Cong to corner Badal govt in Assembly on law & order
Chandigarh, December 16
The Punjab Congress will approach the Speaker to extend the Assembly session, which begins tomorrow, to “earnestly” debate the “breakdown” of the law and order situation in the state.

Remembering the ’71 war heroes Defence Minister AK Antony, Service chiefs General Bikram Singh, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne and Admiral DK Joshi pay homage to martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti to commemorate India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, in New Delhi on Sunday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Ahead of Putin’s visit, India to iron out differences with Russia 
New Delhi, December 16
The stalemate over Russian telecom giant Sistema's over $3billion investment in India and differences between the two countries over the civil nuclear cooperation threaten to cast a shadow over President Vladimir Putin's visit to India for the annual India-Russia Summit on December 24.

Quota tangle: Jats start march towards Delhi
Hisar/Jind, December 16
Agitating pro-quota Jat activists, who plan to lay a siege to the national capital and choke its supply of essential commodities, began their foot march from Hisar and Jind districts today. By evening, most jathas from Hisar had reached Hansi, their first stopover en route Delhi. While the youth were seen marching on foot, the elderly Jats travelled on tractors.

Sarv Jat Khap Mahapanchayat chief Nafe Singh Nain launches the stir at Narwana.

Mahatma’s letters, rare copy of Constitution sell big at Sotheby’s New Delhi, December 16 An anonymous bidder bought the letter written by Mahatma Gandhi in 1922 to Rabindranath Tagore's eldest brother Dwijendranath at seven times its pre-sale estimate along with another while a rare copy of the Indian Constitution sold for nearly eight times its offered price to a private collector at a Sotheby's sale in London.