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Army Chief refuses to bury row over his age, files complaint
Wants Defence Minister to re-examine case; ministry has to file reply within 90 days
New Delhi, August 29
Showing his unwillingness to give up on the age issue, Army Chief General VK Singh has filed a statutory complaint with Defence Minister AK Antony seeking a re-examination in the matter.




Army Chief Gen VK Singh

Punjab Police ‘keeping tabs’ on govt rivals
Chandigarh, August 29
Vspb2010@gmail.com is the email ID that the Punjab Police is using to gather intelligence inputs on the political opponents of the ruling alliance, just as Punjab gears up for the SGPC and Assembly elections.

Karunanidhi seeks amnesty for Rajiv killers
Chennai, August 29
With 11 days left for the execution of three Rajiv Gandhi assassins, DMK and some other parties today stepped up their campaign for getting them reprieve while Chief Minister Jayalalithaa made it clear she has no power to grant them pardon.

Rajiv Gandhi

Panel: Shift water to Concurrent List
New Delhi, August 29
A government-appointed committee to check exploitation and scarcity of water has recommended the precious natural resource to be placed under Concurrent List - a proposal, if accepted, may see vehement opposition from states like Punjab, where water resources are tapped to its maximum to fulfil agriculture needs.

Bhattarai sworn in as Nepal PM
Kathmandu, August 29
Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai, who was sworn in as Nepal’s new Prime Minister today, said he would work to complete the fragile peace process within six months and form a national unity government to bring political stability in the nascent republic.

Promises to visit his college at Chandigarh

Nepal’s newly elected Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai (R) being sworn in by Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav at the office of the Presidential House in Kathmandu on Monday. — AFP

Centre drops proposal for separate Sikh Marriage Act
New Delhi, August 29
The government has decided to drop the proposal for a separate law covering marriages solemnised within the Sikh community. Dealing a major blow to the aspirations of Sikhs, who have long been fighting for amendments to the existing Anand Karaj (Marriage) Act of 1909 to convert it into a comprehensive legislation governing Sikh marriages, the Ministry of Law and Justice today said there was no justification for a separate law and it had decided to abandon the proposal for any such amendment.

Special to the tribune Rare Sikh memorabilia dazzle London Davinder Singh Toor’s moment of revelation came back in 1999 when he was apprenticed as a tour guide to the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition in London called, ‘The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms’. “For me it was a revelation”, says Davinder, a 33-year-old London-based optometrist. For public eye Mannequin of a fully armed Sikh warrior