MESSY GAMES
Kalmadi feels the heat
n Told to sack 2 aides n Krishna confronts him with ‘doctored’ e-mail
New Delhi, August 3
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi’s cup of woes is brimming over with the Sports Ministry now putting him under pressure by asking him to sack two of his close aides in the committee.
Nation Page:Cong gives clean chit to Gill, Sheila
Panel to probe UK money trail

Oppn cites aam aadmi’s woes to corner govt
New Delhi, August 3
Frequent sparring between the Opposition and Treasury benches marked the much-awaited price rise debate, which saw over 50 speakers as the Lok Sabha sat beyond 9 pm
Editorial:Back to work

MPs disrupt proceedings in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI

2,000 additional troops for trouble-torn Valley
New Delhi, August 3
With no let-up in Valley violence, the Centre today decided to rush around 2,000 Central paramilitary force personnel to sensitive border areas. The Union Government, however, clarified that no additional Army troops were being sent. J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday had said that to strictly impose the curfew more forces were needed.
Editorial: Valley must be saved
J&K Page: Shoot-at-sight orders in Srinagar as 5 more killed

HC elevation for Ritu Bahri
Chandigarh, August 3
Haryana’s senior deputy advocate-general Ritu Bahri will soon be administered oath as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The President has cleared her name for elevation as an additional judge of the HC. A fax message in this regard was received today. The oath ceremony is likely to take place in a week’s time.

Shimla Girl’s Gang Rape 
Charges to be framed against ex-UT Home Secy
Chandigarh, August 3
Additional District and Sessions Judge RN Bharti today ordered framing of charges against former UT Home Secretary NK Jain and four others in the gang rape of a Shimla girl in 2002.

NK Jain

BlackBerry makers’ no to data sharing
New Delhi, August 3
Some not so good news for the country’s over one million BlackBerry users: The smartphone’s maker, Research in Motion (RIM), today said that data being transmitted over the smartphones could not be made available to security agencies for monitoring. “The BlackBerry security architecture for enterprise customers is purposefully designed to exclude the capability for RIM or any third party to read encrypted information under any circumstances,” the Canadian manufacturer, which operates in 175 countries, said in a statement.

Malaysia scraps visa on arrival for Indians Kuala Lumpur, August 3 After 40,000 Indian tourists went “missing” from the country, Malaysia has permanently scrapped the Visa-on-Arrival (VOA) facility offeredto visitors from India and seven other countries, saying it was “open to abuse”. Indians make up for a huge chunk of foreign tourists to Malaysia.