Karzai escapes Taliban attack
Kabul, April 27
Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt today after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration near the presidential palace in Kabul.

Afghan security personnel escape from an attack at a function near the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday. — Reuters photo

...In NWFP, Taliban save 2 kidnapped Sikhs
Islamabad, April 27
Two Sikhs, who were abducted from a district in Pakistan's restive North- West Frontier Province (NWFP), have been rescued by the local Taliban and religious scholars, who decided to publicly hang their nine kidnappers on Monday to discourage crimes in the region.

’84 riot case scam: Ludhiana DC, SDM in dock
Ludhiana, April 27
Patiala division commissioner S.K. Ahluwalia, inquiring into the rejection of 1,200 cases of compensation for the 1984 Sikh riot victims, has put the Ludhiana deputy commissioner, along with an SDM and their three employees, in the dock for the mysterious rejection of hundreds of genuine cases and wrong approval to several fake and bogus claimants.

It was a slugfest, says Sreesanth
New Delhi, April 27
Ahead of tomorrow's crucial disciplinary hearing over the issue, pacer S. Sreesanth said today that the incident in which Harbhajan Singh slapped him was actually a “slugfest”, a statement that is likely to strengthen the case against the off-spinner.

Decision on Bhajji today
Camera picked up something: Modi

Skewed Sex Ratio
Manmohan comes to aid of the girl child
New Delhi, April 27
The government’s campaign against female foeticide is all set to get a major boost, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepping forward to spearhead it. Come tomorrow, and the PM will lead from the front the government’s “Save the Girl Child Programme” by chairing a national-level meeting on the critical subject of “missing daughters”.

J&K voter I-cards to be re-verified Srinagar/New Delhi, April 27 Several Pakistani militants operating in Jammu and Kashmir are in possession of voter identity cards, prompting authorities to re-verify all such documents before upcoming Assembly poll in the state. Terror Link The police has seized photo identity cards from Pakistani ultras killed in encounters in Kupwara district recently.