Just before IPL match, blasts in Bangalore
n Twin explosions outside Chinnaswamy Stadium
n Five security personnel among the 15 injured
Bangalore, April 17
Two low-intensity explosions near a packed Chinnaswamy cricket stadium less than an hour before an IPL match left 15 persons, including five securitymen, injured and sent nervous crowds running in panic.

Policemen at the blast site in Bangalore on Saturday. — PTI

World wants us to succeed: PM
‘But we need to clean up our act at home’
On Board Air India One, April 17
At the end of his eight-day foreign trip in which he met 50 world leaders including those of the US, China, Germany, Brazil and South Africa, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was decidedly upbeat on the outcome of his tour-de-force of world affairs and said it held a larger message for India.

PM congratulates The Tribune Editor-in-Chief

How BRIC has changed the pecking order By Raj Chengappa Editor-in-Chief In Brasilia Saturday, April 17 Brasilia is like Chandigarh — one of the world’s best planned cities. Its golden mile consists of sweeping avenues with verdant foliage interspaced with awesome architectural structures that combine art with practicality.

(From right) PM Manmohan Singh with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Brazil’s President Inacio Lula da Silva and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the BRIC Summit in Brasilia. — PTI

Nuke Conference
US the only atomic criminal: Iran
Calls for suspension of US from IAEA, revision of NPT
Tehran, April 17
Faced with fresh America-initiated UN sanctions, Iran upped the ante against the United States on the nuclear issue by calling for its suspension from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for possessing nuclear weapons and revision of the NPT as it kick-started an international conference on nuclear disarmament in Tehran today.

Kings owe Rs 5-cr tax, get notice
Chandigarh, April 17
It’s raining troubles for the Kings XI Punjab in this IPL season. After a dismal performance of its team on the home turf — that has raised many eyebrows and left fans sulking — the Mohali franchisee is now reeling under tax problems.

This Punjab school has no students Prempura (Fatehgarh Sahib), April 17 It’s not a school for scandal but certainly has something queer about it. The government primary school at Prempura lacks the very thing that forms the core of a school: Students. But it certainly has a teacher — 32-year-old Rupinder Kaur.