Chinese at work on border
n ‘Taking land in inches and not yards’ in Ladakh
n Fresh threat: Construction in Karakoram ranges
Leh, September 13
The Chinese Army has done some construction activities along the international border across Karakoram ranges in Ladakh sector for the first time since the 1962 stand-off between the two countries with a report of Jammu and Kashmir government saying that they have been taking “land in inches and not in yards.”

BJP questions govt silence

US warns of attacks in India
New Delhi, September 13
In a step that is bound to annoy New Delhi, the US State Department has warned American citizens of the possibility of terrorist attacks throughout India during the current festive season, which includes several holidays as well as the period surrounding the commemoration of the September 11 terror attacks.

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Mental disorders go unattended in country
New Delhi, September 13
Eight years after the macabre incident of Erwadi in Tamil Nadu, where 28 fettered mentally-ill inmates of a private asylum were charred to death on August 6, 2001, India is yet to learn its lessons, with mental health facilities in the government sector still painfully negligible.

No ‘black money’ details exist: Swiss banks
New Delhi, September 13
Amid claims from various quarters that Indians have stashed away thousands of crores in secret bank accounts in Switzerland, the Swiss banks have asserted that any statistics about black money “simply do not exist”. Various political parties and other groups have been claiming that the black money stashed away in Swiss banks by Indians exceed $1trillion.

HSGPC takes over gurdwara, surrenders it
Kurukshetra, September 13

The high drama of takeover of the famous Chhewin Patshahi Gurdwara at Kurukshetra by Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (HSGPC) today ended in a whimper with the HSGPC (adhoc) meekly surrendering to the SGPC.

A Sikh sewadar at Gurdwara Chhati Patshahi in Kurukshetra. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar