Tuesday, March 29, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

CRICKET MANIA SWEEPS Chandigarh
Chandigarh, March 28
Politics, diplomacy and cricket will all converge as the President of India, the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, captains of industry, Bollywood stars, bureaucrats and politicians come here to watch the super-charged India-Pakistan cricket World Cup semi-final at the Mohali stadium on March 30. The Tricity, comprising Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula, will practically be the national capital for the next two days.

Imran Khan, Malik Spat over Match-Fixing NO ROOMS AVAILABLE IN TRICITY OPEN YOUR HEARTS, HOMES FOR PAK VISITORS: SUKHBIR Security personnel take photos of cricketer Yuvraj Singh at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Monday. — AFP

Singh, Gilani to hold informal talks
New Delhi, March 28
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani are likely to hold informal talks in Mohali, where they will reach on Wednesday to witness the India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final match. Official sources discounted the possibility of the two leaders holding discussions on all outstanding issues which have bedevilled relations between the two countries.

Sonia too is coming

India, Pak secy-level talks positive
New Delhi, March 28
Some 28 months after the ghastly November 2008 Mumbai attacks, India and Pakistan today re-started the dialogue process at the secretary-level at a conference hall that was christened “Friendship Room”. The venue was a grand five-star hotel in South Delhi where and the home secretaries of India and Pakistan, GK Pillai and Chaudhary Qamar Zaman, respectively, accompanied by a bevy of officials and top security officers started the two-day talks on a wide range of issues.

Home Secretary GK Pillai (left) with his Pakistani counterpart Qamar Zaman

Chandigarh turns into a fort for the big day
Chandigarh, March 28
Wednesday’s semifinal match between arch-rivals India and Pakistan at Mohali is being touted as a big game, be it in terms of cricket or the associated diplomacy between the two neighbours. But the game is proving even bigger a challenge for the officials concerned of the Chandigarh Administration and Punjab and Haryana governments in terms of providing foolproof security to the VVIPs, their list being too long.

Intelligence agencies step up watch
No-fly zone; regular flights unaffected

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Punjab Cabinet to take up Khalsa College proposal for varsity status
Chandigarh, March 28
The Punjab Council of Ministers will take up the case for according a self-financed university status to Khalsa College, Amritsar, tomorrow as per the provisions of the Private University Act, 2010. The Cabinet, which meets tomorrow to take up this as well as other issues, will be following up on a decision taken by the Khalsa College Management Committee as well as a committee of the Higher Education Department, which had also recommended the college to be accorded a university status.