Mumbai Heat
No legal aid for Kasab, says Pak
‘First prove that he is our citizen’
Islamabad, December 25
Pakistan will not act on the request for legal aid by Ajmal Amir Iman, the lone gunman captured for the Mumbai attacks, unless it is proved that he is a Pakistani national, interior ministry chief Rehman Malik has said.

World page: Lahore blast: India ‘not informed’ about arrest of any Indian
We don’t want war with India: Gilani
Nation page: But Qureshi has a warning for India
India maintains restraint on Rajasthan border

Xen’s killing
No CBI probe: Maya
‘Oppn stoking trouble’
Lucknow, December 25
Ridiculing the contention that dispute over contribution towards her birthday bash led to the murder of a PWD executive engineer, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today even turned down the demand for a CBI probe into the incident. Meanwhile, violence was reported during a bandh organised by Samajwadi Party to protest the killing.

Gupta was brutally tortured
Nation page: UP on boil as violence marks SP bandh
Editorial: Politics of extortion

Maya lashes out at media
Lucknow, December 25
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today vented her anger towards media when direct queries were made to her regarding involvement of her party workers in extortion cases.

UP engineers go on strike

Cong on UT mega projects
Order CBI probe, send Guv on leave
Chandigarh, December 25
Breaking its silence on the mega projects, the Congress today demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged irregularities and asked Punjab Governor and UT Administrator SF Rodrigues to “proceed on leave till the pendency of the inquiry”.

Dalits defy ban, enter temple after 10 years
Madurai, December 25
After a decade-long struggle, Dalits at Panthapuli village in Tirunelveli district entered the Kannanallur Mariamman temple with the help of district officials defying a ban imposed allegedly by upper castes.

Vajpayee turns 85
New Delhi, December 25
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today turned 85, but it was a subdued birthday for him as he decided not to celebrate in view of last month's Mumbai terror attacks.

This man feels secure. Why do others see red? Jalandhar, December 25 When even minor political leaders are often seen accompanied by swarms of security guards in Punjab, there is one important cabinet minister who does not take along even single police security guard. Manpreet Singh Badal, Finance Minister