Thursday, September 13, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

No proof Ram existed: Govt
New Delhi, September 12
In an affidavit having the potential of creating political controversy on the issue of Ram Sethu, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in its affidavit to the Supreme Court in the Sethusamudram project case has not only dismissed the existence of any man-made bridge between India and Sri Lanka but even questioned the existence of the characters of Ramayana.

Advani protests over govt affidavit on Ram
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Mush has urgent work in S. Arabia
President Pervez Musharraf will leave for Saudi Arabia tomorrow on an urgent two-day trip. The visit takes place three days after former premier Nawaz Sharif was deported to Saudi Arabia with the country’s help to spend the remaining three years of the 10-year exile he had agreed for in a pact brokered by Saudi Arabia in 2000 to secure his release from jail.

Activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (Mov- ement for Justice) party of cricketer-turned- politician Imran Khan shout anti-government slogans during a protest in Lahore on Wednesday. Pakistani authorities stopped Khan from entering Karachi, saying he posed a threat to public order in the volatile port city. — AFP

Mush’s re-election as Prez in uniform cleared
Islamabad, September 10
Clearing the decks for President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s re-election, the Pakistan cabinet today unanimously endorsed his re-election in uniform by the present assemblies.

Connivance or negligence?
Chimney Heights: VB targets PUDA
Chandigarh, September 12
It will be DGP S.S. Virk’s own admission about the existence of “cats”, militants-turned-informers, and using them to fight terror, that could probably prove expensive for him.

Chandigarh page: VB team surveys Chimney Heights
Virk’s heart suffers damage

W. Command celebrations begin
Chandigarh, September 12
A martial arts display and a free fall sky-diving demonstration by commandos of the special forces and a motorcycle display by riders from the Corps of Signals were the highlights of the events marking the commencement of the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Western Command at Chandi Mandir today.

Govt notice to channel on ‘sting’
New Delhi, September 12
Even as the Delhi High Court sought explanation from the Centre as to what action has been taken by it against TV channel “Live India” for allegedly faking a sting operation against a woman school teacher accusing her of indulging in a prostitution racket, the government has issued separate notices to the channel seeking specific response from it.

Rajiv Killing
Thailand denies arrest of KP
Kuala Lumpur, September 12
Thailand today denied reports about the arrest of top LTTE leader Kumaran Padmanathan, who allegedly financed the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.