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Badal promises total makeover of Punjab
With elections a year away, CM in a hurry to deliver

Chandigarh, January 1 Yes, he can. Exuding confidence, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today promised that he would be Santa Claus to the state this year. The next election to the state Assembly being due before February next year, the state government has only the next 10 months or so to deliver on the	Parkash Singh Badal addresses the media in Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph
promises and the urgency showed when the CM addressed the media on the New Year’s day.

Sibal unveils 100-day agenda
Work begins on new telecom policy
New Delhi, January 1
Within two months of taking charge, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal today set about putting his house in order by announcing work on a new telecom policy for greater transparency, tackling cyber crime and leveraging the vast postal network for rural services.

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ISI ‘hired, trained’ Headley
Washington, January 1
Lashkar-e-Toiba operative David Headley, who scouted targets in Mumbai for 26/11 attacks, was a Pakistani spy working for ISI, whose chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha was possibly aware of the plot to strike India’s financial hub, claims an investigative news report.

Aarushi Case
Domestic helps plan to sue CBI
Ghaziabad, January 1
The three domestic helps, who were earlier suspected to be involved in the murder of Aarushi Talwar but later found innocent, are planning to sue the CBI for falsely implicating them in the case.

2G: NDA firm on JPC probe
Advani meets alliance leaders
New Delhi, January 1
National Democratic Alliance leaders today met their chairman LK Advani in wake of PAC chief Murli Manohar Joshi going full steam ahead with his probe into the 2G scam and thereby giving a jolt to the Opposition campaign for a JPC probe into the issue. Emerging from Advani’s house, NDA co-convener Sharad Yadav said the Opposition wants a JPC probe into the Spectrum scam and nothing short of it.

Balle Balle 2011 Punjab police jawans take part in an event to celebrate the New Year in Jalandhar on Saturday. — PTI

Air Marshal Browne assumes charge as IAF Vice-Chief
New Delhi, January 1
Ace fighter pilot Air Marshal NAK Browne has assumed charge as the new Vice-Chief of the Indian Air Force at the Air Headquarters here. Formerly the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of IAF's Western Air Command (WAC), Browne succeeds Air Marshal PK Barbora, who retired yesterday.
New Vice-Chief of the Indian Air Force Air Marshal NAK Browne arrives to review a guard of honour at the Airforce HQs in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI

Yuvraj Singh among top 10 ‘sporting egos’ London, January 1 His “ego, bank balance and waistline” have all swollen in recent years but his performance has deserted him, wrote The Daily Telegraph today about the Indian cricket star and Chandigarh boy Yuvraj Singh. The swipe was made in a piece on the “top 10 sporting egos” of recent times. From left: Kevin Pietersen, Muhammad Ali and Yuvraj Singh