Bomb blast in Islamabad 8 killed, 30 hurt outside Danish mission Windowpanes of India House shattered A car bomb blast outside the Danish consulate in Islamabad’s posh residential area killed at least eight persons and wounded around 30 others on Monday. The police suspected that a suicide bomber carrying about 30 kg of explosives tied beneath the car had caused the explosion, but said it was not sure.

People gather at the site of a blast outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad on Monday. — Reuters photo In video (56k)

India assesses impact
New Delhi, June 2
India is assessing the impact of Monday’s car bomb blast outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad, which killed eight people and injured at least 24, on the political dynamics of Pakistan. While it is a challenge to the coalition government in Pakistan which had tried to buy peace with the jihadists groups in the North-Western Frontier Province and the tribal belt of Pakistan, it has serious implications for India too.

PM confident of above 8 pc growth
New Delhi, June 2
This is for the second time that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed concern about the impact of rising oil and commodity prices and protectionist policies of developed economies on liberalisation. He has urged the world to take proactive steps in managing the third oil crisis.
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Petrol likely to be dearer by Rs 4

Gujjar Stir
Post-mortem conducted at protest sites
Jaipur, June 2
In the first breakthrough in the 11-day deadlock between the Rajasthan government and Gujjar protesters, the post-mortem on bodies of most of those killed in police firing on May 23 and 24 was conducted at the protest site today. This is probably for the first time in the history of this country that a state government has allowed the post-mortem on agitation victims at the site of the protests.

Nation page: Tribal ministry mum over fresh letter
Raje issues new appeal
Rail traffic to UP, Delhi hit

Khatra-Ness Row
Mohali SSP sent on leave
Chandigarh, June 2
Controversy following spat between Kings XI owner Ness Wadia and Mohali district police chief R.S. Khatra made the government ask Khatra to proceed on leave to defuse the issue in his absence. According to sources, the Punjab government came up with this formula as it would have been difficult for Khatra to take back actions initiated by him against Ness Wadia and BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi.

Tribune Special Punjab youth count dips in NDA New Delhi, June 2 If you think north Indians lead in joining the armed forces, you are wrong. A subtle change is taking place in the demographic profile of the forces as the intake from Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh is on the decline. The number of youth from north Indian states joining the National Defence Academy (NDA) is on a steady decline and this phenomenon has become more prominent in the past five years.