SAD sweeps SGPC election
Chandigarh, July 11
A few reverses in Sangrur and Ropar notwithstanding, the Shiromani Akali Dal was heading for a landslide win in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections. According to trends available from various parts of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal candidates were heading for comfortable wins in most of the constituencies.

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Violence mars SGPC election
Patti (Amritsar), July 11
Widespread violence, a new phenomenon in the SGPC elections, today left an independent candidate, an SHO, an ASI and many others injured due to group clashes, firing and stone-pelting incidents in various parts of the border belt, while two persons died due to consumption of hooch at Verka, an urban fringe of Amritsar City.

More related stories on Punjab page Two groups of Akali workers come to blows during the SGPC election at Chowk Parag Das in Amritsar on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma

A Tribune Special Al-Qaida connection spells danger in North-East New Delhi, July 11 The government’s stonewalling has put the seven-year-old Naga ceasefire in jeopardy. Top-level sources told The Tribune that it is time the government paid attention to the political demands of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-I/M) otherwise the situation may reach the boiling point. Nation page: Al-Qaida’s next attack can be through the sea

CPM to oppose hike in FDI
New Delhi, July 11
Ruling out the withdrawal of support to the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, the CPM today said it would oppose the government’s decision to hike the FDI in some of the core sectors not only inside the Parliament but also outside it.
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Fertiliser prices set to soar
New Delhi, July 11
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government may soon have to face embarrassment in Parliament and in its rural constituency as the prices of fertilisers are all set to rise in the coming days.

15 militants, JCO killed in J&K
Srinagar, July 11
Nineteen persons, including 15 militants and a junior commissioned officer of the Army, were killed in militancy-related incidents across Jammu and Kashmir since last night, an official spokesman said here today.