Bhattal divested of Agriculture
Amarinder keeps 18 portfolios
Chandigarh, July 10
While allocating the portfolios afresh, after downsizing the Council of Ministers, the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has changed the portfolios of the Deputy Chief Minister, Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.

National ID-cards on anvil
New Delhi, July 10
The Centre is considering to issue multi-purpose national identity cards to all citizens. “Every person in the country will be provided national identity cards and given a unique national identity number,” Home Minister Shivraj Patil said while inaugurating a seminar on Census data dissemination here. In video (56k)

Troops kill 10 ultras; 34 hurt in Anantnag blast
Jammu/Srinagar, July 10
In a major success, the Army killed militants of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba in Poonch and Kathua districts today and seized a cache of arms and ammunition from them. One terrorist was apprehended at Machhedi in Kathua.

J&K page: Protests against torture of student A woman is taken for treatment after she was wounded in a grenade explosion on Saturday in Anantnag. Thirty civilians were wounded when suspected militants lobbed a grenade which missed the target. — Tribune photo by Amin War

Floods claim 56 lives, Army moves in
Guwahati/Patna, July 10
Floods continued to ravage the eastern and north-eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar and North Bengal today, having claimed 56 lives and affected more than 2.7 million people in the four states so far.

Fire in IAF depot

Mishap averted, plane grounded