Friday, February 25, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

PM takes BJP head-on over S-band deal
Says MoU between Forge Advisors (Devas) & Antrix signed in July 2003 during NDA regime
New Delhi, February 24
Under constant attack from the BJP, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took the battle into the main Opposition party’s camp, targeting Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley for the allegations he had levelled against the UPA government in the Antrix-Devas agreement.

Friendship offer to Pakistan
1 lakh jobs for Valley youth
Price rise and inflation
Nothing wrong with the telecom policy
Black money not product of 5 years

Libya protesters gear up for the ‘battle of Tripoli’
Benghazi, February 24

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched a counter-attack today, fighting fierce gun battles with rebels who have threatened the Libyan leader by seizing important towns close to the capital.

A man fires a celebratory shot in the air in the Libyan town of Shahat. — Reuters

Battles rage as rebels seize key Libyan towns
Tide of rebellion comes closer to Gaddafi's home
Gaddafi loyalists launch aggressive counter-attack
Gunbattles in Zawiyah, 50 km from Tripoli, kill 10
Gaddafi blames Osama bin Laden for orchestrating uprising

UN drops Gaddafi’s daughter as goodwill envoy
Sleepless nights for several Punjab families
First Indians to be evacuated on February 27
World page: Tripoli: A city in the shadow of death

After 9 days, Orissa Collector finally free
Bhubaneswar, February 24 
After nine days in captivity, Maoists today released Malkangiri Collector RV Krishna finally bringing to an end the tense hostage crisis in Orissa. Chitrakonda Tehsildar D Gopalakrishna said Krishna was released by Maoists today evening and was on his way to his home in Malkangiri, about 90 km from where Krishna was freed.

Chhillar—REVISITING A Carnage
SGPC renews demand for judicial probe
Amritsar, February 24
The SGPC today shot off a missive to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, renewing its demand for a judicial probe into the Chhillar massacre in Rewari (Haryana) in November 1984 during anti-Sikh rioting after Indira Gandhi’s assassination.

Hooda govt open to Commission of Inquiry
Chandigarh, February 24
Even as investigation into the Chhillar massacre of November 1984 began with the Gurgaon Divisional Commissioner, TK Sharma, visiting the site in Rewari today, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told The Tribune that records hold that compensation was paid to the victims.