Wednesday, September 27, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Mumbai blasts: 5 cops convicted
Facilitated transportation of arms
Mumbai, September 26
A sacked sub-inspector of the Maharashtra Police and four constables under his charge have been found guilty in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The special TADA court which is in the process of reading out the verdict in the case found Vijay Krishnaji Patil guilty in the case.

Convict shouts in court
Maharashtra plans polyglot police

Oct 20 fixed for execution of Afzal
Pak trained terrorist not to move mercy plea to President New Delhi, September 26 A city court today fixed October 20 for hanging Parliament attack case convict Mohammed Afzal, a Pakistan trained terrorist, after the Supreme Court had upheld his death sentence in a final judgement in August last year. A file photo of Mohammed Afzal

Vajpayee refutes Musharraf’s claims
New Delhi, September 26
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said today that the failure of his Agra summit with President Pervez Musharraf was because of the General’s insistence that the bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir was “nothing but the people’s battle for freedom”. In video (56k)

Special article: Trial by fire
World page: Dr Khan asked daughter to leak
N-secrets, says Musharraf
In video: Protest against Musharraf's Book. (56k)

Bin Laden alive: Taliban Dubai, September 26 Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is alive and well, a source in Afghanistan’s militant Taliban movement told Al-Arabiya news channel today, denying recent reports of his death or illness. “The (Taliban) movement has checked the reports (of Bin Laden’s death).

Move on Indo-US N-deal Bill blocked
Washington, September 26
Democrats in the United States Senate on Monday night blocked a unanimous consent proposal for consideration of the US-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Bill. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said he offered a unanimous consent agreement to ensure that the Senate could complete consideration of the legislation “in a reasonable period of time”.

Two more diplomats put in papers
New Delhi, September 26
Two more senior diplomats—India’s Ambassador to France, Mr T.C.A. Rangachari and High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri, are understood to have put in their papers in protest against the appointment of Mr Shiv Shanker Menon as the Foreign Secretary.

Relics stolen from Patna Museum
Patna, September 26
In a daring late-night robbery on Monday in Patna Museum, located in the heart of the city, unidentified miscreants stole 18 statues of Buddhist and Jain eras worth crores of rupees.

Army Captain, 2 militants killed
Srinagar, September 26
An Army Captain and two militants were killed in a fierce encounter in North Kashmir today, official sources said. They said troops conducted a search operation at Bandipora, about 55 km from here, following a tip-off that militants were hiding there.

Life on the edges-III Migrants become Singhs and Kaurs for survival Rajkot, September 26 Renowned comedian Bhagwant Mann’s parody on the migrant labourers speaking Punjabi is fast becoming a reality in the countryside of Punjab. The socio-cultural change among migrants, who have settled down in the state for the past decade, is more pronounced than ever before. Kumwinder Singh (in blue) and Kuldeep Kumar, who have taken to Punjabi and Punjabiyat, tender to the horse of their employer Gurmel Singh (standing) in village Andlu. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed