Monday, July 30, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Bangalore, July 29 Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef returned home today to a hero’s welcome causing bedlam at the airport here with hundreds, including relatives and mediapersons, virtually mobbing him.	Dr Mohammed Haneef arrives at Bangalore airport on Sunday night. — PTI photo
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N-deal not to interfere with weaponisation: Pranab
On Board Special Aircraft, July 29
India today said the civilian nuclear deal with the US would not interfere with the country's weaponisation programme and hoped to finalise the agreement to operationalise the deal "as soon as possible.”

Blast in tourist bus
5 die, 22 hurt in Srinagar
Srinagar, July 29
At least five persons, including four women, were killed and 22 others injured due to a low-intensity blast inside a tourist bus near the Shalimar Gardens here this afternoon.

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City Centre Project Scam
Amarinder, kin asked to explain transaction
Ludhiana, July 29
The Vigilance Bureau officials investigating into the alleged multi-crore city centre project scam today claimed that Capt Amarinder Singh and his family had not mentioned transactions worth Rs 6.68 crore, made during his chief ministership, in the annual income tax returns.

London, July 29 A day after he was extradited to the UK from India, 39-year-old Maninder Pal Singh Kohli was charged today with the murder, kidnap and rape of teenager Hannah Foster in March 2003.

Maninder Pal Singh Kohli is arrested at London's Heathrow Airport after being extradited from India. — AP/PTI photo Punjab page: ‘We have lost faith in Indian judiciary’

Sikh wedding code draws mixed reaction
Sarna to seek Takht nod
New Delhi, July 29
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Paramjit Singh Sarna said today that the DSGMC would approach Akal Takht to give “the DSGMC appeal for simple weddings in the Capital a stamp of approval”.

Crucial Goa Vote Today
2 MLAs may be disqualified to sail CM through
Mumbai, July 29
Just a day before Goa's Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is to take a trust vote in the Assembly tomorrow afternoon, indications are that Speaker Pratapsinh Rane may disqualify two MLAs from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party under the anti-defection laws.

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2 CPM men die in Nandigram violence
Nandigram, July 29
Violence in Nandigram intensified today, with the death of two CPM cadres and injuries to as many Trinamool Congress-led Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) supporters.