63 dead in Bengal train collision
* Speeding Uttarbanga Express overshoots signal, ploughs into Vananchal Express
* One of the coaches mounts overbridge upon impact
* Mamata hints at sabotage, officials ‘puzzled’
Sainthia (WB), July 19
A high-speed Sealdah-bound express train tore into the rear of a stationary train, killing 63 persons and injuring 92 others at Sainthia station of Birbhum district, apparently overshooting a signal in the small hours of the day.

Unanswered Queries
Editorial: Railways needs full-time minister

More details on Nation page Rescue work in progress at Sainthia station in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Monday. — PTI

HC rejects Sajjan’s plea in ’84 riots case
Asks trial court to deliver judgment in a year
New Delhi, July 19
In a setback to senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, the Delhi High Court today dismissed his application, asking the court to quash the trial court’s order of framing charges, including that of murder, against him in a case of anti-Sikh riots.

Sikh blacklist has only 28 hardcore criminals
MHA reviewing list, awaits Punjab’s response in other cases
New Delhi, July 19
Only 28 persons on the infamous blacklist of Sikhs living abroad since times of militancy in Punjab have been found to be facing serious criminal cases in India. Sources in the Home Ministry said 185 cases had been forwarded by the ministry to Punjab for verification before the blacklist could be pruned.

Punjab page: Asylum seekers’ spouses, wards can get Indian visas

26/11: Pak navy trained Kasab
New Delhi, July 19
What Ajmal Kasab confessed about the role of the Pakistan navy in training him and the nine others who attacked Mumbai in November 2008 has been corroborated by David Coleman Headley during his interrogation carried out by Indian investigators.

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	J&K: Boy killed in Baramulla police firing
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	CHANDIGARH: Yet another bid to break ATM
	LUDHIANA: 11-day-old baby abducted from hospital
	DELHI: Pressure for leniency alleged
	OPINIONS: One more accident
	BUSINESS: M&A deals to cost more
	NATION: Naidu stays put in jail, rocks M’rashtra House
	WORLD: Kashmir impediment in Indo-Pak ties: Hillary
	SPORTS: Rain washes out second day

CBSE launches vocational courses in mass media
New Delhi, July 19
Ace producer-director Subhash Ghai today joined hands with the government to hone children’s skills in film-making.

The Last Word
Hansraj Bhardwaj
Mr Loudmouth
Foot-in-the-mouth disease makes for great headlines, garners tremendous media attention and often results in a dip in career graphs of those afflicted by it. There are always exceptions to the rule, and Hansraj Bhardwaj (73) is certainly one. The Karnataka Governor created quite a storm with his vocal stance against two Karnataka ministers, Janardhana Reddy and his brother Karunakara Reddy, the Bellary magnates tainted with charges of running an illegal mining empire in the state.

Special to the tribune Indian jumbos to line Downing Street Charity attempts to highlight the plight of the endangered Asian elephant A herd of painted Indian elephant statues may soon materialise all along London’s famous Downing Street that leads to the residence of the British Prime Minister.