Monday, August 27, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Hyderabad Blasts
AP govt blames terror groups in Pak, B’desh

Hyderabad, August 26 As the city struggled to come to terms with the tragedy inflicted by the twin blasts, the Andhra Pradesh government blamed international terrorist organisations based in Pakistan and Bangladesh for the bombings that left 42 killed and 54 injured. Union home minister Shivraj Patil (left) and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy arrive at the Lumbini Park in Hyderabad on Sunday. — AFP photo

7 dead were on study tour PM moots permanent relief fund for terror victims Nation page: Explosives came from Nagpur firm Editorial: Return of terror

UPA, Left N-talks today
New Delhi, August 26
The Left and the UPA government will resume dialogue on the current stand-off over the nuclear deal tomorrow in a bid to resolve the crisis touched off by Left threat of serious consequences if the agreement with the US is operationalised.

‘Friendly’ cops in trouble
Mumbai, August 26 The Maharashtra government has suspended a police constable after television channels showed actor Sanjay Dutt hugging him as he was coming out of Yerwada jail last week. EXPENSIVE HANDSHAKES: Being friendly with Sanjay Dutt, when he walked out of the Yerwada jail after he was released on bail, proved costly for many policemen. — AFP

Haryana to pay more for acquired land
Gohana (Sonepat), August 26 Here’s some good news for those whose land is acquired by the Haryana Urban Development Authority or the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation. A mismanaged affair	Units to be set up in villages Bulbs to light up BPL homes State ready to bear half of Sonepat-Jind railway line cost

Tribune Impact
Transfer of ‘Peacock’ Goyal stayed
Chandigarh, August 26
The Punjab government today stayed the transfer orders of Puneet Goyal, facing trial in the peacock poaching case, as SDM, Pathankot. The official order of the Punjab chief secretary delivered to Goyal this evening stated that his “transfer had been stayed till further orders”.

Bardhan wants to retire New Delhi, August 26 CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan has expressed his desire to step down from the post and wants the younger generation to take over the reins, a suggestion played down by the party today.        A.B. Bardhan

Sikh council to challenge Irish ban
London, August 26
A Sikh organisation in Ireland is planning to challenge a ban on Sikhs in a volunteer reserve police force from wearing the turban while on duty. A qualified Sikh IT professional had decided to join the Garda Reserve, a volunteer reserve section of Ireland's police force Garda Siochana, but was told he could not wear his turban while on duty.

No Muslim shrine in gurdwara Amritsar, August 26 Giani Mohinder Singh (99), who had served as secretary, Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Lahore, from 1933 to 1947, says that there is no Muslim shrine within the gurdwara complex of Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh at Naulakha Bazar, Lahore, before Partition as being claimed by the Pakistan Evacuee Property Trust Board.