US rings nuke alarm bells
Al-Qaida seeking nuclear secrets from Pakistan
Al-Qaida is trying desperately to get its hands on nuclear secrets from Pakistan, according to a top US official. US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, told a congressional reception, “Al-Qaida is still there in the region, ever dangerous and publicly asking people to attack the US and publicly asking nuclear engineers to give them nuclear secrets from Pakistan.”

World page: US to help build India-Pak confidence

Attack on Indians
Oz begins probe
Melbourne, September 16
Under fire for yet another racial attack on three Indians here, the Australian police today said it has launched a probe into the incident and denied covering it up as a concerned India took up the matter with the authorities Down Under.

India flays assault
Editorial: Melbourne’s shame

Austerity at security cost worries Cong
New Delhi, September 16
A day after the train carrying Rahul Gandhi was stoned, the Congress today said a balance had to be struck between security concerns of SPG protectees and commitment to austerity.

Stop your twitter, Cong tells Tharoor

Karnataka CJ rejects charges
New Delhi, September 16
Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan and Law Minister M Veerappa Moily have made their intent clear that they would steadfastly adopt a zero tolerance approach in knocking out corruption, be it in judiciary or elsewhere.

Nation page: Charges based on CPM memo: Complainants

WHITE PROTEST: Belgian farmers discharge milk into a field in Ciney, south Belgium, on Wednesday to protest plummeting milk prices. Farmers have been dumping milk on highways and giving it out free following a protest call from the European Milk Board. — AFP photo

Dalai Lama can visit Arunachal: Krishna
New Delhi, September 16
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Wednesday dismissed China’s objections to Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh later this year, and said that the Tibetan leader is “free to go anywhere in India”. “Arunachal Pradesh is a part of India and Dalai Lama is free to go anywhere in India,” Krishna told a news channel here.

Ray of hope for Indian illegal immigrants in Italy
New Delhi, September 16
Here is an opportunity for nearly 100,000 Indian illegal immigrants in Italy, most of them Sikhs, to get a right to stay in the European nation. Thanks to the intervention by Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur, they could do so by easily procuring duplicate Indian passports.

Tube well connections for favourites Chandigarh, September 16 Farmers in Punjab have been waiting for a tube well connection for as long as 18 years. However, for a lucky few, especially farmers of the ‘VIP’ west zone comprising Bathinda, Muktsar, Faridkot and Ferozepur, there seems to be little waiting period.