CBI chargesheets Punjab Speaker 
Job scam: 14 others also in the dock 
New Delhi, July 9
The CBI has filed a chargesheet against Punjab Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon and a number of present and former IAS and state cadre officers for their suspected involvement in rigging the selection of 909 panchayat secretaries during 1997-2002 when the SAD was in power.

Nirmal Singh Kahlon

Flood situation still grim in Punjab
Many affected areas await relief
Chandigarh, July 9
Fresh moderate to intermittent showers and the failure of relief teams, especially medical teams, to reach the flood-ravaged areas, normal life in many parts of Punjab continues to remain paralysed.
Armymen struggle to plug breach in SYL canal near Jyotisar in Kurukshetra on Friday. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar
Hooda orders ‘girdawari’ 

Land Acquisition
Now, owners can quote price
Chandigarh, July 9
In a significant move, the Punjab Government has introduced a land purchase policy that allows the state to buy land for various projects from owners through a process of tender-based bidding. The policy, a first of its kind in India, is called the Punjab Land Purchase Policy. To begin with, it is being implemented for setting up of an urban estate in Ludhiana.

Gadkari ruffles Cong with Afzal remark
New Delhi, July 9
BJP president Nitin Gadkari again ruffled quite a few feathers, this time in the Congress by using foul language against its leaders. The Congress in turn has asked for an apology from the BJP and sought a social boycott of Gadkari. Addressing a rally in Dehradun last night, Gadkari raked up again his party’s pet subject — the delay in the execution of Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru.

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	HIMACHAL: Amendments to land lease rules okayed
	CHANDIGARH: UT housing scheme put on fast track
	LUDHIANA: Disease threat follows floods
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	OPINIONS:Reining in khaps
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	NATION: India, Iran to increase flight flo
	WORLD: 65 killed in Pak suicide attack
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NCP’s fresh salvo: Alliance sans Cong 
New Delhi, July 9
In an apparent bid to give pinpricks to major ally Congress, the NCP today announced that it would form a secular democratic front in poll-bound states like Kerala and Assam. But the NCP tied itself up in knots when it said it would protest against the Union Government of which its leader Sharad Pawar is a part.

Jagan may break away from Cong
New Delhi, July 9
Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy seems to be bracing up to break away from the Congress and float a political outfit in the name of his late father and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

Jaganmohan Reddy