Friday, July 13, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Terror plot: No change in UK visa system
New Delhi, July 12
Britain said today no changes have been effected in its visa rules, denying a media report that the checks would get tougher in the wake of two Indians being suspected in two terror plots.

Haneef detention unfair: Amnesty
Haneef’s wife calls for his release

Lal Masjid operation
Pak puts death toll at 75, denies mass graves
The government on Thursday said the death toll in the Lal Masjid operation was 75, mostly militants, but repudiated reports that hundreds of bodies had been buried in mass graves. In video (56k)

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Pak govt accused of dumping bodies
The Muttahida Majlise Amal on Thursday said nearly 1,000 persons, including girls and women, were killed during the operation by security forces in the Lal Masjid and girls’ seminary, Jamia Hafsa.

Revolt against Musharraf, says Qaida
Dubai, July 12
Al-Qaida today urged Pakistanis to revolt against President Pervez Musharraf following the storming of Lal Masjid in Islamabad, in an audiotape posted on the Internet.

Musharraf vows to eliminate extremism
Islamabad, July 12
Hours after the Al-Qaida threatened to wreak vengeance for military operation in Lal Masjid, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today vowed to eliminate extremism and terrorism from nook and corner of the country.

Fifth Potter film is here A cinema employee stands beside a poster advertising the latest film featuring the character Harry Potter at a cinema in Mumbai, on Thursday. Movie theatres in Mumbai city are preparing for the release of the fifth Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, which is scheduled to be released in India on Friday the 13th. — AFP photo

PSU retirement age 60
New Delhi, July 12
The government today empowered the ministers to increase the retirement age of employees working in profit-making public sector undertaking under their ministries from 58 to 60 years.

MP disqualified for holding office of profit
New Delhi, July 12
The BJP Lok Sabha MP Krishan Murari Moghe has been disqualified on the ground that he held an office of profit by holding a post with the status of cabinet minister in Madhya Pradesh.

No licence fee on colour TVs
New Delhi, July 12
In what has come as a great relief for TV owners, the government today denied reports that it was considering imposing an annual licence fee on colour TV sets in a bid to help the cash-strapped Prasar Bharati.

Chahal faces another graft case Chandigarh, July 12 Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, Media Adviser to the former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, has another case slapped against him for amassing immovable assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.