Friday, June 15, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

It’s Pratibha Patil
New Delhi, June 14
In a historic move and after some rapid fire confabulations throughout the day to hammer out a consensus, the Congress-led UPA and the Left parties zeroed in on Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Devisingh Patil as their nominee for the high office of President.

Left, UPA make their Prez choice
Pratibha Patil — Former Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra minister, currently Governor of Rajasthan

How Pratibha Patil’s name emerged?
New Delhi, June 14
The “cricket” match for selecting the UPA presidential nominee had all the drama, with political parties experiencing highs and lows. At the end of the day, the match ended in a tie, but the day was carried over the pressure group of Left parties, NCP, DMK, and the RJD.

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Pratibha’s Profile
Asom Gana Parishad fends for Kalam
After days of stalemate, decision taken in hours

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Strike off, Indian soars again
New Delhi, June 14
The 13,000 agitating employees of ‘Indian’ called off their strike this afternoon following an agreement with the management over wages, career progression and arrears. With this, the services are expected to return to normal by tomorrow.

Judicial custody till June 27
Please ask them to hang me: Chahal
Ludhiana, June 14
“Please ask them (police) to hang me or give me death. I can’t tolerate more torture.” pleaded B.I.S. Chahal during a hearing in the attempt to murder and land grab cases in a local court, which sent him to judicial custody till June 27, in central jail here today.

Punjab page
Police bares Chahal’s wealth worth crores
No reprieve for Chahal
Chahal gets separate barracks

HC: Falsely implicating husband act of cruelty
New Delhi, June 14
Registration of criminal cases to falsely implicate the husband and his family members does amount to an act of cruelty by the wife, the Delhi High Court has held.

F-1 on Delhi’s radar New Delhi: Though motorsports do not come under the purview of the Indian Olympic Association, the apex sports body in the country is now dreaming big to bring Formula One racing to India. (Details on Sports page)

Panel formed to review probe Kingston, June 14 Two days after the police closed the three-month investigation into Bob Woolmer’s death, the Jamaican government has announced the appointment of a committee to “review” the high-profile probe.

DJ Aqeel cleared of drug possession charges
Dubai, June 14
Celebrity disc jockey Aqeel was today discharged in a case of drug possession, about two weeks after he was allegedly caught with ecstasy tablets in his bag at the international airport here, his lawyer Ashish Mehta said.

Palestinian President sacks govt
Ramallah, June 14
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today declared a state of emergency, fired Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, dismantled the Hamas-Fatah coalition saying he would form a new government.

Computer snag may delay Atlantis return More worries for Sunita Williams Houston, June 14 A crippling flaw in the crucial Russian computers on board the International Space Station has added to the problems of Atlantic Space Shuttle whose return to earth with Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams and six others is likely to be delayed further. A NASA photo shows astronaut Sunita L. Williams using a computer in the Unity node of the international space station. — AP/PTI photo