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Monday, November 22, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

CHANDIGARH IN DANGER - A TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION - VI
‘City Beautiful will be ruined’
With Punjab politicians defending their involvement in the controversial Tata housing project even though it would mar Chandigarh’s skyline, eight prominent citizens speak out against it. The Tribune invites its readers to send in their views
Chandigarh has not seen anything quite like the multi-tower Tata housing project coming up in the vicinity of its famed Capitol Complex. And hopefully never will. On Saturday, The Tribune had spoken to as many as 42 of the 102 Punjab politicians, who were beneficiaries of the project and all, but a few of them, vociferously defended their investments in it.

3 golds in a day! * Ferozepur boys win 3 of the day’s 9 medals * India moves up to 8th spot in the Asiad tally
Guangzhou, November 21 The athletes provided a huge boost to the country's lacklustre campaign in the 16th Asian Games by fetching two gold medals while Ronjan Sodhi brought an end to the gold drought in shooting as India bagged nine medals to climb to the 8th position on an eventful ninth day of competitions here today. Punjab page: Ferozepur shooter brings ‘golden’ cheer on Gurpurb
India’s Preeja Sreedharan (L) celebrates winning the women’s 10,000-m final with compatriot Kavita Raut, who won silver, on Sunday. — Reuters

Yeddyurappa defiant
Cancels Delhi trip even as BJP authorises Gadkari to decide fate of Karnataka CM
New Delhi/Bangalore, November 21
Under mounting pressure to quit, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa today struck a defiant note and cancelled his Delhi visit amid strong indications that BJP may ask him to step down.

Summit aims to double tiger numbers by 2022
* Never-before convention opens in Russia
* 13 countries, including India, meet to save the big cat
* Only 3,200 tigers left in the wild
Moscow, November 21
Russia today called for global efforts to avert extinction of tigers as wildlife activists and officials from 13 countries, including India, opened a summit today in St Petersburg to discuss ways to double the population of the endangered animal from the existing 3,200.

5 kids among eight killed in Bihar blast
Chief Minister orders probe
Aurangabad (Bihar), November 21
Eight persons, including five children, were killed and 11 others injured when a bomb planted by the Maoists went off this morning in the Naxal-hit Aurangabad district in Bihar, a day after the final phase of Assembly elections in the state.

Ban TV shows on occult, says NIMHANS doctor
Bangalore, November 21
The I & B Ministry’s crackdown on reality shows on TV has prompted NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences) doctor Chandrashekhar to seek similar action on TV soaps thriving on the lure of the occult.

Condoms sometimes permissible to stop AIDS: Pope * Remarks mark significant change in Vatican attitude * Liberal Catholics, AIDS groups welcome remark Vatican City, November 21 Using condoms may sometimes be justified to stop the spread of AIDS, Pope Benedict says in a new book, in a major shift that relaxes one of the Vatican's most controversial positions on their use to combat the disease.