Monday, February 14, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

PC warns Mehbooba of action on map row
Omar blasts PDP chief;
BJP to move Election Commissioner
Jammu/New Delhi, February 13
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today warned the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of action if it did not correct depiction of some parts of Jammu and Kashmir in China in one of its maps. Reacting to queries of reporters here, Chidambram said: “I haven’t seen the reports yet. But it’s a big mistake and if they (PDP) do not correct it, some action will be taken.”

Appointment of Doctors
Punjab makes heavy weather of selections
Chandigarh, February 13
The simmering controversy over direct recruitment of doctors this year by the health department versus last year’s recruitment of doctors through the Punjab Public Service Commission escalated today with health department officials firmly denying any irregularity.

VB’s report damns PPSC members
Chandigarh, February 13
The damning report submitted to the High Court by the Vigilance Bureau on the recruitment of doctors by the Public Service Commission, continues to create ripples. Charges have been flying thick and fast with PPSC members defending their record even as the Bureau’s report, now in public domain, exposes a number of curious irregularities. (Details on Punjab page)

After Egypt, winds of change sweep 7 nations
Washington, February 13
Winds of change are sweeping through the Middle East, encompassing eastern Asia and northern Africa, triggering a series of political shifts in response to widespread discontent that once went unacknowledged. Egypt's simmering unrest that forced Hosni Mubarak to resign as the president after nearly three decades of uninterrupted rule, has hogged the world's attention for weeks.

World page: Parliament dissolved, constitution suspended CLAMOUR GROWS: Anti- government protesters chant slogans at a demonstration in Algiers. Reuters

Arun Shourie to face CBI in 2G scam
New Delhi, February 13
Former Communication Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Shourie has been summoned by the CBI for questioning on February 21 in connection with its investigation into the 2G scam, in which it has already arrested former Communication Minister A Raja and his two former aides. Shourie claims he had alerted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and, subsequently, the investigating agencies, including the CBI, regarding the scam happening under the Raja’s reign, a claim which the ruling UPA has brushed aside.

Davis not a diplomat: Qureshi
Islamabad, February 13
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that according to official records and experts in the Foreign Office, the US official arrested for gunning down two men in Lahore is “not a diplomat and cannot be given blanket diplomatic immunity”.

World page: US postpones meeting with Afghanistan, Pak

FAIZ BIrth centenary: february 13, 2011 His love for India could’ve got him killed It is an anomalous fact of history that revolutionary poets and icons often if unwittingly usher reaction, which then becomes their patron of sorts. Who would have thought that military usurpers and religious bigots would flaunt Jinnah as their hero, or Gandhi would become the poster boy of zealots that assassinated him. Editorial: Darling of singers Faiz during one of his Mumbai visits. Seen on the right is Amitabh Bachchan. Photo, courtesy Dawn