Wednesday, April 18, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

India loses Asiad bid
Victory for Aiyar: Kalmadi
Kuwait, April 17
India today failed in its bid to host the 2014 Asian Games at Delhi after which the Indian Olympic Association openly blamed Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s recent comments for it.

Indian prof among Virginia Tech victims
A professor of Indian origin is among the 33 persons killed when a student opened fire in Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, on Monday morning. In video (56k)

World page: The Virginia Tech killer was a student Editorial: Killings on campus Student was the gunman: Members of Virginia Tech's Corp of Cadets pray in the War memorial Chapel hours after a gunman shot dead 33 persons in a shooting spree at the university in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Monday. Virginia Tech’s president said that a student was the gunman in at least the second of the two campus attacks — Reuters photo

Loganathan wanted campus burial
Chennai, April 17
Professor G.V. Loganathan, who was killed in the worst shootout on the campus of University of Virginia yesterday, wanted his body to be buried within the campus in case he died suddenly while being on the faculty.

J&K leads in growth in tax revenue
Chandigarh, April 17
Believe it or not, trouble-torn Jammu and Kashmir has registered the highest growth in the country as far as the collection of revenue from various state taxes is concerned.

UPSC told to reveal cut-off marks
New Delhi, April 17
The Delhi High Court today directed the Union Public Service Commission to make public the cut-off marks obtained by candidates in preliminary test of the Civil Services examination.

Old woman dies after cops slap her
Batala, April 17
Some Punjab Police personnel allegedly assaulted an elderly woman in Dahiya village, about 15 km from here, today. The woman later died.

Speed up computerisation of police stations: Patil
New Delhi, April 17
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has stressed the need for accelerating the process of computerisation of police stations in the country.

Khaleda agrees to fly out after ‘deal’
Dhaka, April 17
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has reportedly struck a “deal” with the government. She has agreed to leave the country following this “deal”. Her second son Arafat Rahman, held for a day, may fly out with her. (Details on World page)

Abhi, Ash get set for the big day Mumbai, April 17 The three-day wedding extravaganza of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, which kicks off tomorrow. Golden hands are Subroto’s gift Chandigarh, April 17 Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai have everything going there way and with the two deciding to hold hands for a lifetime what better gift than a unique 3D-cast impression of them made in gold.