Big Bang
House expels Amarinder
Chandigarh, September 10
Stripping former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh of the membership for the remaining term of the 13th Punjab Vidhan Sabha was one of the unprecedented decisions taken by the Punjab Assembly as the third and last sitting of the monsoon session came to a dramatic end here this afternoon.

Amarinder to move HC today
Punjab page: SAD rubbishes Amarinder’s claim

This is the darkest day in the history of democracy in Punjab, said Amarinder Singh, gesturing he wants to hear nothing from reporters after being expelled. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

SC cancels Ansals’ bail
New Delhi, September 10
The Supreme Court today cancelled the bail of Ansal brothers, Sushil and Gopal, who have been sentenced to two years in jail by the trial court in the Uphaar Cinema Hall fire tragedy case, and asked them to surrender by 4 pm tomorrow.

Atom-smasher test successful
Geneva, September 10
The world’s largest particle collider successfully completed its first test by firing a beam of protons all the way around a 17-mile tunnel on Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.

It was no peril to the Earth
Scared, girl kills herself

Rice busy working the phones
Holds talks with Congressman Berman, Biden
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wants to get a complete “package” of the U.S.-India civilian nuclear agreement to Congress for an up or down vote “within the next 24 to 48 hours,” a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Doon Valley schools under BJP scanner
Dehra Dun, September 10
The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttarakhand is not happy with the functioning of private schools in Doon Valley — known as the “school capital” of India — especially if they happen to be run by Christian missionaries.

HC tells Punjab secretary to pay month’s salary as costs Chandigarh, September 10 Government functionaries, secretary-level officers included, now stand the risk of losing their month’s take-home salary for needlessly contesting writ petitions and not deciding the issues at the pre-litigation stage.