Kidney Scam
ASI, six other cops booked
For Rs 19.85 lakh, the ASI had let off Upender, a crony of ‘Dr Horror’
New Delhi, February 15
The Crime Branch of Delhi police today arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Delhi police Ravinder Kumar Singh for extorting a sum of Rs 19.85 lakh from Dr Upender, one of the main accused in the kidney scam, and letting him off on January 7.

Amit trained in Asr?
CBI raids Amit’s in-laws house

Seven gunned down in US varsity
A gunman dressed in black emerged from behind a curtain at a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University (NIU) on Thursday and shot 21 persons, seven of them fatally, before killing himself. The university confirmed that the shooter was an NIU graduate student in sociology in the spring of 2007 but was not currently enrolled.

Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University on Friday to pray for those killed and wounded in a shooting at Cole Hall in Dekalb. — AFP

HC: Public commitment can eradicate honour killings
Chandigarh, February 15
In India, at least 1,000 women are believed to be killed annually in the name of honour. Taking a serious view of the menace, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has called for attention to the issue and expressed hope that the practice would be “stamped out” like ‘sati’ with state and society’s intervention.

Jassi Murder : Life term for 4 upheld

For another kind of honour, Sonia gets EC notice
New Delhi, February 15
After a split opinion, the Election Commission today served a notice on Congress president Sonia Gandhi on a disqualification complaint against her for receiving a Belgian honour, triggering a political row. The three-member commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswamy, asked her to respond within three weeks.

Minority Status
SC refuses to stay verdict on Sikhs
New Delhi, February 15
The Supreme Court today refused to stay the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment, which held that Sikhs were not a minority community in Punjab. A Bench headed by the Chief Justice K.G. Balkrishnan issued notice to Sahil Mittal, a resident of Sangrur on whose writ, the High Court had struck down state government’s notification permitting the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to give 50 per cent reservation to Sikh students in colleges run by it.

Dawood man convicted
New Delhi, February 15
Romesh Sharma, alleged frontman of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was today convicted by a Delhi court for hatching a conspiracy to murder his fashion designer girlfriend Kunjum Budhiraja.

Sensex back at 18 K
Mumbai, February 15
The markets came alive in a late rally with the benchmark Sensex gaining over 340 points to regain the 18K level at close after the Prime Minister's somewhat reassuring remarks on the burning issues of global slowdown and rupee appreciation.

Delimitation 3 Parliament, 16 assembly seats get new names Chandigarh, February 15 When the next general elections are ordered in the country, three of the 13 parliamentary and 16 of the 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab will not only have new territorial jurisdictions, but also new names.