2 die in Kashmir violence
Srinagar, September 12
Two persons were killed in police firing and 33 others injured, including JKLF chief Yaseen Malik, when protesters and the police clashed in different parts of the valley today.

A CRPF jawan hurls a stone back at protesters in Srinagar on Friday. Tribune photo: Amin War

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123: India rebuts Bush assertion
New Delhi, September 12
President George W. Bush’s determination to the US Congress specifiying that fuel supply assurances to India are not legally binding today sparked a major controversy with India asserting that the Indo-US nuclear cooperation would be carried out only on the basis of the respective rights of the two sides as contained in the 123 agreement.

Deal Within a Deal?
No sensitive N-tech for India: Report
Members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group privately agreed not to sell “sensitive technologies” to India, a decision that convinced opponents of the civil nuclear deal to eventually back the initiative, according to a report in the Washington Post.

Pak army to retaliate if US conducts raids
The Pakistan Army has been ordered to retaliate against any action by foreign troops inside the country, army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said on Friday. General Abbas' statement came as top brass of the Pakistan Army in their meeting on second day fully endorsed their chief's warning that no country would be allowed to violate Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

World page: Pak protests US missile attack
Editorial: Kayani’s outburst

Speaker disqualifies Bishnoi from LS
New Delhi, September 12
Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee has disqualified Kuldeep Bishnoi, MP from Bhiwani and Jai Prakash, a Samajwadi Party MP from Mohanlal Ganj in UP, from the membership of the Lok Sabha.

NSG waiver may influence Sino-India
border talks
Beijing, September 12
The historic NSG waiver to New Delhi is expected to bring about significant changes in the content of the 13th round of the Sino-India boundary talks scheduled here next week, sources said today.

Hindu cause to be BJP’s poll plank
Bangalore, September 12
A forceful espousal of the Hindu cause, Hindu symbols and Hindutva, symbolising the BJP perspective of nationalism, juxtaposed with the appeasement of Muslim separatists and terrorists by the UPA government, will be the main plank of the BJP campaign in the coming assembly and general election.