MESSY GAMES
Clean-up begins, 3 officials suspended
n Three-member panel submits report
n Contract with Australian firm terminated
n Treasurer resigns
New Delhi, August 5
Rocked by a series of widescale corruption allegations, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee today cracked the whip on tainted officials by sacking three officials, including TS Darbari, a close aide of embattled chairman Suresh Kalmadi, and terminated a multi-crore company with an Australian company.
Face-off: Activists of the Citizen Forum for Commonwealth Games give the Games mascot Shera the face of Suresh Kalmadi, CWG Organising Committee chairman, during a protest in New Delhi on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Sohrabuddin Case
CBI moves HC for Shah’s remand
Quizzes former CID chief OP Mathur
Ahmedabad, August 5
Former IPS officer O P Mathur, who was the state CID chief when the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case was first probed, was today questioned by the CBI, which also made another attempt to get former minister Amit Shah's remand by approaching the Gujarat High Court.

CVC directed to pay Rs 55K to whistleblower
New Delhi, August 5
The Delhi High Court has asked the Central Vigilance Commission to cough up Rs 55,000 for its failure to provide information on time to a whistleblower who exposed corruption in Indian Oil Corporation.

Saving Sukhna
UT’s claims to save Sukhna do not hold water, court told
Chandigarh, August 5
Already in troubled waters for failure to save Sukhna Lake, the Chandigarh Administration’s claims of “doing enough” were today washed away by the amicus curiae appointed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Punjab tries to slip through

Vidya Stokes is Hockey India chief
New Delhi, August 5
Vidya Stokes was today elected the President of Hockey India defeating her rival former national captain Pargat Singh by a big margin of 41-21 in the much-awaited polls. Stokes (83) was fighting the elections after defying the age limitation guidelines set up by the Government.

Valley on the boil
PM for all-party meet, says Sushma
New Delhi, August 5
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is learnt to have told a visiting BJP delegation that he would soon call an all-party meeting on Kashmir issue.

Young MPs appeal to Kashmiri youth

Bilawal Bhutto’s political baptism tomorrow
21-year-old to officially take over PPP from Zardari at Birmingham rally
London, August 5
Pakistan’s emerging new star, Bilawal Bhutto may have his political baptism here when he formally takes over the reins of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party from his father Asif Ali Zardari.

SC: No conviction for mere demand of dowry New Delhi, August 5 The Supreme Court has ruled that a person cannot be convicted for merely demanding dowry unless the demand is followed by mental or physical torture resulting in the death of the victim. A Bench of Justices RM Lodha and AK Patnaik said in a judgement that the prosecution has to establish convincing evidence that the accused had subjected the victim to torture soon before her death in connection with the demand.