26/11
Pak deliberately stifling probe: PC
Cites evidence about Hafiz Saeed’s involvement
New Delhi, September 5
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today slammed Pakistan for deliberately stifling probe into the Mumbai attacks and made it clear that action against the perpetrators of the strikes was a condition for resumption of dialogue.

Talks after Pak punishes 26/11 culprits: Krishna
Bangalore, September 5
In what is clearly a departure from the text of the recent Indo-Pak joint statement issued at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna today said India would first expect Pakistan to take action against the terrorists responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks for continuing the process of dialogue with Pakistan.

Saeed not linked to 26/11, says Durrani
New Delhi, September 5
In what may come as a big surprise, Pakistan’s former National Security Adviser (NSA) Mahmud Ali Durrani today rejected New Delhi’s contention that banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD) Hafiz Saeed had plotted the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

India flays assault on priests
New Delhi, September 5
Ever since they lost power in May, Maoists in Nepal have been nursing a grudge against India. As part of their attempt to fan anti-India sentiments in the Himalayan nation, they attacked two Indian priests at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu yesterday.

Newly appointed Indian priests Girish Bhatt and Raghavendra Bhatt are escorted by security personnel to take part in a ritual at Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. — Reuters

Act regrettable, says Nepal

Pay hike of Badal, ministers on hold
Jalandhar, September 5
The Finance Department has put up the proposal to increase the salary and allowances of the Chief Minister as well as cabinet ministers on the back burner till next year. The authorities concerned had forwarded the proposal to the Finance Department to increase the salary of the Chief Minister by 233 per cent and of the cabinet ministers by 150 per cent.

Black box of YSR’s chopper found
Hyderabad, September 5
The probe into the air disaster that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy and four others commenced today with the recovery of black box of the ill-fated helicopter, which crashed in the Nallamala forest area of Kurnool district on September 2.

To Sir, with love: ‘Gurunivas’ Chennai, September 5 Pulavar Venkatraman, whose entire life was dedicated to teaching, did not imagine that his former students will come out with a such a memorable gift on this Teachers' Day. The 78-year-old teacher who owned nothing but poverty, after many decades of sincere service, was moved to tears, when some of his old students met him and told him that they had built a house for him in the same village where he spent his precious time, teaching and guiding hundreds of students to a successful and prosperous life.