123 Deal: US to work on quick wrap up
Congress meets at Capitol Hill today
An India-specific exemption from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was won only after a flurry of phone calls from President George W. Bush and secretary of state Condoleezza Rice to leaders of a handful of countries opposed to the deal.

McCain, Obama also urge haste

Editorial India’s hour By H. K. Dua WITH the Vienna conclave of the mighty and influential over, India has now become an essential part of the architecture of global power. Over three decades after the first Pokhran test and the nuclear explosions 10 years ago, India had been kept out in the cold, denied the status of a nuclear-weapons state and much else that goes with it.

Fight against N-deal not over: Karat
New Delhi, September 7
The CPM, along with its Left partners and new-found allies in the UNPA and BSP, would work for rescinding the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal after the general elections. CPM general secretary Prakash Karat announced this after a two-day meeting of the party’s Politbureau, which ended here today. (Details in Nation page)

Chinese foreign minister arrives
New Delhi may convey displeasure on Beijing’s role at Vienna
New Delhi, September 7
India is unhappy with China over the manner in which Beijing tried to sabotage a consensus over India-specific waiver at the NSG meeting in Vienna. India’s strong sense of displeasure is likely to be conveyed to Beijing in no uncertain manner during talks between the Indian leadership and the Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi.

‘Azadi’ not a viable solution for Kashmir: Omar
New Delhi, September 7
National Conference president Omar Abdullah has ruled out ‘Azadi’ as a viable option for Kashmir, notwithstanding the recent mass protests in the valley. Abdullah was speaking to Karan Thapar for his weekly interview programme, Devil’s Advocate telecast at the CNN-IBN TV news channel. He told Thapar, “I do not believe that independence for Kashmir is a feasible or viable option and I stand by that.”
(Details in Nation page)

Guest teacher killed in firing
100 injured as protest turns violent
Rohtak, September 7
A woman guest teacher was killed and scores of persons, including Rohtak deputy commissioner R.S. Doon, SSP Alok Mittal, protesting guest teachers, police officials and passersby, were injured as a state-level protest demonstration by guest teachers organised here today turned violent. (Details in Haryana page)

Singur resolved Mamata ends agitation Kolkata, September 7 The two-year-old Singur crisis was resolved late tonight as a land-for-land agreement was reached at a face-to-face meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee here, capping three days of hard-nosed bargaining.