Haryana, M’rashtra, Arunachal will go to polls on Oct 13
Code of conduct comes into force
New Delhi, August 31
Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will go to polls on October 13 to elect new assemblies. This was announced by Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla here on Monday. While the counting for single-phase elections in the three states would be held on October 22, the model code of conduct comes into effect from today.
CEC Naveen Chawla announces dates of polls in New Delhi on Monday.

Twin terror strikes leave two jawans dead in Srinagar
Srinagar, August 31
Militants attacked almost simultaneously within 1 km of the Assembly, shooting dead two baton-carrying CRPF personnel in Lal Chowk from point blank range and throwing a grenade at CRPF personnel in Batamaloo, about 1 km away, injuring 25 persons, including 20 civilians, two police personnel and three CRPF men.

BJP back to bickering
New Delhi, August 31
A day after RSS reassured itself that it had succeeded in putting the BJP house in order and ended all the infighting and bickering, the party was back again in the news here today for all the wrong reasons.

Editorial: Succession plan on hold

Harpoon upgrade worries India
Foreign Secy Nirupama Rao’s visit to Pak almost off
New Delhi, August 31
India is concerned over Pakistan’s a self-rule package for Northern Areas and renaming it as Gilgit-Baltistan as also over reports that Pakistan was illegally modifying American-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles to hit land-based targets.

China darings under Army scrutiny
New Delhi, August 31
Recent developments in China and Pakistan -- India’s two uncomfortable neighbours -- dominated the day as the Indian armed forces underwent a change of guard at the top this morning.

Outgoing Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, handing over the charge to General Deepak Kapoor at a function in New Delhi on Monday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Punjab and Haryana HC judges to declare assets
Chandigarh, August 31
The Chief Justice and the judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today unanimously resolved to declare their assets, along with those of their spouses and children.

V-C office to lose political hues
Grading in CBSE class X from this year: Sibal
New Delhi, August 31
In the first ever move to ensure university autonomy in India, the government today proposed to de-link the office of university Vice-Chancellor and other major academic positions from politics. No more will the authority to nominate potential candidates for top academic and research posts vest with politicians.

‘Mwah’, ‘hmm’ enter Collins London, August 31 “Mwah,” (sound of a noisy kiss)! “Hmm”, “hey” and “twittering” are among the 267 new words that have made it to this year’s Collins English Dictionary, thanks to the teenage generation of Internet users.