LeT headhunter has close ties with Saeed
New Delhi, June 5
Lashkar-e-Toiba’s key operative Mohammad Umer Madani (50), who was arrested by Delhi Police last evening, had a close association with Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who was recently released from a Pakistani prison.

Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba militant and Pakistani national Mohammed Omar Madni is produced before mediapersons in New Delhi on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manas Ranjan Bhui

LeT chief, 3 ultras killed in Doda
Udhampur, June 5
A divisional operational commander of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) along with two other militants was gunned down by the security forces in Gandoh area of Doda district today. The slain LeT commander was a Pakistani national while the other two militants were locals.

40 killed in Pak mosque blast
Islamabad, June 5
In raging violence in Pakistan's restive North West, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers killing 40 persons and wounding 50 others, while a roadside bomb hit an army convoy killing seven security personnel.

Physical Inspection of Defence Arms
India to turn down US request
New Delhi, June 5
India will make it clear to the US that it will not accept any request to physically inspect the defence equipment US sells to Indian armed forces in the future.

Women’s Quota Bill
Sharad Yadav vows to do a Socrates
New Delhi, June 5
Post-lunch sessions in the Lok Sabha (LS) are generally about little debate and a lot of slumber. But thanks to the Janata Dal United (JDU) chief Sharad Yadav’s theatrics, the House saw a thriller of a session, which saw the socialist stalwart from Bihar making tremendous use of his oratory skills to oppose the women’s quota bill.

Tussle over, box office to buzz
Mumbai, June 5
More than 40 movies, including several big-budget flicks, will hit the screens across the country in the next few weeks as the tussle between film producers and multiplexes over profit sharing ended here on Friday.

Pillai is new Home Secy
New Delhi, June 5
The Prime Minister’s Office has cleared the name of Commerce Secretary G K Pillai for the post of Home Secretary. The 1972 batch Kerela cadre IAS officer will take the formal charge on June 30 when present incumbent Madhukar Gupta retires.