Sunday, January 16, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Petrol dearer by Rs 2.50 per litre
Second hike in 30 days; Opposition 
demands rollback
New Delhi January 15
In a move that would further roil the public mood in the country already reeling under the burden of runaway inflation, public sector oil companies increased the price of petrol by Rs 2.50-2.54 per litre, the second time in a month following the rise in global crude oil prices.

Chandigarh Skyline In Danger
A Tribune Investigation
Jairam Ramesh orders green probe into Tata’s Camelot
Asks Badal, Shivraj Patil to expedite process to declare area around Sukhna sanctuary an eco-sensitive zone
Chandigarh, January 15
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has ordered a probe into the multi-tower, highrise Camelot project of Tata Housing Development Company (THDC) coming up in the vicinity of Sukhna Lake here.

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THE TRIBUNE INTERVIEW by Raj Chengappa, Editor-in-Chief ‘There is now some clear air between India and Australia’ — Peter N. Varghese, Australian High Commissioner to India The Australian High Commissioner, Peter N. Varghese, speaks to Raj Chengappa, Editor-in-Chief, on a range of issues.

Army Chief clarifies that J&K troops thinning only in paramilitary forces
New Delhi, January 15
A day after his comments that were seen as countering the Home Secretary on troop reduction in Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief General VK Singh today clarified that he was talking about Army personnel while GK Pillai was referring to paramilitary forces.

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CBI fails to press charges, Mahendroo gets bail
New Delhi, January 15
A Delhi court today granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) Deputy Director General Sanjay Mahendroo, arrested in a forgery and cheating case relating to Queen's Baton Relay in London in 2009.

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Don’t want sermons from CAG, says Cong
MPs mull privilege motion against the govt auditor
New Delhi, January 15
Giving further boost to the Congress’ no-holds-barred attack on the Comptroller and Auditor General, UPA sources now say some MPs may move privilege motion against the government auditor on his recent statement. “The MPs are examining the possibility whether the CAG’s recent statement amounts to contempt of the House,” they say.

A Tribune Special Haryana shows no interest in adult female literacy Not a penny from Rs 1.2-crore Central grant used last year New Delhi, January 15 Already in the dock for the lowest gender ratio and honour killings perpetuated by the khap panchayats, Haryana is now displaying acute official apathy towards female literacy, a cause which the UPA Government espoused in September 2009 when the Prime Minister launched the Sakshar Bharat Mission to educate 60 million illiterate women (and 10 million illiterate men) across India by March 31, 2012. What state says