Saturday, April 26, 2014, Chandigarh, India
Edition update time 2:30 am (IST)

Farm to industry, Modi woos all
On whirlwind Punjab tour, rips into �ma-bete ki sarkar�
Spells out measures for cotton belt
Chandigarh, April 25
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday described the current Lok Sabha election as a farewell party for the UPA Government and promised to expose those looting the country once the NDA assumed power.
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At your feet: SAD�s Lok Sabha nominee from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal seeks blessings from BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Bathinda on Friday; (right) Modi reciprocates the gesture. Tribune photos: Pawan Sharma

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Rajiv killers, Bhullar to stay in jail for now
New Delhi, April 25
The Supreme Court today put on hold the release of seven assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and other life convicts such as Devender Pal Singh Bhullar by referring the issue of their right to remissions in sentence to a Constitution bench.

HPCA row
VB chargesheets Dhumal & son
Dharamsala, April 25
A chargesheet was filed in a court here on Friday against Himachal ex-chief minister PK Dhumal, his MP-son Anurag Thakur and 16 others for wrongfully converting HPCA, registered as a society, into a company of the same name without the state government�s permission.

Pak troops violate LoC truce in Poonch
Jammu, April 25
The Pakistan Army violated the mutually brokered truce deal by opening heavy fire, including 82 mm mortars, on at least four Indian forward posts in the Shahpur area along the 744 km-long Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district today.

2G: ED chargesheets Raja, Kani
New Delhi, April 25
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 17 others were today chargesheeted in a special court by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money-laundering case relating to the 2G spectrum allocation scam. (Details on Nation page)

OTHER PAGES
	PUNJAB: Modi vows to fight narco-terrorism
	HARYANA: Poor made to buy expensive aids worth lakhs from private stores
	J&K: NC-PDP battle shifts to central Kashmir
	HIMACHAL: Have zero tolerance for graft: CM
	CHANDIGARH: UT admn takes over Bal Niketan
	LUDHIANA: Fund dept chides Improvement Trust
	DELHI: 500 jhuggis gutted, thousands left homeless
	OPINIONS: Fears of poor monsoon
	NATION: 2G: ED chargesheets Raja, Kani
	BUSINESS: Nokia completes sale of handset business to Microsoft Corporation
	SPORTS: Hyderabad blues for Delhi
	WORLD: US readies fresh sanctions against Russia

TODAY'S SPECIALS

REAL ESTATE  TRENDS

Majithia apologises; Cong moves election panel
Amritsar, April 25
State Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today tendered an apology for distorting a �shabad (hymn)� while seeking votes for BJP candidate Arun Jaitley at a public rally here last evening. Majithia said: �I have realised my mistake. I apologise for it with all humility.� The minister said it was not his intentions to hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community.
(Details on Punjab page)