Finally, SC judges declare assets 
Details posted on apex court website
New Delhi, November 2
In a move that will enhance the image of the judiciary, 21 out of the 22 Supreme Court judges — including Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan — today declared their assets and of their wives by posting the details on the court’s website — supremecourtofindia.nic.in.

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Central Varsities 
Centre in a bind as J&K takes it easy 
Oppn may attack govt over haste in issuing ordinance
New Delhi, November 2
Political points scored, the Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir has so far failed to match its rhetoric with action on the issue of a second Central University for the state.

Karnataka Crisis
Reddys refuse to relent
New Delhi, November 2
Day-long hectic parleys with rebellious Reddy brothers in Karnataka failed to resolve the crisis in the BJP and the threat to its first-ever government in the South.

Suicide bomber kills 34 in Rawalpindi
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy commercial area near the army's General Headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Monday, killing at least 34 persons, including military personnel, in the latest in a series of deadly terrorist attacks that have rocked Pakistan.

• Cop killed in Lahore

Nepal Maoists admit to links  with Indian Naxals
Just a day after the Nepalese media revealed about the close nexus and recent secret meetings between the two Red brothers (Maoists) from Nepal and India in an undisclosed location in India, a senior leader of Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (UCPN-M) has openly admitted that his party has extended full cooperation and support with Indian Maoists.

• Hardcore Maoist held in Orissa 

B’desh to return Hindu property confiscated during ’65 war
Dhaka, November 2
The Bangladesh cabinet today approved a proposed law to return Hindu property, which were confiscated during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, when the country was eastern wing of Pakistan, ending a major violation of the rights of minorities in the country.

Patients or victims? — PART IV Private hospitals ignore norms for poor Chandigarh, November 2 A majority of private hospitals built on government-allotted land are flouting their terms of allotment with impunity. Hospitals that were allotted land on concessional rates by the government had to treat a certain percentage of patients in the out patient department (OPD) and in patient department (IPD) free of cost.