Monday, January 3, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Aarushi’s father to contest CBI report
Ghaziabad/New Delhi, Jan 2
The CBI’s closure report in the sensational Aarushi murder case will come up before the court tomorrow even as the teenager's father, Rajesh Talwar, named as prime suspect, today said he would challenge the agency's findings.

Reconsider closure report: Moily to CBI

Curfew in Bhikhi after violent clash
Bhikhi (Mansa), January 2
Curfew was clamped on Bhikhi town of Mansa district following a clash between hundreds of followers of hardline Sikh preacher Baljeet Singh Daduwal and the police force drawn from various districts this afternoon. It was a free-for-all as radicals hurled stones at police personnel, who countered them by resorting to firing, lathicharge, throwing bricks, lobbing tear gas shells and using water cannons.

Sikh hardliners pelt stones on policemen after they were told to disperse following tension with Dera Sacha Sauda followers at Bhikhi in Mansa district on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

 

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Tribune Special
Shorter MBBS course on the cards
MCI recommends 5-yr course instead of 5.5
New Delhi, January 2
Medical students would have study MBBS for only five years instead of 5.5 years if the government accepts the recommendations of the Medical Council of India-constituted panel on undergraduate medical reform in India.

PAC PROBE
Pranab disagrees with PM’s offer
Says Prime Minister not accountable to any committee
Kolkata, January 2
Pranab Mukherjee, the senior-most member of the Union Cabinet, today caused a flutter in political circles by openly disagreeing with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s offer to appear before the Public Accounts Committee in the 2G Spectrum scam, saying that the decision had been taken “without consulting us”.

Ratan Tata to get Nehru Award
Chennai, January 2
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the Jawaharlal Nehru Award to Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata at the five-day 98th Indian Science Congress, beginning here tomorrow, ‘for his contributions to Indian society and development of the Nano car’.

Floods in Australia claim first victim 
Over 2 lakh Queenslanders affected
Melbourne, January 2
A woman has become the first victim of massive flooding in Australia, described as a disaster of “biblical proportions”, in Queensland where over two lakh people from 22 towns have been hit. (Details on World page)

India joins UNSC as key global player
New York, January 2
India has joined the UN Security Council as its non-permanent member for a two-year term after a gap of 19 years, hoping that the seat at the high table will not only cement its place as a key global player, but also pave the way for becoming a permanent member of the powerful wing of the world body. Beginning January 1, India along with Germany, Portugal, South Africa and Columbia became the five non-permanent members of this 15-member body.

Coal India to bid again for Gandhi’s S Africa house Kanpur, January 2 India will make another attempt to acquire the house of Mahatma Gandhi in Johannesburg where he had lived a century ago to convert it into a memorial. After learning that the house, where Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had stayed from 1908 to 1910 as a young lawyer, was on sale, state-owned Coal India Ltd had attempted to buy it in August 2009 but it was snapped up by a French tourism company in an auction.