Monday, August 6, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Bihar is hungry, desperate
Patna, August 5
A week of heavy rains has turned green fields into vast expanses of water across much of Bihar with millions of people driven from their flooded homes, huddling together on stretches of raised embankments, on roofs and bridges — hungry, thirsty and desperate.

Children jump into the swollen Ganga from the top of a temple in Varanasi on Sunday. — PTI photo

Indo-US N-deal
China keeps its cards close to its chest
New Delhi, August 5
China is keeping a close watch on the international community’s response to the Indo-US nuclear deal and is keeping its cards close to its chest till the Nuclear Suppliers Group convenes a meeting to discuss the issue.

Issue set to shake Parliament
N-facilities to change after 123 pact
Nation page: India’s case compromised, says ex-BARC chief

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

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10 killed as vehicle rolls into gorge
Chamba, August 5
Ten persons were killed and 17 injured when a Mahindra pickup van veered off the road and rolled down a hillock yesterday.

Deepika (12) who lost her parents in the mishap.

32,000 schools don’t have single student
New Delhi, August 5
At a time when the county is facing a shortage of educational institutions, over 32,000 schools do not have a single student, a government survey has revealed.

UP student dies of corporal punishment
Lucknow, August 5
Even as the memories of the Udaipur incident were yet to pale into insignificance, another incident of corporal punishment has come to light. A student succumbed to his injuries after being beaten by his teacher in the Kamalganj area of Farrukhabad district in Uttar Pradesh today.

Drug Smuggling
Punjab cops want mobile jammers along border
Chandigarh, August 5
Following the revelation that use of SIM cards of Pakistani cellular operators was part of the modus operandi of international drug smugglers, the Punjab police has demanded from the union government that mobile signal jammers be installed all along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab.