Sunday, January 9, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Delegates from 50 nations attend Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Visa-free travel made easy for diaspora
PM announces merger of PIO & OCI cards
New Delhi, January 8
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced the government’s decision to merge the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and the Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cards into a single facility to further simplify procedures for visa-free travel by the Indian diaspora and participate in business and educational activities in the country of their origin.

Nation page: Pranab allays NRIs’ tax fears
Punjabi-origin MPs float welfare body

Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla greets Ela Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter, at the opening of IX Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

BJP Conclave in Guwahati
CAG-bashing a ploy to save Raja, says BJP
Guwahati, January 8
The BJP today slammed Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal for his stand that there was no loss at all on account of the controversial 2G Spectrum allocation after debunking CAG estimates of a Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss. The party also criticised the Prime Minister’s “stubborn opposition” to the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the scam.

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Irregularities in CSD
PAC summons Army, IAF chiefs
New Delhi, January 8
In an unprecedented development, chiefs of the Army and the IAF will appear before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday in connection with alleged irregularities in the Canteen Stores Department supplies.

2-member panel to probe Adarsh scam
Mumbai, January 8
A two-member committee, headed by a retired judge, will probe the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said here today. The two-member panel comprising former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court JA Patil and retired Chief Secretary P Subramaniam has the mandate to look into all aspects of the project, including land ownership, allotment, permissions and environmental violations.

Binayak’s conviction unjust: Amartya Sen

New Delhi, January 8 The winter chill was no dampener for scores of Binayak Sen’s supporters who flocked the India Habitat Centre this morning to make a point: “Binayak was unjustly convicted, there was nothing seditious in passing on letters because he never preached violence”.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen speaks during the release of the book ‘A Doctor to Defend: The Story of Binayak Sen’ in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI