Tarlochan Singh is the gainer
Chandigarh, June 25
Refusal of the apex court to grant any interim injunction against Haryana Assembly Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian’s order of disqualifying six legislators three days before the Rajya Sabha elections makes Mr Tarlochan Singh, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, the gainer.

Governors’ refusal to quit may put UPA in piquant situation
New Delhi, June 25
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Congress-led UPA government can be faced with a delicate situation if the Governors appointed by the previous NDA government refuse to give up the gubernatorial assignment of their own volition.

Babu Parmanand told to go
Chandigarh, June 25
The Haryana Governor, Babu Parmanand, has been given the marching orders by the Centre. According to reliable sources, the Union Home Secretary, Mr Anil Baijal, rang up the Secretary to the Governor a couple of days ago to tell the Governor to submit his resignation.

Kidnapped engineer’s body found in Pulwama
Srinagar, June 25
Two days after their kidnapping by unidentified militants, the police recovered the bodies of IRCON railway engineer Sudhir Kumar and his brother Sajjan from the remote Zainpora area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir today.

CBI raids at 74 places in country
New Delhi, June 25
The CBI today carried out nationwide raids at 74 places and registered 389 cases against 50 persons, out of whom 30 are government servants.

India to announce more CBMs to Pak on June 27-28
New Delhi, June 25
At least eight to 12 fresh confidence-building measures relating to military, non-military and general cooperation between New Delhi and Islamabad are expected to be announced by India on June 27 and 28 when the two countries hold Foreign Secretary-level talks here, well-placed sources said today.

SC refuses to entertain Dhananjay’s plea
Buddhadev for his execution
New Delhi, June 25
The Supreme Court today declined to entertain the petition of rape and murder convict Dhananjay Chatterjee of Kolkata, facing death sentence, in view of his clemency plea being placed before President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. (Details on Nation page) In video (28k, 56k) 

Chandigarh page: City lawyer saved Dhananjay in 1994

Yatra extended, but not to Cong satisfaction Mufti meets Governor tomorrow Jammu/Srinagar, June 25 In a bid to resolve the controversy over the duration of the Amarnath pilgrimage, the Governor, Lt-Gen S.K. Sinha, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammd Sayeed and Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma, will sit together at Srinagar on Sunday to hammer out a solution.