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ADMISSIONS TO DELHI COLLEGES: DAUNTING CUT-OFFS
WHEN 99% MAY NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH
New Delhi, June 15
As the cut-offs to preferred courses in the prestigious colleges of Delhi University (DU) skyrocketed yesterday - with its best commerce institutions seeking 99 to 100 per cent Class XII scores for admission to BCom (Hons) from non-commerce students 

Anxious students see the first cut-off list at Delhi University in New Delhi on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

  Students disheartened

Country witnesses century’s longest & darkest lunar eclipse
New Delhi: The moon’s bright white glow turned crimson brick red when it delved into the dark centre of the earth's shadow during the century's longest and darkest lunar eclipse.

Discord in Lokpal Bill panel
New Delhi, June 15
 Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal Bill proposed by his Civil Society as the ombudsman to probe corruption against the Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India down to the lowest clerk, is dead before it is born.

Amarinder to keep his coterie ‘in check’ this time
Chandigarh, June 15
It seems a case of once bitten twice shy for former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. Eight months into his second innings as Punjab Congress president, Amarinder has formed a new team with former Sangrur legislator Arvind Khanna as its pivot, but claims this coterie will not be allowed to ‘transgress’.

Now, key witness in ex-sarpanch murder case found dead
Karnal, June 15
A day after Chamel Singh was interrogated by the Crime Branch, his dead body was found lying close to the Sector 4 police station here today. He was missing since yesterday.

Looting the Ganga shamelessly
Besides causing huge losses to the state exchequer, illegal mining is impacting the ecology of the region drastically. In most of the mining areas, the Ganga’s river bed has become hollow.
Haridwar, June 15
In the wake of the death of Swami Nigmanand due to fast unto death demanding ban on quarrying on the Ganga river bed in Haridwar, the focus has now shifted to illegal mining in the region on a mass scale due to administrative laxity. Though quarrying has been banned in Kumbh Mela area zone, which covers 140 sq km area in Haridwar

   Nigmanand’s death
State orders CBI probe

Chandigarh skyline in danger
Tata Housing: No notice from MLAs’ society
Chandigarh, June 15
The Tata Housing Development Company (THDC) today claimed it had not received any notice for revocation of the power of attorney from the Punjabi Cooperative House Building Society of present and former legislators and MPs of Punjab. 

Rajinikanth discharged from Singapore hospital
Singapore, June 15
Superstar Rajinikanth has "recovered completely" and has been discharged from the Mount Elizabeth Hospital here after being treated for respiratory problems. “Superstar discharged from hospital. He has recovered completely and taking rest,” his son-in-law, actor Dhanush, tweeted.