Terrorist opens fire at Ludhiana rly station
1 killed, 2 hurt; suspect held
Ludhiana, August 25
Balbir Singh Bhootna, an alleged Babbar Khalsa terrorist, and his woman aide were arrested by the police after an encounter that lasted for more than three hours at the local railway station here this morning.
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Balbir Singh Bhootna, suspected Babbar Khalsa terrorist, who was arrested by the police at Ludhiana Railway Station on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

BKI had plotted to kill Sukhbir
Chandigarh, August 25
Desperate to revive terrorism in Punjab, the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) had reportedly hatched a conspiracy to assassinate Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal during a village meeting in Mansa about a month ago.

VAT on BSF canteen items to go: Badal
Hoshiarpur, August 25
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal this evening took the salute from second batch of 154 trainee women cops (GD) and 147 male constables at the passing-out parade at Subsidiary Training Centre of the Border Security Force at Kharkan village, 12 km from here.

On Day 2 of their bandh, Maoists strike in 3 states
Patna/Rourkela/Ranchi, August 25
The outlawed extremist outfit CPI (Maoist) has virtually threatened a war with the Bihar and Jharkhand police by announcing an indefinite bandh in these two states from August 26 if the police did not produce their two top leaders, allegedly arrested in Bihar, in the court by then.

Shourie’s salvos
Rattled BJP seeks clarification
New Delhi, August 25
Having expelled Jaswant Singh with one stroke of pen in Shimla on August 19, the BJP is now acting with caution this time in effecting any action against senior BJP leader Arun Shourie, who had virtually challenged the party to take disciplinary action against him.

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PM: Committed to settle disputes through talks
New Delhi, August 25
Even as he described India as a victim of terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared New Delhi’s firm resolve to settle all differences with neighbouring countries through peaceful means and dialogue.

LeT man held in New Delhi
New Delhi, August 25
The special cell of the Delhi Police today claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative holding a Pakistani passport, along with a Jammu and Kashmir voter identity card, from the New Delhi Railway Station.