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SC raises Himachal’s power share from Bhakra, Beas
New Delhi, September 27
Himachal Pradesh got a bonanza today as the Supreme Court substantially raised its share of electricity from the Bhakra and Beas hydro power projects with retrospective effect from 1966 in the case of Bhakra-Nangal and from the date of commissioning of Units I and II of Beas -- all at the cost of Punjab and Haryana.

A Tribune investigation
Punjab Public Transport - 2
How the Badals hijacked Punjab’s luxury bus business
Chandigarh, September 27
In the past five years, there has been a decisive shift in the ownership of buses for public transport. While Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) were the public sector behemoths that controlled almost 60 per cent of the market share a decade ago, they have since lost their share substantially to the private sector.
An Orbit bus owned by the Badals

Badals, buses and public losses

Cash-for-Vote scam
Advani’s ex-aide Kulkarni held
New Delhi, September 27
Sudheendra Kulkarni, a BJP activist and a former aide of senior BJP leader LK Advani, was today put under arrest and sent to judicial custody till October 1 after a city court hearing the 2008 cash-for-vote scam rejected his interim bail. Appearing before the court of Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal today morning, Kulkarni sought relief claiming that he was a “whistleblower” and only intended to “expose the corruption”. However, court dismissed his plea on the grounds that it was without merits and fixed October 1 as the next date for hearing into his plea for regular bail.

CM debunks reports about ‘mass graves’, offers DNA profiling
Srinagar, September 27
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today offered DNA profiling to unravel the mystery of the unmarked graves in the state. In a spirited reply to the discussion in the Assembly, he called upon relatives of “missing persons” to come forward with samples and relevant information.
Omar Abdullah, Jammu & Kashmir CM

Fight against terror cannot be selective: Krishna
New York, September 27
Asserting that there cannot be a “selective approach” in the fight against terrorism, India today hoped that Pakistan will be “serious” in dismantling terror camps on its soil and live up to its pronouncements. “I am sure they (Pakistan) will realise and they have, by now they should have (realised) that terrorism cannot be fought selectively.”
Foreign Minister SM Krishna with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in New York. — PTI

Maya may announce creation of 3 new dists
Lucknow, September 27
Chief Minister Mayawati is likely to announce carving out of 73rd, 74th and 75th districts of Uttar Pradesh tomorrow when she commences the second state-wide inspection of development projects starting from western Uttar Pradesh.

Bristol adopts Raja Ram Mohan Roy Bristol, September 27 This quintessential English city was the unlikely final resting place of renowned Indian social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy, and 178 years after his death it has officially adopted the activist as one of its own. On Sunday, the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Geoffrey Gollop, unveiled a new painting at the Arnos Vale Cemetery depicting 40 famous Bristolians, which included Roy.