NEWS AND VIEWS

PUNJAB

HARYANA

JAMMU & KASHMIR

HIMACHAL

REGIONAL BRIEFS

NATION

OPINIONS

LETTERS

BUSINESS

SPORTS

WORLD

Advertisement

Bellevue Greens JALANDHAR  2,3 & 4 bedrooms Ready to move apartments Call: 9915840520

Wednesday, October 20, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

CM rejects Manpreet’s debt waiver claim, backs Sukhbir Says Punjab owes Centre Rs 3,549 cr and figure of Rs 35,000 cr is imaginary

Chandigarh, October 19 Speaking his mind for the first time on political crisis emerging out of the Central debt-waiver issue, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today came out firmly supporting his son and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Punjab page: Sukhbir gets rebel MLA to his side Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal at a press conference in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

I-T raid at BJP leader’s house
New Delhi, October 19
On a day of fast-paced developments, Income-Tax department sleuths today swooped on the residences of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and industrialist Sudhanshu Mittal and his nephew Vinay Mittal in connection with the ongoing Commonwealth Games probe.

CWG graft charges
Gadkari for JPC probe
New Delhi, October 19
Raising questions about the role of top UPA ministers in the “loot” of Commonwealth Games funds, BJP president Nitin Gadkari demanded here today a joint parliamentary probe into the whole thing.

Headley says ISI aided 26/11: Report
London, October 19
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was involved in preparations for the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, according to classified Indian government documents.

‘Had scouted Delhi for targets’

Punjab has lowest tobacco use, North-East highest
Indian women more addicted to nicotine than men
New Delhi, October 19
India’s obsession with tobacco continues despite laws to tell the users of its lethal consequences. Though 64 per cent of all adults believe tobacco leads to heart attacks, 35 per cent (one-third) continue to consume tobacco in some form or the other.

Tobacco India Report: Highlights

Special to the tribune
She asked for divorce, was butchered
London’s Punjabi community is in a state of shock after the sensational opening of a trial in which a 32-year-old man is accused of orchestrating the killing of his 28-year-old wife and the mother of their two children. Geeta Aulakh, whose family originate from Goraya near Jalandhar, had her right hand cut off and died from wounds to her arm and head only yards away from where her two young sons were being cared for by a childminder.

Amritsar dropped from Obama’s itinerary New Delhi/Amritsar, October 19 The Golden temple in Amritsar has been dropped from the itinerary of US President Barack Obama, who is visiting India in early November, apparently in view of a row over the required headwear for entering the shrine. According to informed sources here, though the American leader’s programme in India was still being finalised, he was unlikely to visit Amrtisar. A file photo of Queen Elizabeth at the Golden Temple wearing a hat and a pair of socks.