Tuesday, January 2, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Pitched battles in Nithari
*More complaints of missing kids *Organ trade ruled out

Noida, January 1 Irate villagers of Nithari today fought pitched battles with the police, both throwing stones at each other, outside the residence of businessman Moninder Singh who, along with his servant, allegedly sexually abused children and murdered them.

A policeman chases a man with a lathi after residents of Nithari village fought pitched battles with the police on Monday outside the residence of a businessman who, along with his servant, allegedly sexually abused children and murdered them at Noida (UP). — A Tribune photograph

Editorial: Nightmare in Noida

Noida police searches Pandher’s city house
Chandigarh, January 1
A team of the Noida police today searched the Sector 27 residence here of Moninder Singh Pandher, the alleged serial killer of Nathari village in Noida, and recorded the statements of members of his family.

Armymen vandalise police station to free Major, Capt
Officers held on eve-teasing charges

Kolkata, January 1 Brandishing automatic weapons, a platoon of armymen in uniform vandalised a police station in the metropolis and forcibly freed a Major and a Captain arrested on the charge of eve-teasing in a drunken state from a posh hotel here during New Year celebrations today.

The Armymen ransacked the police station after Maj C.P Singh and Capt Mahesh of the Madras Regiment were arrested for eve-teasing in a nearby 5-star hotel.

India, Pak exchange lists of N-installations
New Delhi, January 1
India and Pakistan today exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad.

India’s troubled neighbourhood
New Delhi, January 1
For every nation, a troubled neighbourhood has an inevitable conveyer belt effect that has a potential adverse impact on its well-being.

The faithful brave the elements Muslims offer Id prayers at the Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday. — Reuters

India: The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

	PUNJAB: SAD ignores former minister, MLA
	HARYANA: Birender wants to be dropped from purchase panel
	HIMACHAL: Hamirpur to have Lokmitra centres
	J&K: Id celebrated with religious fervour
	CHANDIGARH:  Ex-cop suspects Pandher behind his son’s disappearance
	LUDHIANA: Muslims observe black Id
	DELHI: New Year starts on bitterly cold note
	OPINIONS: Nightmare in Noida
	BUSINESS: Vodafone may revise bid for Hutch-Essar
	NATION: Lt Gen Kapoor is Army Vice-Chief
	WORLD: ‘Curbs’ for Indian diplomats in Pak
	SPORTS: All set for the decider

HOROSCOPE

WEEKLY

Fog cripples air traffic
New Delhi, January 1
The first day of the new year saw below normal visibility levels with fog enveloping the cities and severe cold wave sweeping the northern region. It was yet another fogged out day in northern plains of the country.

Punjab page: Fog disrupts flights

Nearly 50 trains delayed

New Delhi, January 1 The blinding New Year fog has affected the schedule of nearly 50 Delhi-bound trains from the Railway Minister’s home state Bihar besides Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand.

Operations of all domestic flights from the IGI Airport were cancelled and rail and road traffic was severely disrupted tonight as a dense fog engulfed the national Capital. The visibility at the airport was less than 50m and no flight is either taking off or landing after 8 pm as the fog, which had descended last night, thickened further tonight. Eleven flights were rescheduled and 36 others, including 12 international flights, were diverted to other cities. — PTI

Contact lost with plane carrying 102 in Indonesia
Jakarta, January 1
Contact was lost today with an Adam Air passenger plane flying from Surabaya on the Java island to Manado on Sulawesi with 96 passengers and six crew on board, a transport ministry official told Elshinta news radio.

Tough wildlife warden shifted Shahtoosh lobby’s will prevails Chandigarh, January 1 The Chief Wildlife Warden, Mr Swarn Singh, who had refused to bow to the dictates of certain influential possessors of shahtoosh shawls in the state, has been transferred to an insignificant post in the Punjab Forest Department.