No one wants war: PM

New Delhi, December 23 Amid escalating tension between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai terror attack, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said, “nobody wants war”. He firmly warned Islamabad that New Delhi would not accept a situation in which terrorism was used as an instrument to cripple the Indian economy. Manmohan Singh talks to the media after the end of the session at Parliament House on Tuesday. — PTI

Kayani: Pak to respond within minutes
Islamabad, December 23
Pakistan’s armed forces will mount an equal response “within minutes” if India carries out any surgical strike inside the country, army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has reportedly assured the nation’s leadership.

Editorial: Antics of Antulay

Mullen to Pak
Pursue cases against LeT
Washington, December 23
The chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, admiral Michael Mullen, has asked Pakistani leaders to prosecute cases against members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group behind the Mumbai terror attacks that killed 179 people.

No record of Kasab in our database: Pak
Islamabad, December 23
Pakistan, which faces accusations of being in constant denial mode after the Mumbai terror attacks, today claimed it had no record of Ajmal Amir Iman, alias Ajmal Kasab, the lone captured terrorist, but promised to respond by tomorrow to his letter seeking legal assistance from it.

Govt rejects Antulay’s conspiracy theory
New Delhi, December 23
After dithering on the A.R. Antulay issue for a week, the government today let him off, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying, “To err is human.” Ruling out further discussions on the issue, the PM said the matter be treated as closed.

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Now, film city project runs into trouble
Chandigarh, December 23
After raising objections on the medicity project, UT Adviser Pradip Mehra has now recommended an inquiry by an “independent Central agency” into the Multimedia-cum-Film City Project, which was allotted to Parsvnath Developers.

Security to VIPs
Reassess threat perception: HC
Says escort and pilot vehicles shall accompany only Chief Ministers, Speaker and Chief Justice
Chandigarh, December 23
Protection force for safeguarding class is on its way out. Prima facie holding security cover was more of a status symbol for so many pseudo VIPs, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that escort and pilot vehicles shall accompany only the Chief Ministers, the Speaker and the Chief Justice.

Procured wheat rots in the open Sirhind, December 23 Thousands of tonnes of wheat procured by the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation this season and stored in the open has been rotting at some places in the state. Procured in May this year, it was stored on open plinths and fields rented by the agency. At Kotla Bhai Ke village, fungus has appeared in hundreds of wheat bags and at Dera Miran Mir village thousands of tonnes of wheat has been infested with insects, besides rotting due to fungus. An employee shows a part of the wheat stock rotting at Dera Miran Mir village in Sirhind on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu