Haryana Assembly dissolved
Chandigarh, August 21
Governor Jagannath Pahadia today dissolved the 90-member Assembly to pave the way for early elections in the state on the recommendation of the Haryana government.
Editorial: Early polls in Haryana

Heavy rains lash Delhi
New Delhi, August 21
Torrential rains that lashed the national Capital today, made everything standstill, including air traffic as well as surface traffic.

Commuters are seen on a flooded road during a sudden downpour in New Delhi on Friday. Tribune Photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Sparks fly at swine flu meeting
Angry Azad says states not doing their bit; states hit back
New Delhi, August 21
On a day when swine flu toll in the country touched 47, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad raised a storm by blaming the state governments for “sleeping through the H1N1 epidemic while the Centre did all the work.” However, he was quick to ‘correct’ himself and said he did not mean to target all the states and was only referring to the non-performing ones.

Snub to Bhagwat; Advani emerges stronger
Shimla, August 21
After three days of deliberations here in Shimla L.K. Advani’s position as the undisputed and unchallenged leader of the BJP was firmly established with party president Rajnath Singh and BJP Deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj separately reiterating that there is no question of Advani retiring in the near future or not completing his five-year tenure as Leader of Opposition in Parliament.

Now, Punjab MLAs’ housing dreams may shatter
Chandigarh, August 21
Close on the heels of the Punjab and Haryana High court putting a spanner in Haryana government’s proposal to give plots to MLAs and MPs, the Punjab legislators’ dreams to rake in the moolah from the proposed Tata Housing Development Company (THDC) project could shatter with the income tax department initiating a probe into it.

Docs lathicharged Amritsar, August 21 Junior doctors protesting against Punjab government’s dilly-dallying attitude towards their demands at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital were today lathicharged as the hospital administration remained a mute spectator to the episode. Junior doctors being lathicharged. Photo: Vishal Kumar