Amarnath Land Row
Army called out in Jammu
Uma Bharati detained, house of PDP
leader attacked
Jammu, August 2
The Army was called out in Jammu and Samba districts today as angry protesters indulged in arson and set afire government buildings in the region late last night. Defying curfew and heavy deployment of security forces, the protesters held massive demonstrations in various localities and also attacked former PDP MLA Shanti Devi’s residence in the Shastri Nagar area of the city.

Nation page: Jammu protest reaches Delhi; agitators clash with police

Protesters and Army men face-to-face in Jammu on Saturday as Amarnath land row continued to simmer. — Tribune photo by  Anand Sharma

Pak to probe embassy attack
Colombo, August 2
Yielding to intense pressure from the international community, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today agreed to hold an 'independent investigation' into the July 7 suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul in which more than 50 people, including 4 Indians, were killed.

Pak nursing terror: Karzai
Colombo, August 2
As Sri Lanka assumed the chairmanship of SAARC, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other South Asian leaders today called for a relentless campaign against terrorism even as Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai blasted Pakistan for providing a safe haven to terrorists. They also resolved to take steps on a war-footing for economic integration of the region, ridding it of poverty and disease.

Pak troops don’t give a damn
Firing yet again
Srinagar, August 2
Making light of India's protests, Army posts in Uri sector of Baramulla district came under firing from across the border last evening, the third such brazen violation of the ceasefire agreement by Pakistan in less than a month. Official sources said Pakistan's troops used small-arm fire to push militants into the Indian side.

Cold Comfort
PCS officer pays up for kundi
Patiala, August 2
The power-strapped Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) authorities are not in a mood to spare even the ‘big fish’ what with a PSEB team detecting power theft at the Majithia Enclave-based residence of a PCS officer Surinder Kaur Riar and making her cough up dues and fine to the tune of Rs 2.83 lakh on the spot.

Allies ka funda: Polls, not reforms New Delhi, August 2 Ever since the Left parties announced a formal separation from the UPA government, finance minister P. Chidambaram has been preparing to proceed speedily with its reforms agenda that had been stalled by the Communists. However, Chidambaram’s enthusiasm for rushing through with the unfinished economic reforms agenda is not shared by the Congress and the UPA allies who are of the view that it is far too close to elections to undertake any far-reaching policy decisions.