Sunday,
April
5,
2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Terror strikes continue in Pak
6 cops among 23 killed as suicide bombers target army convoy, police camp
Islamabad , April 4
Two suicide attacks in Pakistan took at least 23 lives on a bloody Saturday, when Pakistan observed the death anniversary of Zulfiqar Ali
Bhutto, who was hanged in a Rawalpindi jail on April 4, 1979.
New York
Shooting We did
it: Taliban Islamabad, April 4
In a claim dismissed by
analysts as “far fetched”, the Taliban today owned up
responsibility for the shooting incident in an immigration
services office in New York that left 14 persons dead, saying it
was carried out in retaliation against US drone attacks in
Pakistan.
Sultanpur
(UP), April 4
Rahul Gandhi, 38,
does not own a vehicle or a house and still has repayment
of around Rs 23 lakh on a loan that he had taken. Yet,
according to the affidavit filed by him during nomination,
the total worth of the Congress general secretary’s
assets is approximately Rs 2.23 crore.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrives with his mother Sonia Gandhi to file his nomination papers in Sultanpur (UP) on Saturday. — AFP
Strike
leaves Bollywood ‘reeling’ No movies as tiff between
producers, multiplex owners halts work Mumbai, April 4
No new Hindi films will be
released in the country from today as film producers began their
indefinite strike after their long standing deadlock over revenue
sharing with multiplex owners failed to yield results.
ADGP Thind arrested Shimla, April 4
Controversial IPS officer and
suspended ADGP BS Thind was arrested today by the police in
connection with a case registered against him by a Parwanoo-based
businessman for allegedly accepting money for getting his commercial
premises vacated.
Compensation
no balm for their burns Chandigarh/Sirsa, April
4
Twentythree-year-old Suman is
scarred for life. Each day comes as a grim reminder of December 23,
1995, the day when the Dabwali tragedy devoured men, women and
children. Suman Kaushal, just nine years old then and one of the
crowd, ended up with a face completely burnt and disfigured.
Custody Cases Judiciary
should adopt proactive approach: HC Chandigarh, April 4
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
wants subordinate courts to adopt a proactive approach in child custody
cases for aborting “unwarranted delays”.
Capt mobilises support for Manmohan Chandigarh, April 4
Punjab Congress campaign committee
chairman Capt Amarinder Singh today started a movement of sorts to try
and convince all anti-Badal Sikhs to strengthen the party.
Captain Amarinder Singh flanked by Manjit Singh Calcutta, Rajbir Singh
Padiala, Paramajit Singh Sarna and other Akali leaders at a press briefing in Chandigarh
on Saturday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
SAD
willing to field Bunny from Banur Can be made minister if EC
gives go-ahead Chandigarh, April 4
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
today tried to assuage Capt Kanwaljit Singh’s son Jasjit Singh Bunny
and other Akali stalwarts’s feelings by hailing Bunny as the natural
heir to political legacy of his father to pave the way for
reconciliation with the family.
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