2 die in firing at Badal’s rally in Kharar
Kharar, July 2
Two persons were killed and three injured, including a SAD leader, in a firing at an SGPC election rally held at Anaj Mandi here today. 

Two booked
Chandigarh page: Murder accused Kang escapes from police custody

DSP among six cops killed
Bid on MP’s life in Doda
Jammu, July 2
Member of Parliament Lal Singh and Congress MLA G.M. Saroori had a providential escape today when militants blew up a police vehicle escorting their motorcade at Sangampatti in Kishtwar area of Doda district, killing six police personnel, including a DSP.
A doctor tends to an injured policeman inside a hospital in Jammu on Friday. — Reuters photo

Jail inmate branded thief
Amritsar, July 2
A team of doctors headed by Dr H.S. Gill, Civil Surgeon, and Dr A.K. Sondhi, Senior Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, here today confirmed that “Yeh chor hai” marked on the back of a jail inmate was branded with hot iron rods during the past two or three days.

Natwar meets Powell, Kasuri at Jakarta
New Delhi, July 2
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh today had one-on-one meetings with US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum  meeting at Jakarta.
In video New PM wants peace with India, Kasuri. (28k, 56k)

World page:
Pak denies ‘tacit approval’ to fencing along LoC
USA urges India, Pak to stop arms race
Pak joins ASEAN Regional Forum

Post-Godhra riot cases: 27 held, FIR lodged

Marlon Brando is no more Los Angeles, July 2 Marlon Brando, who revolutionised American acting with his method performances in “Streetcar Named Desire” and “On the Waterfront” and went on to create the iconic characterisation of Don Vito Corleone in “The Godfather”, has died. Actor Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in this file photo from the 1951 film, "A Streetcar Named Desire."  — AP/PTI photo