Friday, January 5, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Noida killings: UP forms SIT
Addl SP to head team
Noida, January 4
Under all-round attack over its handling of the case, the Uttar Pradesh police today constituted a special investigation team headed by an Additional SP to go into the gruesome killings of children in Nithari village that has evoked nationwide outrage.


A social activist tries to console a woman, whose child is missing, at Nithari village in Noida on Wednesday. — PTI photo

Most victims were girls

Centre ready for CBI probe; no need, says UP Govt
Noida, January 4
Accusing the Mulayam Singh Yadav government of inaction that led to the murder of at least 17 children in Nithari village, the Centre today said it was ready for a CBI probe into the ghastly killings if the state government asked for it.
In video: UP govt doles out charity to buy peace. (56k)

Editorial: Ask CBI to probe

Noida killings figure in Cabinet meeting
New Delhi, January 4
The abuse and killing of at least 20 children in Nitharai Village in Noida, that shocked the nation, figured in the Union Cabinet meet presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today.

Another Singur brews at Nandigram
Kolkata, January 4
Indonesia's Salem group was promised by the Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, to get some 40,000 acres in the Midnapore district for developing new infrastructure, setting up a new township, housing complexes, bridges and other multi-facility projects.

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

	PUNJAB: Multi-billion dollar Internet racket busted
	HARYANA: Hooda urges PM to hike wheat MSP to Rs 850
	HIMACHAL: Retention policy: deadline may be extended
	J&K: Protest against Saddam’s hanging
	CHANDIGARH:  CVM joins hands with BJP, SAD
	LUDHIANA: Standby fire services to burn hole in pocket
	DELHI: CGHS scam: Ex-Registrar connived with builders
	OPINIONS: Ask CBI to probe
	BUSINESS: Hindujas, too, join race to buy Hutch
	NATION: Medha cautions Punjab, Haryana on farmers
	WORLD: 13 killed in Baghdad car bomb blast
	SPORTS: India gain upper hand

12 die as bus falls into Chenab
Jammu, January 4
Twelve passengers of a state transport corporation bus were killed when it plunged into the Chenab in Doda district today.

The wreckage of the bus that fell into the Chenab on Thursday. — PTI photo

Farmers’ stir simmers on rail tracks
Chandigarh, January 4
On a call given by various farmer organi- sations, farmers today stopped trains at various places in the state.

Punjab page: Farmers booked for occupying DC’s office

Farmers block trains on the Amritsar-Delhi route in protest against the anti-farmer policies of the state government in Amritsar on Thursday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

No move to shift Virk
Chandigarh, January 4
While a senior Punjab minister denied any move of Director-General of Police S.S. Virk being shifted as chief of the Central Reserve Police Force, some important Central police organisations are set to get their new heads later this month.

Cong to focus on achievements in Punjab poll
New Delhi, January 4
Faced with a tough contest in next month’s Punjab elections, the Congress is keen to see it does not boil down to a direct fight between Akali Dal leader Prakash Singh Badal and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.

Nationwide free testing for HIV patients Chandigarh, January 4 There is welcome news for persons who have been tested HIV positive. The National AIDS Control Organisation has yielded to persistent pressure from HIV/AIDS NGOs and announced free testing (CD-4 count that determines the immunity level in an HIV positive person) for all patients.