Tuesday, March 28, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Dasmunshi submits report to PM
Office of profit issue
New Delhi, March 27
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on March 30 to decide when Parliament should reconvene to enable the government to present a Bill defining an office of profit.

Editorial: Consensus is welcome
Special article: Sonia wins her spurs

Prince Charles keeps date with villagers
Bhatmajra rolls out the red carpet

Bhatmajra (Fatehgarh Sahib), March 26 The last that 85-year-old Mahender Singh had heard of the Britishers was in 1947. And today when he was told that his village would play host to the future King of England, Mahender Singh had to be there to watch this day go down in Indo-British history.

Britain’s Prince Charles is welcomed with Punjabi tradition by the farmers of Bhatmajra village in Fatehgarh Sahib district on Monday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Patiala, March 27 Highly euphoric. This one expression aptly summed up the mood of spectators and organisers alike at the Yadvindra Public School stadium where Prince Charles arrived this evening to formally launch the Bhoomi Vardaan Foundation. Punjab page: Charles lays stone at Food Park and more Ms Preneet Kaur, MP, receives Princess Camilla Parker at Chandigarh Airport on Monday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

SC ruling on child marriages
Stays legal import of two HC verdicts
New Delhi, March 27
In a significant order, the Supreme Court today stayed the legal import of the recent judgements of the Delhi and Andhra Pradesh High Courts upholding “consensual sex and marriages” of minor girls with their lovers after eloping with them.

Fishermen-police clash claims one life 
Hyderabad, March 27
One person was killed and several critically injured today when the police opened fire on protesting fisher folk, who were affected by the upcoming Gangavaram Port.

India: The Tasks Ahead
   SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT

125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: Rs 134 crore MC Budget passed
	HARYANA: Dy Supdt (Jails) gets police remand
	HIMACHAL: Irregularities in road widening to be probed
	J&K: Financial constraints irk rights panel
	CHANDIGARH: Police fails to get Bheora’s production warrants
	LUDHIANA: Open manholes pose risk to life
	DELHI: HC wants affidavits on closure of illegal farmhouses
	OPINIONS: Consensus is welcome
	BUSINESS: First large taxpayer unit by July 1
	NATION: Survivors of Bhopal gas disaster stage protest
	WORLD: Setback to Indo-US N-deal
	SPORTS: India keen on making winning start

Justice Jain may be elevated to S.Court
Chandigarh, March 27
The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Justice DK Jain, is likely to be elevated to the Supreme Court by mid-April. According to sources, the collegium of the Supreme Court last week recommended his elevation to the Supreme Court. 

40 Jharkhand MLAs taken to Jaipur
New Delhi, March 27
In an effort to keep his flock together in the wake of disqualification petitions against several ruling side MLAs, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda today took 40 of his NDA legislators to Jaipur immediately after landing at the airport here.

5 Army men killed, 9 hurt in road mishap
Jammu, March 27
Five Army men were killed and nine injured, six of them seriously, when an Army vehicle rolled into a gorge in Poonch district today, official sources said.

Siachen, Sir Creek resolvable: Pak Islamabad, March 27 Virtually agreeing with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pakistan today said the issues of Siachen and Sir Creek “are resolvable” but it required a “determined effort” by both countries. “We also believe that Siachen and Sir Creek are resolvable and that the two countries should make a determined effort,” Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told reporters here. World page: Yasin Malik for plebiscite on both sides of LoC