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Cash ’n’ Curry?
CJI sets up three-judge panel; suggests probe by CBI
Chandigarh, August 26
The Chief Justice of India, Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, has set up a committee of three judges to look into the probable involvement of a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the Rs 15-lakh scam that have jolted the Bar and the Bench.

HC judge ‘identified’ for prosecution
Ravinder continues to evade arrest

Uneasy calm in Kashmir, toll 6
Srinagar, August 26
Tension and uneasy calm prevailed across Kashmir as curfew remained in force for the third consecutive day today in 10 districts of the valley.

J&K page: Protesters stone cops

7 more killed in Orissa backlash
Bhubaneswar, August 26
Seven persons were killed, four of them in police firing, in unabated violence in Orissa’s Kandhamal district, taking the toll to nine, in the backlash to the killing of VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati as curfew was clamped in all major towns of the district.

Editorial: Murder of pluralism

Maintain truce, Antony tells Pak
New Delhi, August 26
With Pakistan again indulging in cross-border firing and militants making yet another infiltration attempt in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, defence minister A.K. Antony termed the developments as a matter of concern and said the ceasefire should be maintained.

Five BSF jawans hurt in Poonch
Jammu, August 26
In yet another ceasefire violation from across the Line of Control, Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on a patrol party of the BSF in Poonch district, injuring five personnel.

J&K page: Red alert sounded in Jammu over infiltration

Poet Ahmed Faraz dead
Islamabad, August 26
Legendary Urdu poet Ahmed Faraz, a passionate proponent of progress and democracy in Pakistan, has died after a prolonged illness at 77.

Opinions page: K. L. Zakir remembers

Kiwis turn positive on NSG waiver
New Delhi, August 26
Reflecting a dramatic change in its stance amid renewed attempts by India and the US to rescue the nuclear deal, New Zealand today clarified that it has not insisted on New Delhi signing the NPT or the CTBT while proposing amendments in the draft for approval by the nuclear suppliers’ group to allow India to engage in nuclear trade.

Buddha rules out land return
Forget Nano rolling out: Mamata
Kolkata, August 26
Mamata Banerjee’s demand for return of 400 acres handed over to Tata Motors, to farmers is absurd, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said today, even as Mamata threatened that Tata Motors’ Nano car would never roll out from Singur if her demand was not conceded to.