Sunday, August 26, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Hyderabad twin blasts kill 41
Hyderabad, August 25 Two serial blasts in the city today left at least 41 people dead and nearly 100 injured. However, unconfirmed reports stated that even more could have been killed in the near simultaneous blasts.

Relatives weep near a person injured in the blast at Lumbini Park in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Below) Bodies lie at the site. — PTI, AFP

HUJI activist Bilal key suspect
New Delhi, August 25
Harkat-ul-Jehad-i-Islami (HUJI) activist Mohammed Abdul Sahed alias Bilal, wanted for the blasts on the Samjhauta Express, is believed to be the key suspect in tonight's twin attacks in Hyderabad, official sources said.

Salman held
Jodhpur, August 25 Bollywood star Salman Khan was today arrested and sent to jail shortly after he landed here from Mumbai to surrender in the chinkara poaching case in which he lost an appeal against a five-year prison term given by a lower court. The police brings actor Salman Khan to the court in Jodhpur on Saturday. He was arrested on his arrival at the airport. — PTI
Nation page: Salman moves HC

Pak test-fires N-capable Hatf-8 missile
Islamabad, August 25
Pakistan on Saturday “successfully” test fired a new air-launched cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead upto 350 kilometres, the military said. The missile named Hatf-8 (Raad) “can carry all types of warheads and has an accuracy comparable to Pakistan’s longer Babur cruise missile,” a statement from the army’s Inter-Services Public Relations said.

N-deal
Govt will not fall, says Sibal
New Delhi, August 25
The Congress said its government would not collapse over the nuclear deal with the United States, despite warnings by its communist allies of "serious consequences", if it did not put the pact on hold.

Nation page: Karat, Bardhan discuss N-deal

Armed forces seek service incentive to keep ’em hooked
Chandigarh, August 25
To check the growing number of officers seeking premature release from service, the armed forces are seeking a “service incentive allowance” (SIA). The allowance is proposed to be paid after completion of the stipulated period of service.

Two teachers suspended for thrashing girl
Bangalore, August 25
The parents of Sangeetha, 11-year-old girl, who was brutally beaten by a group of six teachers two days back, do not want to send her back to the school and are facing the dilemma of finding a new school for her.
(Details on Nation page)