Day after PM’s warning, Naxals strike in J’khand
Gun down coal mine officials, blow up rail line, torch trucks
Within a day of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s warning that the government won’t be a ‘silent spectator’ to extortion and murders by Maoists in several states, ‘Red Rebels’ struck at various places in Jharkhand.

Maoists blow up telecom tower

Nuclear-capable Prithvi-II test-fired successfully
Balasore (Orissa), October 12
India today successfully test-fired in quick succession two nuclear-capable ‘Prithvi-II’ surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 350 km from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from here.

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A day of reckoning for Haryana
Chandigarh, October 12
Haryanvis will vote tomorrow to decide who should govern them for the next five years. The elections have been called seven months early by the ruling Congress, which was emboldened by its success in the last Lok Sabha elections, winning nine of the 10 seats.
Poll officials inspect EVMs in Gurgaon on the eve of Assembly elections on Monday. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed

HC directs judges to check illegal detention
Chandigarh, October 12
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the district and sessions judges of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to carry out surprise checks of police lock-ups to detect illegal detention. The court has even asked the registrar-general to submit a report on the visits.

Lahore HC quashes terror cases against Saeed
JuD not a terror outfit, says Pak govt in court
A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed two cases of terrorism against chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Hafiz Saeed. Saeed, in his petition, had challenged the cases slapped on him under anti-terrorism laws for making objectionable speeches and seeking contributions for his organisations.

India unhappy

UT bent rules to favour IT majors Poor relief to farmers: MHA audit Chandigarh, October 12 The audit report on Chandigarh Administration, prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has underlined glaring inconsistencies and quoted instances of undue favours to certain IT companies in allotment of land at Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park here.