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Haryana Guv Pahadia’s plane crash-lands
All 10 on board, including Guv’s wife, safe
Aircraft develops snag soon after take-off at Chandigarh Airport
Chandigarh, March 27
Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia and nine others had a narrow escape when their state government aircraft crash-landed seconds after it took off from the Chandigarh Airport on Thursday. Besides the Governor, his wife Shanti Pahadia and eight others — including two ADCs, a doctor, an attendant and two crew members — were on board the New Delhi-bound King Air B-200 aircraft.

The aircraft carrying Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia and nine others crashed at the Chandigarh airport on Thursday.

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Centre tells SC to commute Bhullar’s death penalty
New Delhi, March 27
Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, awarded death penalty in a 1993 bomb blast case, is unlikely to be executed as the Centre today supported in the Supreme Court his plea for commuting his sentence to life term.

SC wants Gavaskar as BCCI chief
Suggests CSK, Rajasthan Royals be dropped for IPL-7; order today
New Delhi, March 27
The Supreme Court today suggested the appointment of Sunil Gavaskar as interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in place of N Srinivasan. It further proposed the suspension of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) led by Team India captain MS Dhoni and Rajasthan Royals from the Indian Premier League (IPL), pending disposal of the betting and spot-fixing case.

Mohali DSP held for graft, sacked
Mohali, March 27
DSP (City I), Mohali, Gurbans Singh Bains was today arrested on corruption charge and dismissed from service. Bains allegedly received a “hawala” consignment of Rs 40 lakh through his wife at Ludhiana yesterday. An unlicensed foreign-made Webley Scot revolver was also seized from his Patiala residence.

India abstains as UN adopts resolution against Lanka
New Delhi, March 27
India today abstained from voting on an anti-Sri Lanka resolution at the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) meeting in Geneva. The council adopted the resolution which called for an international inquiry mechanism into human rights violations during the armed conflict in the island. (Details on Nation page)

special to The Tribune Christie’s hot pick: Erotic paintings from Punjab Erotic miniature paintings from 19th century Punjab and other parts of India are expected to create a sensation when they come up for sale at Christie’s in London early next month. Two of the water colours are from the Sikh School of Art that flourished in the 19th century Lahore durbar during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.