Wednesday, November 17, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

A TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION-I
Chandigarh skyline in danger
A 19-tower TATA Housing Project backed by Punjab’s political bigwigs and soaring above Sukhna Lake will dwarf Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex and mar the City Beautiful
Chandigarh, November 16
Chandigarh’s beauty and its heritage are at risk of getting lost amidst the financial gains that its “protectors” are now looking at. With 129 politicians — MLAs and MPs (both serving and former representatives) — from Punjab having joined hands with a leading real estate development company to come up with the tallest housing project in the state at Kansal village, right in the backyard of Chandigarh, the city's skyline will be marred, its view of the Shivaliks blocked and its green cover endangered.

An artist’s impression — photo montage not to scale

Auditors damn and expose Raja
Reliance Comm had excess shares in Swan Telecom: CAG report
New Delhi, November 16
“A scarce and finite national asset” was allocated at less than its true value and on flexible criteria and procedures adopted to benefit a few operators. The regulator stood by as a helpless spectator while its recommendations were being either ignored or misused, says the damning performance audit report on the allocation of 2G Spectrum by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Lunch diplomacy fails
Business page: DoT failed to recover Rs 679-crore penalty  Editorial: Impasse over JPC

PM’s long silence miffs apex court
New Delhi, November 16
The Supreme Court today said it was troubled by the long delay by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in responding to a plea for permission to prosecute then Telecom Minister A Raja for his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam involving an estimated revenue loss of Rs 1.7 lakh crore to the government.
CAG report summary

Avtar Singh re-elected SGPC chief
Amritsar, November 16
Avtar Singh was re-elected the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for a sixth successive term at the Teja Singh Samundri Hall here today. He was elected SGPC president for the first time in 2005 and is the second incumbent to occupy the top seat of Sikh religious body for the maximum number of terms after late Gurcharan Singh Tohra, who had remained its head for 27 terms.

Capital Collapse
Building flouted all norms
Toll touches 67   Rescue work on
Absconding owner held
New Delhi, November 16
The death toll in the building collapse at Lalita Park in Lakshmi Nagar reached 67 today and the numbers of injured were over 85.  Rescue officials said the chances of survival of some people still believed to be trapped in the rubble of this concrete building were remote.

Survivors’ battle continues