Monday,
October
20,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
J&K poll from
Nov 17 New Delhi, October 19
Ending the prolonged uncertainty, the Election Commission today announced an unprecedented seven-phase assembly poll in Jammu and Kashmir that would be spread over five weeks, from November 17 to December
24.
People have heard my voice: Khanduri Uttarakhand Chief Minister
B. C. Khanduri speaks to S. M. A. Kazmi a day before the launch of The Tribune’s Dehradun edition He is known to be a no-nonsense man, and he is on a high.
The Tribune
Dehradun, here we come! We are happy to announce that The Tribune, one of the most independent newspapers of the country, is launching another edition: This time from the celebrated city of Dehradun.
— H K Dua
Editor-in-Chief
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die in Delhi Metro bridge collapse New Delhi, October 19 At
least two persons were killed and 17 others injured when a 400-tonne
segment of the underconstruction Delhi Metro bridge collapsed in the
Shakarpur area of East Delhi this morning.
The under-construction Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation bridge on Vikas Marg in East Delhi which collapsed on Sunday
morning. — Tribune photo by Manas Ranjan Bhui
Railway
Board Exam MNS attacks north
Indian candidates Mumbai, October 19
Activists of Raj Thackeray's
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena today attacked examination centres across
Mumbai where the Railway Board was conducting examinations.
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The First Challenge Special supplement
to mark the 150th anniversary of India’s
first War of Independence.
Ex-soldier, kin held with 15 kg heroin Amritsar, October 19
The Special Narcotics Cell has caught dismissed Armyman Harpal Singh of Mallanwala Khas, Ferozepur, and his brother-in-law Harjit Singh of Jhuggian Peer Baksh, Tarn Taran, and 15 kg heroin from them.
Lanka: LTTE’s last major defence smashed Colombo, October 19
Sri Lankan troops pierced through the “last major defence” of the LTTE in the south of its stronghold of
Kilinochchi, capturing 19 heavily fortified rebel bunkers despite “poisonous gas attacks” on them, the military said today.
Cocking a snook at law: Liquor ads dot PCA Stadium Chandigarh, October 19
Ban on advertising, including surrogate advertisements, by liquor companies and breweries notwithstanding, a couple of companies have managed to get their hoardings displayed inside the PCA Stadium at Mohali where the second Test match between India and Australia is in progress.
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At
least two persons were killed and 17 others injured when a 400-tonne
segment of the underconstruction Delhi Metro bridge collapsed in the
Shakarpur area of East Delhi this morning.
