Let’s talk, India tells Pak
Proposes foreign secy-level dialogue; Islamabad nod awaited
New Delhi, February 4
India has formally proposed foreign secretary-level talks to Pakistan, in what is seen as a major departure from its stand that it would not hold dialogue with Islamabad until the neighbouring nation brought to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Indian guided 26/11 attackers: PC
World page: Kashmir Solidarity conference in PoK

Total shutdown in valley
Srinagar, February 4
Normal life across the Kashmir valley was affected for the fourth consecutive day today, while a curfew-like situation prevailed here with the police and the CRPF keeping a strict vigil on the movement of people to prevent any trouble due to processions and stone throwing.

CRPF personal stand guard in Srinagar on Thursday. Tribune photo: Amin War

Mass discrepancies in IIT admissions
Despite good scores, students fail to make it
New Delhi, February 4
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan may have won a Nobel for Chemistry, but he was never good enough to crack the IIT-JEE. The scientist was perhaps one among the hundreds who, year after year, lose their IIT dream despite top scores in the JEE of a given year.

Govt rallies behind Pachauri but adds a rider
MoEF scientist to go with him for panel meets
New Delhi, February 4
A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurates the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), organised by IPCC chief RK Pachauri-led The Energy Research Institute (TERI), Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh came out in clear and unequivocal support of the embattled Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman.

CWC meet today, price rise on agenda
New Delhi, February 4
When the Congress top brass meets here tomorrow for the party’s working committee meeting, skyrocketing prices of essential commodities will figure prominently in the deliberations as food inflation touched a new high of 17.56 per cent today.

Rahul in Mumbai today; Sena plans welcome with black flags
Mumbai, February 4
The Shiv Sena has threatened black flag protest at venues where Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear during his Mumbai visit on Friday. The Sena in its message today, which appeared on blackboards installed in street corners across the city, exhorted party workers to show black flags to Rahul to protest against the ‘disrespect shown by him to the Marathis’. 
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A cop or an extortionist? Moga cop misused NDPS Act to extort money from chemists Moga, February 4 The Moga police that has been embroiled in one controversies or the other over the past few years, facing accusations of professional misconduct, corruption and rights abuses, continues to shoot itself in the foot with another extortion racket coming to the fore.