N-power for Navy
India launches INS Arihant, joins elite club of nuclear nations
Visakhapatnam/Hyderabad, July 26
Just after noon today Gursharan Kaur, wife of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, launched the first indigenously built nuclear submarine INS Arihant and sent it out to water.

Submerged Slayer
We’ve no aggressive designs: PM

Pride and tears for Kargil heroes’ kin on Vijay Diwas
Drass, July 26
"I feel my son's absence," was all a proud mother of Param Vir Chakra awardee Captain Mohan Chandra Pandey could say in a choked voice as she was honoured for his supreme sacrifice in the Kargil war 10 years ago.

Nation pays homage A SALUTE: Mother of a martyr gets emotional after laying a wreath at Drass War Memorial as the Army observed the 10th anniversary of Operation Vijay in Drass on Sunday. — PTI

India to be third largest Internet user base by 2013
New Delhi, July 26
The number of Internet users worldwide is expected to touch 2.2 billion by 2013 and India is projected to have the third largest online population during the same time, says a report. “The number of people online around the world will grow more than 45 per cent to 2.2 billion users by 2013 and Asia will continue to be the biggest Internet growth engine.

Bainsla gives 24-hr deadline to govt on quota bill
Penchla Mod (Karauli), July 26
With the Gujjar Mahapanchayat turning into a 24-hour Mahapadao (sit-in) and the community serving a 24-hour ultimatum to the state government, the ghost of Gujjar quota stir is back to haunt the desert state.

Drugs & Tourists — I Foreigners let off lightly Few cops, fewer convictions render NDPS a toothless Act Kullu, July 26 Call it by any name, drug tourism, hash tourism or narco tourism, it is alive and kicking in this valley of gods. But barely six police stations and fewer than 450 policemen in Kullu, Manali and Parvati valley are unable to cope with the task of keeping a check on the estimated 90,000 foreigners who visit this part of Himachal Pradesh every year.