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Thursday, January 26, 2012, Chandigarh, India
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Tribune analysis
Army Chief’s Age Row - PArt 4
A matter of Honour vs Propriety
The General’s Gambit
By Raj Chengappa, Editor-in-Chief
Given the poor system of registration of births that existed soon after Independence, the Government of India thought it wise to pass tough rules governing requests for change of dates of birth. That included the Ministry of Defence which in 1954 passed an Chief of Army Staff Gen VK Singh with Defence Minister AK Antony
Chief of Army Staff Gen VK Singh with Defence Minister AK Antony
Office Memorandum (OM) discouraging requests for change of dates of birth.

Blacklisting of ISRO ex-chief stuns scientists
Bangalore/Hyderabad, January 25
The UPA government today found itself at the centre of another blazing controversy with a stunned scientific community reacting with disbelief over its decision to damn and debar former ISRO chairman and space scientist G Madhavan Nair and three other scientists from re-employment in government institutions.
ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan (L) with former chiefs K Kasturirangan (C) and G Madhavan Nair. ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan (L) with former chiefs K Kasturirangan (C) and G Madhavan Nair. — File photo


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Army Chief’s Age Row
 A matter of Honour vs Propriety
 The second big anomaly
The Twist in the Tale
By Raj Chengappa 
Editor-in-Chief


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Badals, buses and public losses
 How the Badals hijacked Punjab’s luxury bus business
 How the transport policy was manipulated for private profit
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Rahul clears air, says Capt Cong’s choice for CM post
Rahul Gandhi in Tarn Taran on Wednesday. Chhabal (Tarn Taran)/ Ferozepur, January 25
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, addressing his first poll rally in the state, today made it clear that Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh would be the Chief Minister if the party comes back to power in the state.

Rahul Gandhi in Tarn Taran on Wednesday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

The offices of The Tribune will remain closed on January 26, 2012, on account of Republic Day. There will, therefore, be no edition on January 27, 2012

UID-NPR row: PM convenes meeting of stakeholders, both projects likely to go on
New Delhi, January 25
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called a meeting of stakeholders involved in the National Population Register (NPR) and Unique Identification Authority (UID) projects to prepare meeting ground between the squabbling factions ahead of the Cabinet meeting rescheduled for Friday.

Leno sued over ‘racist’ Golden Temple remark
New York, January 25
US talk show host Jay Leno has been sued by an Indian-American in California for his “racist” comments on the Golden Temple and ridiculing the entire Sikh community by portraying the holy shrine as a vacation home.

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India, Norway reach agreement; kids to be handed over to uncle
New Delhi, January 25
The prolonged agony of an Indian couple in Norway whose kids were taken away by the Norwegian Childcare Services on grounds of "emotional disconnect", may end soon when the children are handed over to their uncle following the finalisation of an agreement between India and the Scandinavian country today.

Have faith in democratic institutions: Prez
Calls for removing prejudices that have led to 
gender discrimination
New Delhi, January 25
Deploring the tendency to doubt the strength of different institutions in the country, President Pratibha Patil today called upon all stakeholders to discuss matters of national importance in the spirit of national interest and find amicable solutions.		 President Pratibha Devisingh Patil addresses the nation on the eve of the 63rd Republic Day in New Delhi on Wednesday.
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil addresses the nation on the eve of the 63rd Republic Day in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI

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