India-Pak talks end in stalemate
Krishna, Qureshi fail to narrow gap on terror, J&K
The peace process between India and Pakistan suffered a setback with the foreign ministers of the two countries ending their marathon daylong meeting with serious differences on Jammu and Kashmir and other issues that have bedevilled the ties between the two nations.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmud Qureshi at a meeting in Islamabad on Thursday. — PTI

Rupee goes designer
Gets a symbol
New Delhi, July 15
The Cabinet today approved a new symbol for the Indian Rupee -- an amalgam of the Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’, minus its stem. With the gaining of the symbol, the Indian rupee joins the elite club of US dollar, British pound, European euro and Japanese yen that currently have their own symbols.

Tribune Special
26/11 began at sea but 190 ports still soft targets
No security plan in place, govt orders security audit
New Delhi, July 15
After spending crores and holding numerous high-level meetings on coastal security post-November 2008 Mumbai attacks, it now turns out that 190-odd small ports and a string of disused ports along the coastline have no security apparatus worth a mention.

‘Fake’ Encounter
Colonel, Major chargesheeted
Srinagar, July 15 
The Jammu and Kashmir Police today filed a chargesheet against a Colonel, a Major and seven others in a case of alleged fake encounter in which three youths were killed in the frontier district of Kupwara in April.

OTHER PAGES

	PUNJAB: Five more villages inundated
	HARYANA: Ellenabad villages deluged
	J&K: Another terrorist gunned down
	HIMACHAL: Sulah election stayed
	CHANDIGARH: IAF seeks DC’s intervention
	LUDHIANA: Gastro cases soar in city’s slum areas
	DELHI: Poor CWG work: Govt gets it from all sides
	OPINIONS: Battling Maoists
	BUSINESS: Food inflation rises to 12.81 pc
	NATION: Day after, doubts raised over Unified Command
	WORLD: Ordination of women priests ‘anti-Church’
	SPORTS: Draw ends India’s torture

Today's Specials

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY HARYANA PLUS JALANDHAR PLUS

special to the tribune 
Visiting Punjab MLAs find their scotch
“Thurra” by any other name smells just as sweet and when the liquor in question is malt whisky from Scotland, it probably tastes a lot better than the local brew from other parts of the world.

Martyr laid to rest after 48 years
Agojar (Dharamsala), July 15
A small and quite hamlet in the lap of Shivalik hills near Palampur was today buzzing with activity. Army men from the Dogra Regiment were present in a large number to receive martyr Karam Chand Katoch whose mortal remains were recovered from Walong in Arunachal Pradesh after about 48 years.

Lieut-Gen Jasbir Singh pays homage to martyr of 1962 Indo-China war Karam Chand at Agojar village, near Palampur, on Thursday. Photo: Kamaljeet