Sinha relieved of Vigilance charge
Chandigarh, November 25
In a significant decision, the Punjab Government tonight restored the Department of Vigilance to the Chief Secretary, Mr J.S. Gill, thus relieving Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr S.K. Sinha, of this additional charge in a major administrative reshuffle ordered tonight.

Eminent citizens call for dialogue in Assam
New Delhi, November 25
Cutting across party lines, eminent citizens from different walks of life, including a Cabinet Minister and an Opposition leader, former governors of Assam and Manipur, editors, journalists, social workers and intellectuals, today called for an end to the confrontation in Assam and the return of “a sense of healing, trust and confidence” to the state.
In video: RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav appeals to the nation to come together to restore normalcy in Assam. (28k, 56k)

Nation page: Anti-Bihari violence spreads, toll 56

CBI gives clean chit to IIM faculty
New Delhi, November 25
Giving a clean chit to the faculty of the Indian Institute of Management on the CAT question paper leak, the CBI today claimed that it had some evidence hinting that the leak could have been from the press which printed it.

Fraud in kidney donation detected
Amritsar, November 25
The unearthing of the multi-crore kidney scam did not deter a prospective kidney donor and a recipient from allegedly submitting false affidavits and the attestation of false documents by various authorities.

Boy hacked to death for marrying out of caste Hoshiarpur, November 25 Relatives of Rajput girl, who dared to marry a Jat boy against their wishes, allegedly hacked him to death in a bazar of the nearby Jahankhelan village today. They even sent his arm to one of his relatives, before fleeing from the scene of the crime.