Friday, September 29, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

PM cautions CMs on populism
Chandigarh, September 28
 Cautioning against the “race to the bottom” through competitive populism, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, asked the states to avoid excitement to have “headline-grabbing MoUs by offering fiscal and financial incentives which their finances cannot sustain.”

 Chandigarh page: PM’s cavalcade causes chaos on roads

Mrs Sushma Barlia, President, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, greets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with a bouquet, at the inaugural ceremony of the Chief Ministers’ Conclave in Chandigarh on Thursday. Ludhiana page: PM’s visit—an exercise in futility?


Mrs Sushma Barlia, President, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, greets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with a bouquet, at the inaugural ceremony of the Chief Ministers’ Conclave in Chandigarh on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

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CMs take political dig at each other
Chandigarh, September 28
 The chief ministers and senior ministers of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana did not let go any opportunity to have dig at each other on sensitive inter-state disputes at the Chief Ministers' Conclave organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today.

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MiG-29 crashes in Ambala, pilot safe
Ambala, September 28
 A fighter aircraft, MiG-29, of the IAF crashed in Ambala late this afternoon. There were no casualties. The fighter aircraft crashed within minutes after take-off from the Ambala airbase. 		The mangled remains of the MIG-29 aircraft that crashed in Ambala on Thursday.
The mangled remains of the MIG-29 aircraft that crashed in Ambala on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Neetaj Chopra