Friday, May 4, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Punjab to probe fake killings
Chandigarh, May 3
Director-general of Punjab police NPS Aulakh today ordered an enquiry on the basis of reports published in various newspapers regarding fake killings by Punjab police during the period of militancy in the state.

SC gives Gujarat two weeks
New Delhi, May 3
Seeming to be satisfied with the progress of investigation by the Gujarat police CID’s special investigating team (SIT) in the Sohrabuddin’s fake encounter two years ago, the Supreme Court today directed the state government to submit the final status report in the case within two weeks.

AP for CBI probe
Nation page: Rai removed from probe
Gujarat killings echo in RS

Fake encounter: More cops under CID lens
Ahmedabad, May 3
With the Gujarat government facing the heat in the fake encounter case, the state CID has detained a few middle and lower level policemen who were part of the operations led by the three arrested senior IPS officers.

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Regulatory panel says it will fix tariffs
Chandigarh, May 3
In what is the first serious crisis in financial management before the newly-formed SAD-BJP government, the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, in an unprecedented move, has decided that it will now calculate the power tariff for consumers on its own and announce it.

Trafficking: Prime suspect surrenders
Hyderabad, May 3
The alleged kingpin in the human trafficking scam, Rashid, today surrendered before the police here. Rashid, believed to be a broker for politicians, is alleged to have close contacts with many politicians, including TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Restore peace in Nandigram: HC
Kolkata, May 3
Calcutta High Court today issued five-point directives to the state government for restoring peace and normalcy in Nandigram, which the courts noted with regrets, had been disturbed, due to political clashes over the control of the local areas by the CPI (M) and the Krishi Bachaoo Committee.

GROUNDED: The fuselage of a Boeing 737 is parked on a road in Mumbai on Thursday. The trailer, carrying the fuselage, got stuck on the narrow road while being taken to New Delhi. — Reuters photo

Chandra Shekhar critically ill
New Delhi, May 3
Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, who is under cancer medication at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, here, is reported to be in a critical condition.

UP poll: Mood in Ayodhya religious
Ayodhya, May 3
The people of this historic temple town may feel let-down by the BJP for its failure to construct the promised Ram mandir at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid, but when it comes to casting their vote, their support for the saffron party still remains unshaken and all in the name of Lord Rama and Hindutva.

Sikh woman murdered in India, UK court told
London, May 3
A Sikh customs officer at Heathrow airport was allegedly murdered by her mother-in-law and husband after they had lured her to India on the pretext of attending a family wedding, a court here has heard.