Tuesday, June 13, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Terror in Jammu, Anantnag
One killed, 31 hurt in bus stand blasts
Jammu, June 12
One person was killed and 31 were wounded when terrorists hurled three grenades on Vaishnodevi shrine-bound buses at the general bus stand here this morning. The deceased was later identified as Madan Lal, conductor of a bus (JK02F 3479). Among the injured were two Amarnath pilgrims from Ahmedabad and Bihar.

In video (28k, 56k) A securityman with a sniffer dog searches a damaged bus after serial grenade blasts at the Jammu bus stand on Monday. — PTI photo

Ultras gun down 8 labourers in Kulgam
Srinagar, June 12
At least eight migrant labourers were killed and five injured when unidentified militants opened fire upon them in the Kulgam area of Anantnag district this afternoon.

J&K page: One killed, 20 hurt in Kupwara clash

India opposes cap on N-tests as talks begin
New Delhi, June 12
Even as certain members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group have evinced keenness in supplying fuel for nuclear reactors, India and the USA began talks here today on the operational modalities of the agreement on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy based on the drafts exchanged between the two last month.

Girl married off despite HC order
Inter-caste marriage in Bhiwani village
Bhiwani, June 12
The controversy over the marriage of Surinder Kumar, a lower caste boy of Kharkari village, to Poonam, an upper caste girl of Dhanana village in Sonepat district, took a curious turn today with reports surfacing here that the girl had been married off on Saturday.

SC seeks govt response on pro-quota stir
New Delhi, June 12
The Supreme Court, which had said that any agitation in violation of its order would amount to contempt of court, today sought details from the Centre about continuation of demonstrations by pro-reservationists even three days after a prohibitory order was passed by it on May 31.

Office of Profit Bill to be tabled in same form
New Delhi, June 12
The UPA government appears to be determined to re-introduce the Office-of-Profit Bill, returned by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in the “same form without any alterations” in Parliament during the coming Monsoon session.

Sports page  Czechs crush USA Pauleta does it for Portugal Three cheers for Aussies Sudarsan Pattnaik of India works on his sand sculpture, representing the football World Cup trophy on Monday during the fourth international sand sculpture festival “Sandsation” in Berlin. About 35 artists from all over the world are taking part in the competition. The festival ends on July 16. — AFP

Six to die for murder Nashik, June 12 Six persons were sentenced to death today in a three-year old case of gruesome murder of five persons belonging to a family here. — UNI

SC rejects pleas against ‘The Da Vinci Code’ New Delhi, June 12 The Supreme Court today dismissed two PIL petitions for ban on Hollywood movie ''The Da Vinci Code'', which has already been prohibited by five states on the ground that it hurt the sentiments of Christians and can create a law and order problem.