Terror strikes Saudi Arabia
Attack on US consulate leaves three assailants,
4 guards dead

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 6 Muslim militants stormed the heavily fortified US consulate in here today before security forces shot dead three of them and captured two. An Interior Ministry official said in a statement on Saudi television that security forces had regained control.

A video grab taken from Saudi television network Al-Ekhbaria shows smoke billowing from the US consulate in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah on Monday. — AFP photo

CBI books Laxman, Jaya in Tehelka case
New Delhi, December 6
Two months after the Centre decided to scrap the Phukan Commission of Inquiry probing into the Tehelka expose, the CBI today registered bribery cases against former BJP president Bangaru Laxman and former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley.

Babri anniversary peaceful
Muslims stage demonstrations
Ayodhya, December 6
The 12th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri mosque today passed off peacefully amid tight security in the twin towns of Ayodhya and Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh with Hindu organisations led by the VHP marking the day as ‘Shaurya Divas’ and Muslim outfits observing a ‘Black Day’.

POTA repealed, Oppn stages walkout

Supreme Court stays demolition of Forest Hill
New Delhi, December 6
The Supreme Court today stayed the demolition of the constructions in Forest Hill Resort and Country Club near Chandigarh ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, but restrained its owners from making any commercial use of it.

Another farmer dead; tension mounts in Sriganganagar
Sriganganagar, December 6
One more person was killed today while curfew was clamped in a fourth border town as tension mounted in violence-hit north-west Rajasthan, rocked by a farmers’ agitation for canal waters for over two months now.

CJ objects to Lok Ayukta appointment
Chandigarh, December 6
The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Binod Kumar Roy, has taken a serious objection to the proposed appointment of Justice N.K. Kapoor, a former Judge of the High Court, as the next Lok Ayukta of Haryana, according to reliable sources.

Footballer Cristiano died of cardiac arrest
Bangalore, December 6
The cause of death of Dempo football team’s striker Cristiano Junior has been identified as cardiac arrest, Bangalore police commissioner S. Mariswamy said here today.

Kabaddi player shot at
Sports page: Suspend Bagan goalkeeper, demands Bhutia

Strong Canadian presence Panjim (Goa) December 6 Canada happens to have probably the strongly presence overall at the 35th International Film Festival of India here. There are 10 feature films and about as many documentaries. Opinions page: Bollywood on the beach