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Delhi C’wealth Games
Turf war over event rights
Major players vie for organising opening and closing ceremonies, as they involve business worth hundreds of crores of rupees
New Delhi, January 18
The countdown to the Commonwealth Games 2010 has begun. But before the Capital hosts the event, a turf war seems to have begun between major players associated with organising the games.

Majithia quits to pave way for Sukhbir
Kahlon, Baath offer their seats too
Chandigarh, January 18
Punjab’s Public Relations and Information Minister Bikramjeet Singh Majithia today submitted his resignation from the cabinet to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who will forward it to the Governor, Gen SF Rodrigues (retd), shortly.

Public Relations Minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia leaves the Punjab Raj Bhawan after meeting Governor SF Rodrigues in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Satyam Saga
Prima facie major diversion of funds: Govt
New Delhi, January 18
The government today said prima facie there appeared "diversion" of funds from scam-tainted Satyam where the facts and figures in the balance sheet are not based on correct information.

Business page: CID begins Rajus’ interrogation
Satyam board looks to lenders for funds

Indian help in 26/11 probe welcome: Pak
Islamabad, January 18
Asserting that all “culprits” behind the Mumbai attacks “must be apprehended”, Pakistan today said Indian investigators will “be more than welcomed” to help in its probe into the terror strikes.

Participants run during the Mumbai Marathon on Sunday. Kenyan Kenneth Mugara finished the race in first place with a time of 2:11.51 hours. More than 40,000 participants took part in the marathon which ran through the streets of south and central Mumbai in the first city-wide event since the terrorist attacks. — PTI photo (Details in Sports page)

India to get uranium from France soon
Will end country’s 34-year nuclear isolation
New Delhi, January 18
With the nation's attention riveted on the fight against Pakistan sponsored terrorism, an important development that will practically end India’s 34-year nuclear isolation has almost gone unnoticed.

Anil Kapoor donates ‘Slumdog’ fee to children
Mumbai, January 18
Veteran Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, who enacted the role of a game show host in the internationally acclaimed film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, has donated the remuneration he received for the film to a Delhi-based NGO working for child development.

Tribune Special 40,000 children go missing every year Still, UPA has failed to implement Integrated Child Protection Scheme New Delhi, January 18 Around 40,000 children go missing in India every year, reveals the upsetting data gathered by the National Human Rights Commission. And events like the Nithari serial killings involving minors have also occurred in recent years.