Finally, PSEB is history
* Replaced by two state-owned companies
* Bureaucrat to head units during transition
Chandigarh, April 15
Punjab today dissolved the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) and replaced it with two state-owned companies, which will be managed by a six-member committee till the new companies become operational.

Punjab page: Day 1 of strike passes off peacefully

Naxals: United we stand, Oppn tells govt
New Delhi, April 15
Parliament today witnessed a broad consensus among disparate forces to tackle the threat arising out of the growing Maoist influence in vast tracts of the country, with most members cutting across party lines demanding firm action against rebels.

GSLV-D3 crashes into Bay of Bengal
Sriharikota (AP), April 15
The first test flight of India's indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage was "not successful" as the vehicle lost control 293 seconds after the launch and crashed into the Bay of Bengal.

Global economic recovery process still fragile: PM
Brasilia, April 15
Warning that the process of global economic recovery was “still fragile and uneven” though the “critical phase” was over, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pitched for greater focus on investments in infrastructure and inclusive growth to create new sources of growth.

‘India, China not competitors’ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves as he stands with Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia on Thursday. — PTI

Videocon chairman keen on joining IPL
Chandigarh, April 15
The Indian Premier League may be in news for all the wrong reasons these days, but that has not deterred Videocon Group, one of the leading trade houses in the country, from considering the sport a viable business option.

For Sania bhabhi from Pak: A golden crown
Reception sees a perfect display of Indo-Pak bonhomie
Hyderabad, April 15
The Indo-Pak bilateral relations may still be frosty but there is enough warmth in the hearts of people on either side of the border.

A Tribune Exclusive Strength of Cobalt-60 sources alarming Highest radioactive source strength ever found in public domain in India New Delhi, April 15 In a development that should bother radioactive waste regulators in India, scientists working on the nature of Cobalt-60 sources detected in the capital over the last week have found the strength of these sources to be unacceptably high and dangerous for human health.