EU mum on N-deal
New Delhi, November 30
The eighth India-EU summit concluded here today with a bag of mixed results for India. The summit was a success in terms of trade, economic and scientific cooperation, but no concrete assurance was on offer from the 27-nation bloc to India on the political issue of the EU’s support to the Indo-US nuclear deal.

Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates (left) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso hold hands as they pose for media representatives at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Friday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Malaysian crackdown on Indians worries PM
New Delhi, November 30
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed India’s concern about the crackdown on peaceful protests by ethnic Indians in Malaysia and assured to take up the issue with Kuala Lumpur.

World page: Malaysia to set up hotline for ethnic Indians

Sikh taxi driver assaulted in Seattle
New York, November 30
In what the police say may have been a hate crime, a Sikh taxi driver was brutally assaulted in Seattle by a passenger.

Taslima withdraws controversial lines from book
Kolkata, November 30
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Friday said she was withdrawing some controversial lines from her autobiographical novel Dwikhandita as those evoked strong protests from “a section of people in India.”

Prof Venugopal sacked
New Delhi, November 30
In a day of swift developments, the government removed AIIMS director and noted cardiac surgeon Professor P. Venugopal hours within the presidential assent to the controversial AIIMS and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2007.

Staffer’s death: Telgi gets 7 yrs
Mumbai, November 30
Kingpin of the fake stamp paper scam Abdul Karim Telgi and four of his associates were today sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a sessions court for the death of his former employee in 2001.

Passport scam: Brig, Lt Col’s wife booked
New Delhi, November 30
The CBI today booked a senior Army official and the wife of a Lt Colonel for allegedly misusing diplomatic passports. A junior officer was also booked on the charge of using official passports for human trafficking.

Maya lays stones of Rs 4,392-cr power projects
Lucknow, November 30
Determined to put the state on the road to self-sufficiency in power by the end of her term, Chief Minister Mayawati today inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of mega power projects costing about Rs 6,168 crore.