Times Square Bombing Plot
Shahzad pleads guilty
Wanted to kill civilians, warns US of more attacks
New York, June 22
Describing himself a “Muslim soldier”, a defiant Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to carrying out the botched Times Square bombing and warned that the US would face more attacks, if they don’t leave the “Muslim lands”.

n On May 1, Shahzad built a bomb in his apartment in Bridgeport and loaded it into the back of his Nissan Pathfinder. n He was pulled off a Dubai-bound flight on May 5, two days after he parked a car packed with rudimentary explosives in New York’s Broadway entertainment district. n He also pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. n The sentencing has been set for October 5.

Red terror now stalks Punjab
State police seeks special Central assistance of Rs 100 crore to tackle Naxalism
Chandigarh, June 22
The Punjab Police has sought a special Central assistance of Rs 100 crore to build capacity to counter the ‘growing’ Maoist threat to the state. Unnerved by the increasing frequency of violent agitations, the state police has established a special intelligence wing to deal with Naxal-related issues and would now like to create special forces and equip them to deal with the emerging crisis.

BJP weighs options in Bihar
New Delhi, June 22
Ten days after relations between the BJP and JD-U started souring over the one-upmanship of the Gujarat and the Bihar chief ministers in Patna, 20 Bihar BJP leaders arrived here today to urge president Nitin Gadkari to act firmly and decisively on this issue.

Rouvanjit’s Suicide
Panel says no to corporal punishment for all children
New Delhi, June 22
A day after The Tribune highlighted the delay in the submission of the report on the circumstances leading to the death of 13-year old Rouvanjit Rawla of La Maritiniere for Boys, Kolkata, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) formally accepted the investigating committee’s report late this evening.

Former IGP pleads innocence, secures bail Ahlawat says Arvinder sought permission from his boss to marry him Chandigarh, June 22 Former Haryana IG of Police, Mahinder Singh Ahlawat, facing charges of molestation and sexual harassment when in office, was today granted interim bail till July 13 by Mr Justice Alok Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.    Mahinder Singh Ahlawat