Nuclear bill
It’s all over bar the shouting
Despite protests from Left, RJD and SP, the N-Bill will sail through with BJP support
New Delhi, August 18
Decks have been cleared for the passage of the contentious Civil Nuclear Liability Bill in the ongoing session of Parliament after the BJP pledged its support for the proposed legislation.

Graphic: New-clear suggestions
Nation page: No deal on Bill: BJP
Editorial: Pragmatism on N-Bill

The Tribune Ladakh Relief Fund: An Appeal To Readers

37 killed as truck falls into gorge near Mandi
Mandi, August 18
At least 37 persons, including nine women and seven children, died on the spot, and more than 25 were injured when a private truck (HP31-2105) they were travelling in to attend a family function at Hatral village, fell into a 300-ft gorge near Leda on the Leda-Kalkhar-Ner Chowk link road around 5.30 pm today, about 40 km from here.

18 students buried alive in U’khand
Nainital/Pitthoragarah, Aug 18
Eighteen students were buried alive when the roof of a school collapsed due to rain and landslides in the Sumbhgarh area of Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand here today.

Leh catastrophe claims its first suicide victim
Twelve days after the August 6 flashfloods washed away habitations and livelihood avenues in Leh, the town today reported its first flood-related suicide.

ITBP jawans give Rs 1.75 crore

RANCHO replayed: Aamir Khan with children of Druk Padma School, where his film ‘3 Idiots’ was shot, at Shey in Leh on Wednesday. The actor is in Ladakh to mobilise funds for the flood-hit. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma

Satyam’s Raju on bail
Hyderabad, August 18
After 19 months of incarceration, former chairman of Satyam Computers and the brain behind India’s biggest corporate fraud B Ramalinga Raju was today granted conditional bail by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on health grounds.

Badal wants Centre to seal Pak border
Chandigarh, August 18
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said today that Central agencies were not vigilant enough to seal the international border with Pakistan along Punjab and Kashmir, resulting in infiltration.

Sneakers allowed, conditions apply Faridabad jailers permit prisoners to wear sports shoes Chandigarh, August 18 The Faridabad jail authorities have taken that extra stride to make life all the more bouncy for undertrials. It has, for the first time, allowed them to put on their sports shoes. For years, the jail authorities had dithered on the issue of allowing undertrials to slip into joggers. And the reason behind their hesitation was not really hard to comprehend. They were apprehensive that the undertrials would cover that extra mile between confinement and freedom.