Day after, the war of words begins
Blame game: India came ill-prepared, claims Pak
Krishna says can’t compare Hafiz with Pillai
New Delhi/ Islamabad, July 16
A war of words broke out between India and Pakistan, a day after External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmud Qureshi failed to achieve any result at their eagerly awaited meeting in the Pakistani capital.

BJP condemns, Cong praises Editorial: Setback to dialogue NO THAW IN SIGHT: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna at the airport in Islamabad on Friday. — PTI

Why did the talks fail?
July jinx haunts India-Pak dialogue
What was billed to be a serious and meaningful dialogue has ended in a disaster but then July has always been a bad month for Indo-Pak talks. The Vajpayee-Musharraf summit in Agra (July, 2001) ended in acrimony and bitterness; when Manmohan Singh met the Pakistani PM Yousef Raza Gilani at the Egyptian sea-resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, also in July last year, the joint declaration caused a furore and further talks were put on hold.

ISI pushed Pak on back foot
It paid Rs 25 lakh to LeT to buy boat for 26/11 attack: Headley
New Delhi, July 16
Irrefutable evidence on involvement of Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) in planning and executing the Mumbai attack led to the breakdown of talks between India and Pakistan.

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Indian community divided over blood money
The suggestion of offering blood money to the family of Mishri Khan, who was allegedly murdered in a clash between group of Indian workers and Pakistani workers more than a year ago, has divided vertically the Indian community here.

SC dismisses Virk’s PIL
New Delhi, July 16
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL filed by former Punjab Police chief SS Virk seeking implementation of the court’s directive for providing a minimum of two-year tenure for Director Generals of Police (DGPs).7

Jagan yatra no longer under Cong radar
Hyderabad, July 16
The Congress high command appears to be softening its stand on the rebel MP and CM-aspirant YS Jagan Mohan Reddy who has defied the party’s diktat and undertaken his controversial “Odarpu Yatra”.“Jagan has made it clear that it is his personal tour (to meet and console families of those who died of shock or committed suicide following the death of former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy in a helicopter crash). The party has nothing to do with it,” AICC General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh Veerappa Moily said here today.