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Advani must go by October
RSS makes its stand clear
New Delhi, July 31
The Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS) has categorically told BJP President L.K. Advani that he must resign from the party’s top post by October when an all-important meeting of the RSS is to take place.
In video: Advani visits mediapersons injured in Srinagar encounter. (28k, 56k)

Sports page: India spank Windies with clinical display Lack of experience let Team India down Virender Sehwag (right) and Mohammed Kaif celebrate the dismissal of West Indies batsman Narsing Deonarine during the one-day international tri-series match between India and the West Indies at Dambulla, Sri Lanka, on Sunday. — AP/PTI photo

Analysis
The metamorphosis of Al-Qaida
New Delhi, July 31
The world of jihad is undergoing a never-before churning process which is set to throw up significant new trends in international terrorism in the months to come.

Mumbai under another deluge
Schools closed; air, rail services hit
Mumbai, July 31
Life in Mumbai was thrown out of gear yet again after heavy rain from Saturday night flooded roads and hit transport services.
In video (28k, 56k)

A child rests on a luggage trolley as passengers are stranded at the airport in Mumbai after air service was suspended due to heavy rain on Sunday. — PTI photo

Air-India plane makes emergency landing
New Delhi, July 31
An Air-India plane carrying 315 passengers from Mumbai to London made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport tonight after the pilot noticed a technical fault.

Discovery crew unloads cargo to space station
Houston, July 31
Discovery astronauts on the first shuttle trip to the International Space Station since 2002 — and perhaps the last one for some time — worked today to unload tons of supplies and equipment brought from Earth for the station’s two-man crew.

State of Roads in Punjab — III A tale of neglect, indifference Chandigarh, July 31 If the national and state highways and link roads are the lifeline of a state, then Punjab is in a critical condition. Nearly 40 per cent of its important roads, including national and state highways, are in a shambles. A view of the Bathinda-Mansa road. — Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera  Gurdaspur provides the contrast