PC sees Lashkar hand in Valley
l SMS blocked in Jammu as well l Amarnath Yatra begins, vehicles carrying pilgrims attacked; govt assures safety
New Delhi, June 30
Elements fomenting trouble in Kashmir are linked to Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, asserted the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram here today even as the situation in the valley continued to be tense.
Feeling the heat? Home Minister P Chidambaram sips on water during a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI 

Curfew continues in valley; protesters teargassed: J&K page

IIM-Rohtak opens its doors
Rohtak, June 30
The youngest Indian Institute of Management was formally ‘inaugurated’ here today but without a regular director, regular faculty or a building of its own. The faculty of IIM, Lucknow, it was informed, would engage classes till Rohtak IIM gets its own faculty. 

By 2020, 42m students will need Rs 1.6 lakh crore loans
New Delhi, June 30
The Centre may have promised 26 per cent Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education by 2017 and 30 per cent by 2020, but educating young India is no mean job.  

Ruchika Molestation
Now, Rathore’s pension withheld 
New Delhi, June 30
After being stripped of his police medal, SPS Rathore's pension has been withheld completely in another blow to the disgraced ex-DGP of Haryana jailed for molesting minor girl Ruchika Girhotra. 

Nagaland minister held in Nepal, released
Was detained for carrying Indian currency notes of denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 that are banned in Nepal 
Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen, who was arrested at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday morning on the charge of possessing notes of the denomination of Rs 1000 and Rs 500, which are banned in Nepal, flew to New Delhi in the evening after the police released him. Imchen had arrived in Kathmandu to attend a marriage ceremony as a commoner on June 27.  l‘Was not aware of ban’

Imkong L Imchen

Cheating case against Praful
Betul (MP), June 30
A local court has registered a case of cheating against Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and eight partners of his company in a land sale matter and asked them to be present before it on July 29. 

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel