PM: China won’t obstruct N-deal
‘Together we can change the world’
On Board Prime Minister's Special Aircraft, January 15
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is optimistic that China will not be an obstacle when the matter of fuel supply for the Indo-US civil nuclear deal goes before the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Editorial: Sharing a vision

No uranium for India: Australia
Melbourne, January 15
In a clear shift from its predecessor’s stand, Australia’s new government today said it would not sell uranium to India until the country signs the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Russia furious as British Council reopens in Moscow
Moscow, January 15
The diplomatic crisis between the UK and Russia, stemming from the radiation poisoning in London of the former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, has worsened after Britain decided to reopen two regional cultural offices in defiance of the Kremlin.

It’s bird flu
3.76 lakh chickens to be culled in West Bengal
New Delhi, January 15
The centre today confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in two districts of West Bengal. “Samples have tested positive,” secretary, animal husbandry, Pradip Kumar, said.

A poultry owner buries his dead chickens in a paddy field in Margram village north of city of Kolkata. — Reuters photo

Bird flu: 22 migratory birds die in Orissa lake

Q’s Extradition
CBI places case papers before SC
New Delhi, January 15
The CBI today placed before the Supreme Court the Spanish version and English translation of Argentine court orders in the extradition proceedings of the Bofors case accused Ottavio Quattarocchi, who was finally allowed to leave that country by its judiciary.

Bhutto Killing
PPP to send request for UN probe today
Karachi, January 15
With the government apparently not responding to its demand for a UN probe into the killing of Benazir Bhutto, her husband Asif Ali Zardari today said the Pakistan People’s Party will directly approach the world body tomorrow.

MLA booked for extortion
Patna, January 15
Much to the embarrassment of the Nitish government, ruling JD (U) MLA Neeraj Kumar Singh was reportedly charged with indulging in extortion and misbehaving with the manager of the construction firm, Gamon India.

Extra-marital affair no ground for termination
Mumbai, January 15
A woman who was sacked by the district administration for alleged immoral conduct, was granted relief by the Bombay High Court when she challenged the dismissal.

Ludhiana included in industrial corridor
Chandigarh, January 15
The union government has agreed to extend the Mumbai-Delhi corridor to Ludhiana. Work on the corridor is expected to be completed by 2012.

Need to de-congest jails: HC Refers to Tribune report on Jalandhar jail Chandigarh, January 15 Taking on record a news-item and analysis on overcrowding and rioting in the Jalandhar jail carried in these columns on January 8, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled urgent steps are required to be taken for dealing with the problem of congestion in the prisons.