constituent assembly elections, people of Nepal on Thursday overwhelmingly voted in a peaceful manner with the turnout touching above 60 per cent. Talking to mediapersons, chief election commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel said: “The turnout of the voters across the country is estimated to be around 60 per cent.”

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Light choppers for Army, IAF soon
New Delhi, April 10
The Army and the Air Force will finally get new helicopters. The defence ministry at a high-level meeting today okayed the requirement of 384 light helicopters and decided to invite global tenders in the form of a “request for proposal” from helicopter makers.

Anganwadi workers face police wrath, 3 hurt
Chandigarh, April 10
Three anganwadi workers were injured when the police resorted to lathi charge and fired water canons on them at Sector 16-17 roundabout here this afternoon.

Water woes: The police fires water cannons at protesting anganwadi workers in Chandigarh on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

I’m not demon: Dalai Lama
IOC rules out interrupting torch relay
Beijing, April 10
The International Olympic Committee today ruled out "interrupting" the 2008 Olympic torch relay following anti-China protests by Tibetan activists on its route even as the Dalai Lama renewed his support for the games and told China that he was no "demon".

40 hurt as blast rocks Assam market
Guwahati, April 10
At least 40 persons were injured, two of them seriously, when unidentified militants detonated a powerful explosion at daily market at Howraghat in Karbi Anglong hill district of Assam around 1 pm today.

PSEB’s Lehra trip is quite baffling Chandigarh, April 10 Lehra Mohabbat thermal plant’s new unit-III has proved to be a headache for the Punjab State Electricity Board which has been grappling for three months for its smooth operation. In three months, the unit-III tripped 50 times. Sources said the unit tripped 19 times in February and 26 times in March and five times in April.