Sunday, March 25, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

It’s vendetta, says Amarinder
Will return only on lawyers’ advice
Chandigarh, March 24
“We will not allow the politics of vendetta to dominate. We will get the best of lawyers to defend every member of our party,” is how former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh reacts to the registration of a case against him and 18 others by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau in the Ludhiana City Centre scam.

Punjab page
Bhattal warns govt over vendetta
No vendetta in FIR against Capt: Badal
Cong men throng Moti Bagh amid raid rumour

Jagjit gives VB the slip
Dhaliwal (Jalandhar), March 24
A team of the Vigilance Bureau from Ludhiana raided former Local Bodies Minister Chaudhary Jagjit Singh’s house in Dhaliwal village on Friday night to nab him in Ludhiana City Centre (LCC) scam case.

Hanspal too in net; airports on alert
Ludhiana, March 24
The Vigilance Bureau here has issued look out notices to all domestic and international airports about the 17 of the 19 accused, former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, ex-minister Jagjit Singh and ex-Chief Improvement Trust, Ludhiana Paramjit Singh Sibia and ex-PPCC Chief H S Hanspal in the alleged 100-crore City Centre scam.

Give notice before arresting Virk, cops told
Chandigarh, March 24
Even as the Punjab vigilance bureau was gearing up to question, and possibly arrest, former Punjab DGP S.S. Virk as part of its ongoing investigation into the case of alleged duping of a war widow by property sharks, Virk was today granted reprieve by a Ropar court.

Stamp paper: Telgi gets jail
(Details on Nation page)

Fans mourn ‘death’ of Indian cricket
	Caribbean crash Batsmen did us in: Dravid Time for harsh decisions: Pawar I am answerable only to BCCI: Chappell Indira Gandhi to blame for defeat! Cricket supporters burn an effigy representing Indian cricket at a mock funeral in Ahmedabad on Saturday, after the Indian team’s defeat by Sri Lanka in their World Cup match. — AFP photo

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

	PUNJAB: Bhattal warns govt over vendetta
	HARYANA: Bijli nigam goes for spot billing, payment collection
	HIMACHAL: HP targets 4500 MW
	J&K:  J&K drug hub: Study
	CHANDIGARH:  Bloody battle in Zirakpur
	LUDHIANA:   Compensation for damaged crops hiked
	DELHI:  RWA-backed candidates get into battle mode
	OPINIONS: Enhancing excellence
	BUSINESS: FM: Look beyond balance sheets
	NATION: Lucknow varsity VC gets Manjunath Award
	WORLD: EU panel amends Kashmir report
	SPORTS: Aussies outplay South Africa

HOROSCOPE

WEEKLY

UN imposes new sanctions on Iran
United Nations, March 24
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved new arms and financial sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment on Saturday. The package of sanctions, aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program, targets the country's arms exports, its state-owned Bank Sepah and the elite Revolutionary Guards.

Pak Acting CJ Rana sworn in Justice Rana Bhagwan Das, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court was sworn in as acting Chief Justice of Pakistan in Karachi amid complete boycott by the Bar that refused to accept any acting chief justice in the presence of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry who has been suspended by President Musharraf. Pakistan Supreme Court Senior Judge Javed Iqbal (left) congratulates Acting Chief Justice Rana Bhagwandas in Karachi on Saturday. — AP/PTI photo