Saturday, June 9, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

G-8
PM-Bush meeting
Hopes soar for civil nuke deal
Heiligendamm (Germany), June 8
Despite the irritants, India and the USA are committed to get the Indo-US peaceful nuclear deal and the stalled 123 Agreement through.

SMILING FOURSOME: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, US President George W. Bush, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and South African President Thabo Mbeki share a light moment while posing for a photo at the G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, on Friday. — PTI photo

Editorial: Signalling change

India: The Tasks Ahead
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Foreign fixation

Youth killed in firing after suicides
Nurmahal, June 8
A youth was killed and three persons were injured in police firing here today when a mob pelted the police with stones following suicide by a couple and their daughter.

Ex-UN official Bahel convicted of bribery, faces 30 years in jail
An Indian official who headed the United Nations' procurement office has been convicted of helping a friend win U.N. contracts worth $100 million in exchange for a massive discount on two upscale Manhattan apartments, free first-class airline tickets, cash and a laptop.

‘Al-Qaida’ warns of jihad in India
Srinagar/New Delhi, June 8
A video CD sent to the offices of a local news agency on Friday, apparently on behalf of the Al-Qaida terror group, declared holy war on India and named half-a-dozen local leaders on the hit-list.

Ministry probing Qaida CD

After Big-B, Maya takes on Sahara group
Lucknow, June 8
After Amitabh Bachchan, it is now the turn of another ''close friend'' of the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government to come under the scanner of the Mayawati government.

Nation page: A breather for Big-B

Hannah Foster Rape Case
Extradition of Kohli to UK allowed
New Delhi, June 8
A Delhi court today allowed the extradition of NRI Maninder Pal Singh Kohli to the UK for facing a trial in the rape-and-murder case of British teenager Hannah Claire Foster.

Victim’s mother hails decision

MBBS Examinations
Internal, external marks can’t be clubbed: SC
New Delhi, June 8
The Supreme Court has cleared the air on the calculation of marks for MBBS students as laid down in the Medical Council of India rules holding that they be followed by the universities as provided under the 12(4) Regulation laid down by the council.

Muslim women’s maintenance cases
CrPC provision still applicable, rules Supreme Court
New Delhi, June 8
In a significant ruling relating to the maintenance claim of Muslim women, the Supreme Court has held that provision of Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure was still applicable to them despite the 1986 enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, made in the wake of the Shah Bano episode.