Headley not to be extradited: FBI
Says the terror suspect, if guilty, might have to undergo 300-yr term
New Delhi, December 27
The FBI has politely turned down India's request for extradition of terror suspect David Headley to this country on the ground he will have to first undergo a sentence which could be imposed on him in the US for the offences committed if convicted.

Pitch plays villain at Kotla, match abandoned
Dangerous wicket, says Lanka, refuses to play on; edgy fans protest; DDCA in the dock
New Delhi, December 27
It is not often that an international cricket match is abandoned because of the ‘dangerous’ pitch.

IT’S NOT CRICKET: Angry cricket fans raise slogans against the DDCA outside Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Girhotra: Rathore’s bail should be cancelled
To press for the addition of Section 306 of the IPC (abetment to suicide) in the case
Chandigarh, December 27
Subhash Chander Girhotra today demanded the immediate arrest of SPS Rathore, the former Haryana DGP who has been convicted of having molested his school-going daughter Ruchika.

Lawyer defends Rathore, ex-CBI man indicts him

Tharoor tweets again, this time on visa policy
New Delhi, December 27
Stoking another potential row, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has questioned the tightening of Indian visa rules in the backdrop of the David Headley case and wryly said that 26/11 killers had no visas.

Don’t quit, Pranab to Telangana MPs
New Delhi, December 27
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today reportedly promised “some good news” on Telangana and asked his party ministers from that region in Andhra Pradesh to withdraw their resignations, but they were not in an immediate mood to relent.

A Tribune Exclusive
Punjab’s Billionaire Babus — II
Not just boring lists of property transactions
Chandigarh, December 27
Property details furnished in returns by IAS officers are not merely a plain boring list of sale and purchase of various properties.

A Tribune Exclusive Alcohol good for heart? Not really New Delhi, December 27 Who says moderate drinking of alcohol helps the heart? The first ever study conducted in India, not yet published, now claims that there is no evidence to suggest the firmly held popular belief that a drink or two protects the heart.