Tuesday, April 4, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Rae Bareli byelection on May 8
EC puts off election to 10 other LS seats till July
New Delhi, April 3
The byelection to the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency has been fixed by the Election Commission for May 8. The seat from Uttar Pradesh fell vacant when Congress president Sonia Gandhi resigned following the office of profit controversy.

SBI strike halts banking services

New Delhi, April 3 Following the nationwide strike of employees of the State Bank of India (SBI) today, banking services in India’s largest bank across the country came to a grinding halt.

Employees of the State Bank of India demonstrate outside the main branch of the bank in Parliament Street in New Delhi on Monday during a nationwide indefinite strike. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal In video: (28k, 56k) Chandigarh page: SBI strike hits banking services Ludhiana page: Strike halts bank transactions Himachal page: SBI staff on indefinite strike

Jawan kills 3 at CM’s residence in Jammu
Jammu, April 3
Three CRPF personnel were killed and two wounded when a constable on guard duty at the official residence of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad opened fire at his colleagues here this evening following an altercation between them.

Rapist cop gets 12 yrs; govt to seek life term
Mumbai, April 3
Sunil More, a Mumbai police constable, who raped a 17-year old girl inside a police chowky in the city's Marine Drive promenade last year, has been sentenced to 12 years' rigorous imprisonment.

68 pc cast votes in Assam
New Delhi/Guwahati, April 3
An estimated 68 per cent of the 92 lakh voters exercised their franchise today in the first phase of Assembly elections in Assam, the Election Commission said here.

Sports page Yuvraj powers India to facile win Man of the match Yuvraj Singh, who scored a whopping 103 runs off 76 deliveries, jumps in the air on completing his century during the third ODI against England in Margaon on Monday. India defected England by 49 runs to take a 3-0 lead in the one-day series. — PTI photo

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Army taking steps to thwart Google threat: J.J. Singh
New Delhi, April 3
Chief of Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh said today that the Army was taking steps to counter the threat posed by the Google portal by putting out the layout of its strategic bases on its website.

Independents hold the key in RS
New Delhi, April 3
There has been no dramatic alteration in the overall composition of the Rajya Sabha after the recent biennial elections as the two major political formations - the UPA and the NDA - have registered only minor changes.


Party position in Rajya Sabha
Sensex crosses 11,500 mark

Mid-day meals on infected wheat Nayagaon (Kharar), April 3 In the name of mid-day meals under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan project, students of government elementary schools in this part of Punjab are being supplied with food unfit for human consumption. Students of Government Elementary School, Kansal, show the weevil and other insects which were found in the wheat flour supplied under the mid-day meal scheme to the school about 10 days ago. — Tribune photo by Vinay Mailk