Indo-Pak talks on Baglihar break down
New Delhi, January 7
The Indo-Pak talks on the Baglihar hydel power project on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir collapsed today and Pakistan made it clear that it would go for international arbitration and appointment of neutral experts for resolving the dispute.

Govt proposes to bring judges under Lok Pal
New Delhi, January 7
The UPA government today proposed to bring the judiciary, the executive and the legislature under the purview of Lok Pal. A Group of Ministers has been set up under the leadership of Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to examine the Lok Pal Bill.

Dual citizenship for all overseas Indians Mumbai, January 7 The Indian Government has decided to allow dual citizenship to all overseas Indians who had left the country after January 26, 1950, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here today. Mr Manmohan Singh lights a lamp to inaugurate the third Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Mumbai on Friday. The Prime Minister is accompanied by Mr Jules Rattan Kumar Ajodhia, Vice-President of Surinam (behind the Prime Minister), and Union Minister Jagdish Tytler. — AFP photo

Jaya seeks funds for wall along coastline
Chennai, January 7
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here today that the tsunami disaster should be converted into an opportunity to rebuild the coastal economies in the affected areas.

BSF officer among five killed in militant attack
Srinagar, January 7
Three security personnel, including a BSF Deputy Commandant, and two militants were killed in a gunbattle that broke out in the Income Tax building, near here today.



A CRPF jawan escapes from a window of the Income Tax building in the heart of Srinagar during an encounter with militants on Friday. — Tribune photo by Amin War

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Cong-JMM pact leaves RJD sore
New Delhi, January 7
The Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) today joined forces and announced their electoral pact for next month’s assembly poll in Jharkhand leaving the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in the cold.

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EC team meets officials on code violation
Chandigarh, January 7
Two Election Commission of India representatives, Mr Afjal Amanullah, state Observer for the Haryana Assembly elections, and Mr R. Aggarwal, a Principal Secretary in the ECI office, today met senior Haryana Government officials in connection with the alleged violation of the model code by the state government.

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Capt trying to communalise education: NCM New Delhi, January 7 The Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM),  Mr Tarlochan Singh, has taken exception to the Capt Amarinder Singh government in Punjab trying to communalise the education system in the state and undermine the high office of the Vice-President of India. Mr Tarlochan Singh told The Tribune that Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat as the Chancellor of Panjab University had acted in a transparent manner.