Swine flu comes to Punjab
Jalandhar boy first confirmed case; 9 on watchlist
Jalandhar, June 14
Punjab today got its first confirmed case of Swine flu with a Jalandhar schoolboy —who had returned yesterday from an educational trip to NASA in the US — testing positive for the H1N1 virus. Karandeep Singh, a class XII student of Guru Amar Dass Public School in Model Town here, along with 30 other students and three teachers, including the principal, had left the country on June 3.

Students suspected of Swine flu being examined in Jalandhar on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Alert in K’taka as two test positive
Bangalore/New Delhi, June 14
After Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka has become the second southern state to report H1N1 flu cases with a mother-daughter duo testing positive for the virus, taking the total tally of those suffering from Swine Flu in the country to 20.

Registration blues for Amarnath yatris
Jammu, June 14
Chaos prevailed at the base camp of the Amarnath Yatra at Yatri Niwas when hundreds of pilgrims who had registered for the yatra from June 7 through Pehalgam and Baltal routes gathered there hoping they would be allowed to proceed with it tomorrow.

J&K page: Strict security in place

Paswan latest to oppose women reservation bill
Seeks sub-quota for women of Dalit, minority groups
New Delhi, June 14
Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan today joined the bandwagon of parties opposing the women's reservation bill in its present form and instead demanded provision for "sub-quota" for Dalits, backwards and minorities.

Sonepat sets example in helping Kosi flood-hit
Patna, June 14
The role played by the district administration of Sonepat (Haryana) in providing succour to the flood ravaged people of Kosi belt in Bihar would certainly make the Haryana government proud.

RSS attacks BJP for ‘inconsistency’ on Hindutva
Nagpur/Ghaziabad, June 14
Reeling under factional feud following Lok Sabha poll debacle, the BJP today came under attack from its spiritual mentor RSS which accused it of being "inconsistent" on Hindutva even as party chief Rajnath Singh said he was wedded to the core ideology.

Editorial: That sinking feeling

Bansal gets Water Resources too
New Delhi, June 14
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will hold additional charge of the Water Resources Ministry, earlier given to Meira Kumar who has subsequently been elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Chand-Fiza theatre: Act II, Scene I Mohali, June 14 A reel life story is unfolding in the real life of lovelorn couple, Chand Mohammed (Chander Mohan) and Fiza (Anuradha Bali). After months of war of words through the media, the former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister was back with Fiza, surprising many.