Stampede kills six girls in Delhi school
New Delhi, September 10
Sixgirl students were killed and over 30 injured, eight of them seriously, in a stampede sparked by rumours of electric current leaking into water that had flooded a north-east Delhi school here today.

Relatives mourn the death of Afroz at the GTB Hospital in New Delhi on Thursday. Six girls were killed and at least three others injured in a stampede at a secondary school in New Delhi, sparking protests from distraught parents. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Govt okays 1 pc subsidy on housing loans
New Delhi, September 10
Keeping up with another promise made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in his budget speech this year, the government today approved one per cent interest rate subvention for housing loans up to Rs.10 lakh.

Strategic ministries feign ignorance about plane release
New Delhi, September 10
India’s two strategic ministries, the Defence and the Home, have been pushed into silence over the “diplomatic” release of a planeload of arms, missiles, ammunition and explosives, which a UAE military aircraft was ferrying to China. The plane flew off from Kolkata this morning.

Sept rains good for rabi crop
Showers likely to reduce monsoon deficit to 15 pc from 50 pc in June-end 
New Delhi, September 10
In order to assist states in planning and implementing district-level strategy for increasing the crop area and productivity during the rabi sowing season, the Agriculture Ministry is deploying technical and administrative officials in states where large areas have remained unsown in kharif season and there is possibility of early rabi sowing.

Austerity leaves Cong ministers grumbling
New Delhi, September 10
The UPA government’s fresh austerity measures banning first-class air travel, foreign junkets and entertainment in five-star hotels has got its own ministers grumbling.

Assembly Polls
BJP to go it alone in Haryana
New Delhi, September 10
The BJP has broken its week-long negotiations with the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) of former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal and decided to contest all 90 seats in the forthcoming state Assembly polls.

MiG-21 crash kills pilot
Bhalaiana (Muktsar), September 10
MiG-21 fighter jet of the IAF crashed at this village in Muktsar district at 2 pm today. Pilot, Flight Lieutenant Manu Akhouri (22), hailing from Jharkhand, died on the spot.

	A crater formed in field after MIG-21 crashed at Bhaliana village in Muktsar district on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma

Pak must prosecute 26/11 attackers: US Pakistan must make a concerted effort to prosecute those responsible for the Mumbai attacks and end the movement of militants across its border into India, an Obama administration official said on Wednesday.