Wednesday, July 11, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Ghazi killed as troops storm Masjid
40 militants, 8 commandos gunned down
Islamabad, July 10

Pakistan troops seized control of the Lal Masjid after 14 grueling hours of fierce fighting with militants which left at least 60 dead, including defiant cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi and eight commandos of Pakistan's ace SSG and 40 militants.

A Pakistan army armoured personnel carrier takes up position outside Lal Masjid in Islamabad on Tuesday. — Reuters photo

Militants set 2 offices on fire
World page: Chronology of events
Editorial: Blood in the mosque

India keeps a close watch
New Delhi, July 10
India is watching the Lal Masjid developments in Islamabad keenly as the storming of the mosque by Pakistani troops early today has huge implications for New Delhi.

India: The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION

Action orchestrated by the USA: Ghazi
Islamabad, July 10
Hours before he was killed today in a massive military operation by Pakistani forces, the deputy head of Lal Masjid Abdul Rashid Ghazi alleged that the action against him was being orchestrated by the US.

Al-Qaida film on Kafeel disc
New Delhi, July 10
A movie on Al-Qaida, “atrocities” in Chechnya and Iraq and vitriolic speeches of secessionist leaders formed part of a computer hard disc seized from the Bangalore residence of Kafeel Ahmed, a suspect in the failed terror attack in the UK.                               Kafeel Ahmed

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Cops explore UK terror plot links to 7/11 blasts
Kafeel worked in company dealing with Airbus, Boeing

24 securitymen, 20 Naxals killed
Raipur, July 10
At least 24 securitymen, including 16 CRPF personnel, and 20 Maoists were killed in one of the deadliest gunbattles in the dense forests of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, the police said today.

FIR against DIG for bid on modesty
Patna, July 10
A DIG of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has been accused by the wife of an IPS officer of trying to outrage her modesty in a Patna-bound train on Sunday.

Govt places orders for wheat import
New Delhi, July 10
The government has placed orders for import of 511,000 tons of wheat from global suppliers who last week bid for a tender to supply one million tons of the grain. "The decision was taken to ensure food security," a government official said. Of the seven companies that had bid, orders were placed with three — Cargill, Toepfer and Riaz — who had quoted the lowest price in the range of 318-370 dollars a ton.

Stray dogs kill 8-year-old girl in Amritsar
Amritsar, July 10
In a bizarre incident, stray dogs killed an 8-year-old girl near the Majitha bypass road here today. According to eyewitnesses, Priya was going on the bypass road, near her village Naushehra Khurd, around 8 am when stray dogs pounced on her.

Tribune Exclusive State revenue on a platter to pvt player Chandigarh, July 10 In what could be an act of financial imprudence on the part of the previous Congress-led government in Punjab, a Baroda-based company was handed over the working and earnings — running into crores of rupees annually — from the important bus terminuses in Ludhiana and Jalandhar.