Pak police hq blown up
At least 11 persons were killed and 18 wounded in two bomb blasts targeting policemen, including one in Islamabad, just as the military was briefing members of Parliament on the progress made in the ongoing operations in tribal areas.

123 law makes no change in fuel assurances: Bush
President George W. Bush on Wednesday allayed India’s concerns about nuclear fuel supply assurances, saying the legislation he was signing “does not change the fuel assurance commitments that the United States government has made to the government of India, as recorded in the 123 Agreement.”

Mukherjee, Rice to sign N-deal in Washington
Defeat for nation: BJP, Left

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh applies tilak on Ram as Lakshman and Hanuman look on during Dussehra celebrations at Subhash Maidan in New Delhi on Thursday. —  Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Canal system in tatters: Punjab
Jalandhar, October 9
Punjab’s rapidly deteriorating 14,500 km-long canal system will pose serious threat to country’s food security. Punjab government has informed the 13th Finance Commission in this regard.

Dalai Lama may be operated upon
New Delhi, October 9
Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama was on Thursday admitted to the Sir Gangaram Hospital here after he complained of abdominal pain.

8 houses burnt near Kandhamal
Bhubaneswar, October 9
Unable to create trouble in Orissa's riot-hit Kandhamal for about a week due to tight security, rioters sneaked into neighbouring Boudh district and set afire eight houses, the police said today.

Editorial: Dialogue is welcome
Nation page: Bajrang Dal dares govt

Top Jaish man killed
Srinagar October 9
Two Pak militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad, one of them a “chief operational commander” for Kashmir, were killed in an encounter near Sopore in Baramulla district today.

‘Nomad’ Clezio gets Nobel literature
Stockholm, October 9
French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, described by the Swedish Academy as a “nomad” for travels around the world that are reflected in his work, won the 2008 Nobel prize for literature today.