Tuesday, March 8, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Cong phones DMK, resignations on hold
Pranab seeks 24 hours from Karunanidhi to resolve seat-sharing issue for TN poll
Chennai/New Delhi, March 7
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu today deferred the move of withdrawing its ministers from the Union ministry by a day following the efforts of Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee, as the prospects of breaking the deadlock over sharing of seats for next month’s Assembly poll between the seven-year-long allies brightened today.

Appointing Thomas as CVC was an error of judgement: PM
Sushma forces Manmohan to repeat word for word what he said in Jammu 
New Delhi, March 7
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to reiterate in the Lok Sabha today word for word what he had said in Jammu last week, thereby taking the onus in front of fellow MPs for the fiasco surrounding Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas, whose appointment was quashed by the Supreme Court recently.

Editorial: Accepting ‘full responsibility’

SC for common MBBS entrance
New Delhi, March 7
The Supreme Court today directed the government to hold an all-India entrance examination for students seeking to join medical colleges for pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate courses.

Mirchpur Case
Identify those behind agitation: SC
New Delhi, March 7
The Supreme Court today took the Haryana Government to task for its failure to nab those who had held up road and rail traffic from January 15-26 and damaged property. “How long we will go on accepting this? It is part of governance,” a Bench comprising Justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly told Additional Advocate-General Manjit Singh Dalal and Additional Solicitor-General Harin Rawal, who appeared for the Railway Board.

Victims of Hate Crime?
Two Sikhs attacked in US
Assault leaves one of them dead, other critical 
Washington, March 7
In a suspected hate crime, an elderly Sikh man was shot dead and another seriously injured in Sacramento in the US by unidentified assailants, triggering panic in the neighbourhood having a sizeable population of the community.

67 yrs on, INA suicides turn out to be custodial deaths 
Chandigarh, March 7
Sixty-seven years after nothing less than a “movie script” was penned down to pass the custodial death of two Indian National Army officers as suicide, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today created history of sorts by not just ordering compensation, but also setting the past right. Lt Ajmer Singh and Capt Maghar Singh’s custodial deaths were dubbed as suicide after a Court of Inquiry (CoI) was held at Red Fort on February 9, 1946.

Stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of massive money laundering and tax evasion, was detained by the ED which carried out multi-city searches at his Pune home and his associates' premises cracking the whip to meet tomorrow's Supreme Court deadline.

America plans to arm Libya’s rebels secretly
Desperate to avoid military involvement in Libya, the US has asked Saudi Arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in Benghazi
Desperate to avoid US military involvement in Libya in the event of a prolonged struggle between the Gaddafi regime and its opponents, the Americans have asked Saudi Arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in Benghazi. (Details on world page)