Badal meets PM, seeks clemency for Bhullar
Says hanging may disturb peace in Punjab
New Delhi, April 15
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today petitioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking immediate stay on the execution of death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar in the “greater interest” of the country.

PM Manmohan Singh with Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal in New Delhi on Monday. Tribune photo

Sarna’s plea to Prez
Punjab page: SGPC to file mercy plea

Make MP second home for Gir lions, rules SC
New Delhi, April 15
The Supreme Court today directed Gujarat to share some of its 400 Asiatic lions with Madhya Pradesh as part of the efforts to protect the endangered specie by providing them a “second home.”

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Petrol prices cut by Re 1
New Delhi, April 15
Petrol price has been cut by Rs 1 per litre, effective midnight tonight - the third reduction in rates in one month due to the drop in international prices of crude.

States reject Centre’s control over policing
New Delhi, April 15
States rejected the idea of having Central agencies probe terror-related cases or organised crime, once again showing displeasure at the concept of Central control over policing in states at a rather poorly-attended Chief Minister’s conference here today.

After Nitish, Sena pressures BJP on PM candidate
Mumbai, April 15
The Shiv Sena has joined Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in demanding that the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for the post of Prime Minister be decided by all the constituent parties.

Pune blast: Baig, man who assembled bombs, convicted
Mumbai, April 15
A Sessions Court today convicted Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig (30), the lone man arrested in connection with the German Bakery blast in Pune on February 13, 2010, of murder and criminal conspiracy.

Atrocity against SC, STs
Apex court cancels Ambala ACP’s bail
New Delhi, April 15
The Supreme Court today cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to Ambala Cantonment Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Baljinder Singh by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a case under the prevention of atrocities against SC and ST Act.

12 die as jeep plunges into gorge in Chamba
Chamba, April 15
Twelve persons were killed when the Bolero vehicle (HP-73-2533) in which they were travelling veered off the road and plunged into a 700-m-deep gorge on the Bharmour-Harchhu road, about 16 km from Bharmour tribal township of Chamba district, last night.

After Nitish, Sena pressures BJP on PM candidate
Mumbai, April 15
The Shiv Sena has joined Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in demanding that the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for the post of Prime Minister be decided by all the constituent parties.

J-K getting warmer as mercury rising by 0.5°C each decade Jammu, April 15 Jammu and Kashmir is getting warmer. A paper published by scientists of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (SKUAST-Jammu) reveals that there has been an average 0.5°C increase in temperature per decade since 1980 and it could adversely affect cultivation, water supply and ecological balance in the next few decades.