Maoist violence continues, 3 killed
Kolkata/Rourkela, January 2
In fresh bouts of Naxal violence today, armed Maoists attacked a police outpost and a bus in Jharkhand, killing one policeman, while two CPM leaders in West Bengal were killed. One of them was beheaded by the suspected rebels.

Scotland Yard to help: Mush
A team of Scotland Yard experts will assist Pakistani investigators in probing the circumstances of the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, President Pervez Musharraf said in a televised address to the nation.

World page: Pak poll put off to Feb 18
After bullets, lever, now it’s laser beam

Lalu’s sons thrashed for alleged eve-teasing
New Delhi, January 2
Two sons of railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav got into trouble for allegedly indulging in eve-teasing on New Year's Eve and were beaten up by unidentified youths in south Delhi.

Forget the economy, Punjab bent on flying high
Chandigarh, January 2
The King Air (C-90) aircraft owned by the Punjab government is ready to resume flight. It was grounded some years ago due to crucial repairs. However, after repair, now it has been cleared for flying by the director-general, Civil Aviation.

Caste Row
Chandigarh man in US kills daughter and her family
A 57-year-old man from Chandigarh set a fire that killed his pregnant daughter, her husband and the couple’s 3-year-old son because he was furious his son-in-law came from a lower caste and had not asked permission to marry his daughter, prosecutors in Illinois said on Tuesday.

MEA: Kenya violence not against Indians New Delhi, January 2 Kenyan violence is not directed against the Indian community and not a single Indian there has been attacked, the ministry of external affairs said today. A report from the Indian High Commission in Kenya said some shops and business establishments had been looted but the properties of the people of Indian origin were safe. In Video (56k)

Help violence-hit expats: Modi

People struggle to extinguish burning houses and shops during ethnic violence in Nairobi on Wednesday. President Mwai Kibaki’s government accused rival Ralia Odinga’s party of unleashing “genocide” in Kenya as the death toll from tribal violence over a disputed election passed 300. — Reuters

Centre for President’s rule in Nagaland
New Delhi, January 2
Nagaland is set to come under President’s rule with the Centre recommending it to President Pratibha Patil, home ministry sources today said. The papers were sent to the President, who is at present in Hyderabad, the sources said.

States can’t scrap notified SEZs: Pillai
New Delhi, January 2
The Centre today asserted that the state governments have no locus standi to denotify Special Economic Zones (SEZs), though they had the option to seek cancellation of those that are in the pipeline.