Sopore gunbattle ends, Harkat militants escape
Third such incident in Kashmir within 10 days
Srinagar, January 31
A self-styled commander of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM) and his associate escaped after engaging the security forces in a gunbattle in Sopore town of Baramulla district, a senior police officer said here today.

Youth’s death triggers clashes

Headley was coming in Nov to finalise next target
Mumbai, January 31
American terror-suspect David Headley was scheduled to visit India again in November 2009, apparently to finalise the next target for Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba group and set up base in Delhi.

Meghalaya has two CMs
Shillong, January 31
The northeastern state of Meghalaya now has two chief ministers- veteran Congress leader DD Lapang and the party’s state unit chief Friday Lyngdoh. And, this has been made official by a government notification!

Govt mulls honour for NRI who died fighting muggers
New Delhi, January 31
Days after a UK-based NRI died of stab wounds after being attacked by the muggers he was chasing in east London, the government is considering a suitable honour for the braveheart and some compensation for his widow, who lives in Punjab.

Entrusting order to J-K cops final aim: Antony
New Delhi, January 31
Defence Minister AK Antony today said the Centre’s long-term aim in Kashmir was to entrust the responsibility of law and order to local police and bring normalcy there.

Says will not tolerate corruption in forces

Narnaul gets country’s first aero sports centre
Bachhaud (Narnaul), January 31
This non-descript village located in the backwaters of Haryana today got the country’s first aero sports centre, which was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, at the local airstrip this afternoon.