DGPs draw PC flak
Stop being mute spectators to political meddling, says minister
New Delhi, September 14
Lashing out at state governments, especially the DGPs, for their handling of the police force, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today regretted that officers have been reduced to a football, being kicked from one post to another.

Bypoll win a morale booster for BJP
New Delhi, September 14
Victory for the BJP in seven of the 12 seats of various state assemblies, results for which were declared today, has come as the much needed morale booster as the party had been passing through one of the lowest patches in its 29-year history.

Nation page: BJP wins Vikasnagar bypoll

Judge’s integrity in question
Proposed elevation of Karnataka CJ to SC draws ire of senior advocates
New Delhi, September 14
In an unprecedented move five senior advocates of the Supreme Court led by Fali S Nariman have sought an inquiry into the ‘integrity’ of the Karnataka Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran and questioned his proposed elevation to the apex court.

India, Mongolia ink nuke pact
New Delhi, September 14
Mongolia today became the fifth nation to sign a civil nuclear pact with India as New Delhi extended a 25 million US dollar soft loan to the Central Asian nation to help it mitigate the effects of the global financial meltdown.

MASTER STROKE: Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat after scoring his 44th ODI century during the tri-nation championship final between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Monday. — AFP (Details in Sports page)

Babbar Khalsa plot to disturb peace foiled
14.7 kg of RDX seized in R’sthan in less than a week
Jaipur, September 14
With the seizure of 14.7 kg of RDX along with other arms and ammunition in Barmer in less than a week, the Rajasthan police has thwarted nefarious designs of Babbar Khalsa to execute fresh attacks in the country.

Real jumbos lose out to statues Lucknow, September 14 Scores of elephants statues are to come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a cost of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a special elephant reserve, the state government can spare only Rs 50 lakh.