59% kids stunted, 42% underweight in country
New Delhi, January 10
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today described child malnutrition as “national shame” and said health, education and sanitation sectors must collaborate to shape national response to the problem.

It’s shivering cold in the North
	Gulmarg -16.2°C Biting cold prevailed in the Kashmir Valley with the mercury plunging to -16.2°C in Gulmarg while Srinagar shivered at -2.8°C. Manali -7°C It was a chilly Tuesday in Himachal with Manali shivering at -7°C while Shimla and Solan recorded a low of -2.1°C and -2.5°C, respectively. Amritsar -2°C The cold wave continued to sweep parts of Punjab and neighbouring Haryana as Amritsar recorded this year's lowest minimum so far at -2°C
A child gazes from his window with icicles hanging from the roof of a house in Shimla on Tuesday. Photo: Amit Kanwar

Badal old-fashioned, I’m decisive: Capt
Chandigarh, January 10
Punjab Pradesh Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh is hopeful of bouncing back to power in Punjab and said his government would deliver from Day one. (For complete text of the interview see Punjab page)

Bobby Jindal begins 2nd term as Louisiana Guv
Houston, January 10
Bobby Jindal, the first Indian- American governor in the US and a possible contender for the White House in future, began his second term as the chief of Louisiana following a landslide victory.

A song on their lips, a prayer in their hearts Chandigarh, January 10 Leave politics to the politicians is what once bitten twice shy Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans has to say to artistes trying their luck in the political arena in the Punjab Assembly elections. Artistes in the poll fray determined to win L-R: Mohammad Sadiq, Arshad Dally and Bhagwant Mann