Kashmir Talibanisation begins
Jammu, August 10
The Pakistani army experts are engaged in surveying the areas on this side of the border for finding safe routes for heli-dropping militants along with weapons and explosives.

More pressure on Army now
New Delhi, August 10
The Centre’s decision to extend the Disturbed Areas Act to the entire Jammu region will on the one hand put further pressure on the Army and on the other help smoothen its operations in controlling the activities of mercenaries.

R. S. Gill is no more
Chandigarh, August 10
Mr R. S. Gill, the doyen of hydro-electric engineering in erstwhile Punjab and father of the former Director-General of Police, Mr KPS Gill, died here early this morning. He was 93.

• To a grandfather with love
  

LS adjourned over UTI muddle
Oppn, Bench members clash
New Delhi, August 10
The Lok Sabha had to be adjourned today for about two hours as the Opposition and the ruling alliance members clashed when the Congress tried to seek clarifications from Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on letters reportedly written to him by former UTI Chairman P. S. Subramanyam.

• UTI scam: BJP points finger at Jaya

Mentally ill in fetters at Pingalwara Amritsar, August 10 Infringing on the fundamental right of mentally ill persons, the local Pingalwara orphanage continues to carry on the barbaric practice of chaining some of its mentally challenged inmates, housed in its institute since years, seemingly oblivious of the  Infringing on the rights or the mentally ill, the Pingalwara in Amritsar continues to chain patients. — Photo Rajiv Sharma tragedy of 30 such chained persons who were charred to death in a fire in Tamil Nadu recently.