India, Pak take a leap of faith
Pak’s FIA to work with CBI to probe 26/11
India and Pakistan today took a significant step aimed at normalising relations and reducing nerve-sapping tensions on both sides of the 63-year-old divide that has seen four wars.

Rehman Malik and P Chidambaram at the SAARC Home Ministers’ conference in Islamabad on Saturday. — AP/PTI

Tricolour flip-flop
World page: Tackling Terror: SAARC nations pledge coordinated action 

South Korea’s midfielder Kim Jung-Woo (L) heads the ball ahead of Uruguay’s striker Diego Forlan during their pre-quarterfinal tie in Port Elizabeth. Uruguay won the match 2-1 to reach the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in 40 years. — AFP

Pak offers corridor for Sikh pilgrims to Kartarpur Sahib
Islamabad, June 26
Pakistan has offered to set up a special corridor for Sikh pilgrims to visit the sacred Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, 3 km from the international border.

Won’t review Sikh blacklist: Govt
Varinder Walia
Editor, Punjabi Tribune
Toronto, June 26
Tremendous pressure from the Sikh community notwithstanding, India today said it won’t review the ‘blacklist’ of radicals, who had taken political asylum in foreign countries, including Canada.

Pak man with 26/11 ‘link’ held in Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, June 26
A Pakistani national suspected to be linked to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was nabbed in Zimbabwe while attempting to enter South Africa, raising fears that terror groups could be trying to target the FIFA World Cup underway here.

Naxals ‘fuelled’ Ludhiana arson
Ludhiana, June 26
The migrant violence in Ludhiana, that shook the entire state in December last, could have been fuelled by Naxalites. (Details on Punjab page)

US team owes its rise to Allahabad-born Sunil Gulati Indian whips up football frenzy in baseball bastion Washington, June 26 The American football team’s success in the World Cup has an Indian connection. Sunil Gulati, an Indian-American native of Allahabad, who currently heads the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), is being credited with the team’s rise.