ULFA chief held in B’desh
Guwahati, December 2
In the most serious setback that has been suffered by the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in recent times, its chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa was arrested by Bangladeshi agencies somewhere near Dhaka in Bangladesh on Monday night. He was flown to New Delhi late this evening.

India-Bangla ink pacts to tackle terrorism
Nation page: 2 Bangalore terror suspects held

US will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan: Obama
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday committed 30,000 additional US troops to the war in Afghanistan, set a July 2011 deadline for start of their withdrawal and acknowledged that success in the war against the Al-Qaida and the Taliban was "inextricably linked" to cooperation from Pakistan.

President Barack Obama talks about the Afghan policy in New York on Wednesday. AP/PTI

PC: Forces to be reduced in J-K
Says it’s risky but Centre ready
New Delhi, December 2
Twenty years after Pakistan-sponsored militancy took roots in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today announced a reduction in force deployment levels in the state even as he himself admitted that it could be a “risky step.”

Govt in talks with J&K separatists: PC

IAF grounds Sukhois
New Delhi, December 2
Two days after a Sukhoi fighter jet crash, the second this year, the Indian Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of 100 SU-30 aircraft.

Army begins probe into battery blast
Jalandhar, December 2
A four-member team of Army officers today inspected the site of last evening’s battery blast in Jalandhar Cantonment and initiated investigations.

Punjab’s farm debt up five times in a decade
Chandigarh, December 2
Despite tall claims by successive governments of going out of their way to help the farmers in Punjab, farm debt in the state has increased five times over the last decade. Translated into numbers, Punjab farmers who were in debt amounting to Rs 5,700 crore in 1997, today have a debt liability of over Rs 30,394 crore.

India is world’s biggest newspaper market Hyderabad, December 2 With a sale of 107 million newspapers daily, India is the biggest newspaper market in the world. Together with China and Japan, it accounts for over 60 per cent of the global newspaper sales.