Rs 125 cr for Ladakh resurrection
PM says nation will pitch in to bring the flood-ravaged region back on its feet
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew into flood-ravaged Leh this morning, the sun was unusually sharp but the hearts (of locals) were bitterly cold. However, by the time he flew out, after offering a rehabilitation package of Rs 125 crore to the cloudburst victims, the season had changed, thanks to the warmth extended.

Needed: 8,500 workers to rebuild Leh
Rancho to visit his school today
In Leh, Rancho says all will be well

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh comforts Tesring Dolma, a flood victim, who broke down while talking to him, at Choglamsar village in Leh on Tuesday; (right) ITBP men exhume a body from the rubble. Tribune photos: Anand Sharma

The Tribune Ladakh Relief Fund: An Appeal To Readers

Punjab terrorism finds Malaysian address
Police finds adequate evidence of arms smuggling
Chandigarh, August 17
Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) PS Gill today wrote to the Home Ministry informing it that terrorists wanted in Punjab had set up base in Malaysia and were not only sending arms and explosives to Punjab from there, but also men to carry out terror strikes.

Centre also worried

Govt tweaks nuke Bill, gets BJP backing
New Delhi, August 17
Taking the BJP on board by addressing most of its concerns, including enhancing the operator liability in the event of an accident from Rs 500 crore to Rs 1,500 crore, over the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill 2010, the UPA government may try to secure its passage in the current monsoon session of Parliament, and apparently by next week.

Visa fee hike: India may drag US to WTO
New Delhi, August 17
India may drag US to the World Trade Organisation for its new “protectionist” move in hiking professional visa fees, a step that will make Indian IT companies less competitive in the American market.

Wipro set to enter defence sector
New Delhi, August 17
The government is understood to have approved a proposal from Bangalore-based Wipro Ltd to enter the defence sector. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) had given its nod to Wipro for designing, developing and manufacturing defence-related software and had further referred the matter for the Finance Minister’s approval.

Ratan Tata
The Last Word
Tough to say Ta-ta
…to Ratan, the man who grew India’s most respected business house into a global conglomerate that today straddles steel to software and now has the highest market cap in the country
He has led the Tata Group to the very top. It is now the country’s wealthiest, with a market value of about Rs 3.71 lakh crore, higher than that of business houses led by the two Ambani brothers. Now, thanks to a retirement-at-75 rule he introduced earlier, it’s time for him to bid goodbye to the empire that he has taken to such heights.

Man who ‘attempted’ to kill Mamata is a poor Sangrur trucker Gurjant Singh’s family doesn’t have money to travel to Bengal to help him out Mauran (Sangrur), August 17 Their world came crashing down on August 9 when Gurjant Singh’s truck hit a car in Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district.