PC holds olive branch to separatists
Srinagar, October 14
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here today that the Centre was ready to hold a dialogue with Kashmir separatists to find out a “unique solution to the unique Kashmir problem” through “quite talks and quite diplomacy”. 
Editorial: Dialogue, best way out
Chidambaramspeak
l Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had made it clear that the government’s policy was to hold a dialogue with Kashmir leaders of different shades
l There is no place for violence in the state even as there are different shades of political opinion
l Infiltration of armed militants was the main cause of concern 
l Youths were being recruited and trained in Pakistan before their infiltration into the state

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India ups the ante, tells China to keep off PoK
New Delhi, October 14
The simmering tension between India and China aggravated today with New Delhi strongly objecting to China’s decision to continue to undertake projects with Islamabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and asking Beijing to cease such activities.
Editorial: China’s posture

Rahul’s new slogan for youth
‘Neta chuniye, neta baniye’
On his favourite mission to woo Dalits and tribals, Congress ‘Prince’ Rahul Gandhi began his two-day Jharkhand visit on Wednesday from the tribal-majority district of Sahebganj, near West Bengal border.

Minister, kin booked for poll violence
Jind, October 14
Mange Ram Gupta, Congress candidate from Jind and education and transport minister in the outgoing Haryana cabinet, his two sons and two grandsons have been booked in connection with an incident that took place after polling last evening.

 

Kullu skyline getting hazier by the day Kullu, October 14 The next time visitors scan the skyline across the Kullu Valley, popularly known the Valley of Gods, it will be a shade hazier as the “aerosol level has crossed the permissible limit”.  Aerosols litter the snowcap of Rohtang Pass at 13,050 ft height with tourists thronging the spot. Photo by writer