Sunday, July 23, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Cabinet clears ‘profit’ Bill unchanged
New Delhi, July 22
Disregarding President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s objections to some of its provisions, the UPA government today decided against making any changes in the controversial Office of Profit Bill.

Nation page: Left to back Office of Profit Bill in present form

Bid to bomb Coimbatore, 5 held
Four more LeT men held in Mumbai
Chennai, July 22
In a dramatic swoop, the police here arrested five suspected Islamic terrorists and seized several items used in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices, thus foiling a major catastrophe. Police Commissioner Karan Singha said he had acted on “definite information.”

Pak will not allow India to question
ultras: Kasuri
Islamabad, July 22
Pakistan, which has rejected New Delhi's demand to hand over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, has said it will not allow leaders of banned militant groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed to be questioned by the Indian police.

India: The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

World page: Indian demand for ban ‘baseless’,
says Jamaat-ud Dawa

Nation page: No terror infrastructure in “Azad Kashmir”, says Pak

Arrested man not Tunda: Kenyan police
New Delhi, July 22
In a dramatic twist to the reports that one of India’s most wanted men, Syed Abdul Karim alias Tunda, had been nabbed in Mombasa, the Kenyan police said tonight that the arrested man was a West African national amid media reports that he had been handed over to the FBI.

Nation page: Tunda has a Lucknow link

54 Punjabis back home from Lebanon
Rajasansi, July 22 As many as 54 Indians, all from Punjab, today arrived at the Rajasansi International Airport, by a special Air India flight (AI-187) from Mumbai, after being evacuated from war-torn Lebanon. In video (56k)
Kanwaljit Singh, a resident of Bathinda, is all smiles as he along with his family, arrive at Rajasansi Airport, Amritsar. — Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma

Israeli armoured vehicles enter Lebanon
Avivim, July 22
Around 10 Israeli armoured vehicles today crushed a border fence and entered Lebanon, driving past a UN observation post, an AFP Correspondent reported.

World page
West Asia violence: India warns of conflict spillover
Rice rejects Lebanon ceasefire

Child falls into ditch; Army helps in rescue work
Kurukshetra, July 22
Army personnel have started a rescue operation to pull out a five-year-old boy Prince who got trapped in a 55-foot tubewell borehole at Haldari village. (Details on Haryana page)

Former cricketers back Sachin
Flay Manjrekar for uncharitable remarks against Tendulkar
New Delhi, July 22
Former cricketers today flayed Sanjay Manjrekar for his controversial remarks on Sachin Tendulkar’s injuries and said such uncharitable comments could dent the batsman’s confidence. (Details on Sports page)

HC panels to review PCS appointments under Ravi Sidhu Chandigarh, July 22 The Punjab and Haryana High Court Acting Chief Justice, Mr Justice H.S. Bedi, has constituted two high-level committees to study afresh the issue of alleged irregularities in the selections for PCS (Executive) and PCS (Judicial) made by the Punjab Public Service Commission under the then Chairman, Mr Ravinderpal Singh Sidhu.

Every Saturday

	Hand over Dawood, Salahuddin July 22, 2006
	Amendment to RTI Act approved July 21, 2006
	Exodus from Lebanon begins July 20, 2006
	Lt-General faces court martial July 19, 2006
	Bush reassures PM on N-deal July 18, 2006
	PM to put Pak in dock July 17, 2006
	Parliamentary delegation calls off Pak visit July 16, 2006
	Blasts have frozen peace with Pak: PM July 15, 2006
	350 rounded up in Maharashtra July 14, 2006
	Mumbai bounces back  July 13, 2006