Kasab’s trial to continue
His guilty plea on basic offence accepted on record
Mumbai, July 23
The special court today accepted the guilty plea of Ajaml Amir alias Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist held during the 26/11 attacks, for his involvement in the basic offence on record and ordered the trial to continue.

Haryana khap panchayat at it again
23-year-old youth lynched for marrying same-gotra girl in Narwana
Chandigarh/Narwana, July 23

The khap (caste) panchayats of Haryana defied law yet again when a 23-year-old youth was thrashed to death by a mob in Singhwala village of Narwana last night at his in-laws house where he had gone to bring back his wife.

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Tharoor: Indo-Pak statement not a legal document
New Delhi, July 23
With the Opposition breathing down its neck, the government is in a damage-control mode over the reference to Balochistan in the India-Pakistan Joint Statement. With External Affairs Minister SM Krishna away in Thailand for ASEAN engagements, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor sought to give a clarification on the behalf of the government.

Nation page: Indian link? Baloch leader rubbishes  Pak claim
World page: Pak army, ISI keen on talks with India
Pak mum on media reports over dossier to India

BJP wants Foreign Secy to quit
New Delhi, July 23
Foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon’s attempt to divert opposition BJP ire from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Balochistan and terror issue could cost him his job, with BJP now asking for Menon’s head.

Missing unbundling deadline to cost
PSEB dear
Patiala, July 23
The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) will lose central grants and reform-oriented incentives of several thousand crores if the state does not adhere to the Centre’s ‘final’ deadline of September 15 for the unbundling of the board.

New EVMs for Tamil Nadu bypoll
Chennai, July 23
In a bid to allay the fears of opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, which has announced that it will boycott the byelections to five Assembly constituencies, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Naresh Gupta today said new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with additional features would be used in the elections.

Team India manager indicted on sex abuse charges Hyderabad, July 23 The stage is set for criminal action against senior cricket administrator and Team India manager at the recent Twenty20 World Cup V Chamundeswarnath with a high-level probe confirming the allegations of sexual harassment of women cricketers against him.