Govt wakes up on food front
Chief Secys meet today
New Delhi, August 7
Realising the gravity of food situation in the country, Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar has summoned the state Chief Secretaries tomorrow, even as Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar assured Parliament here today that the government had sufficient buffer stock of rice and wheat for the next 13 months.
CPM activists raise anti-government slogans during a protest against rising prices of food items and other essential commodities near Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Private labs invited to show capacity
New Delhi, August 7
The government today advised all high-risk (pregnant women, those suffering chronic respiratory disorders and cardiac problems) air travellers and airport workers to wear three-layered protective masks to prevent catching Influenza-A H1N1 virus, which is still mild in India and has not mutated. Of the 711 cases reported, 511 have been treated and discharged. Indigenous vaccine is also expected within four to seven months, the government said today.

Swine flu spreads

Pak Taliban chief Mehsud ‘dead’
Chief of Tehrike Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Baitullah Mehsud, who led a deadly campaign of suicide bombs and assassinations in Pakistani cities, has been killed in a US drone attack, Pakistani officials here claimed and this was confirmed by a Mehsud aide.

Terror plot foiled ahead of I-Day
Police remand for 2 Hizb ultras held in Delhi 
New Delhi, August 7
The special cell of Delhi Police today claimed to have arrested two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants who were allegedly plotting to carry out a series of terror strikes in the national capital ahead of Independence Day.
Hizbul Mujahideen militants, Javed Ahmed and Ashiq Ali, being produced before the media in New Delhi on Friday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Separate SGPC
Cong tells Hooda to go slow
New Delhi, August 7
Facing a backlash over the proposed separate Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in Haryana, the Congress-led UPA government has made it clear to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda that it was not in favour of setting up a body that can result in communal tension among Sikhs, especially in Punjab.

Fake experience certificates land teachers in trouble
Chandigarh/Gurdaspur, August 7
Punjab education department has asked 560 ‘Teaching Fellows’ recruited this year on a three-and-a-half year contract, to reach the Panjab University campus at Chandigarh in person and explain why they should not be dismissed for submitting fake experience certificates.

Hope turns into despair too soon Sirsa, August 7 When they joined as first professional women bus drivers of Haryana in October 2007, they were hailed as bold women, who were showing the way to others.