UPA succumbs to allies’ pressure on madrasa law
New Delhi, October 3
Stiff opposition from allies Trinamool Congress, National Conference and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) today forced the government to abandon its haste on the passage of Central Madrasa Board law that seeks to “guide” madrasas on the modernisation of education.

India slams OIC over J&K envoy
New Delhi, October 3
Is it the failure of Indian diplomacy? Pakistan succeeded in its efforts to compel the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to appoint a special envoy for Jammu and Kashmir.

Pay Row
IITs want PM’s stamp on Sibal’s word
New Delhi, October 3
A day after Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal assured flexibility to the IIT system, leaving their salary structures unchanged for the moment, the IIT faculty federation petitioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on their pay concerns.

Maoists blow up rail tracks
Jamshedpur/Purulia (WB), October 3
Maoists triggered blasts damaging railway tracks at two places in Jharkhand and West Bengal, even as a bandh called by them today against the arrest of tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato evoked mixed response.

Massacre in Bihar: Mastermind,6 others held
Patna, October 3
With the arrest of seven named accused, including the mastermind, the police has claimed to have made a breakthrough in the massacre in which 16 persons, including five minors, were killed two days ago in Bihar’s Khagaria district.

Clarify stand on China ‘threat’: Rajnath Singh to UPA
Itanagar, October 3
BJP today asked the Congress-led UPA government for a “clarification” to the people on actual position over the “growing threat from China” over the so-called border disputes in Arunachal Pradesh and other parts of the country.

FLOOD FURY

Over 150 perish in AP, K’taka People wade through floodwaters to reach safer areas in Kurnool town in Andhra Pradesh. — PTI