LS plugs forex flow for religious conversions
Clears law to regulate money coming from abroad
New Delhi, August 27
Organisations of political nature and those involved in religious conversions will henceforth be barred from accepting foreign funds. Also, persons holding political positions like MPs and MLAs can no longer enjoy foreign hospitality and must intimate the government of their visits abroad, personal or official.

Join me to cleanse politics, Rahul urges students
Hisar, August 27
The youthful Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today promised students that he would cleanse the country’s politics, if they supported him. He was on a daylong visit to Haryana to keep his date with activists of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) of Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Kurukshetra University and the National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal.

Mirchpur arson
Editorial: Rahul spreads his wings

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi interacts with students in Karnal on Friday. A Tribune photograph

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Now, Delhi plays Chinese checkers
Denies visas to 3 Chinese Army officers, 
puts defence exchanges on hold
New Delhi, August 27
In fresh signs of tension in Indo-China ties, New Delhi has denied visas to three Chinese Army officers and put all defence exhanges with Beijing on hold in retaliation to the latter’s refusal to allow Lt Gen BS Jaswal, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Area Command, to visit China.

Gyaneshwari Train Sabotage
Key accused killed in gun battle
Kolkata, August 27
Umakant Mahato, one of the prime suspects in the Gyaneshwari train sabotage, was today killed in an encounter that lasted over six hours at Lodhasuli village in West Midnapore district on Friday.

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Babri panel fears violence
Sends SOS to PM, pushes for out-of-court settlement
New Delhi, August 27
As the court will for the first time decide whether there was a mosque or a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, the All India Babri Masjid Action Committee on Friday sent an SOS to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that there was “no violence” after the judgment, expected any time now.

Anti-poaching measures at high altitude
Shelters to come up soon; will ensure 
long-distance patrolling
Dehradun, August 27
To rein in poachers — who are on the prowl in the snowbound areas of the state, hunting for leopards, musk deer, bears and the Himalayan blue sheep — the Uttarakhand government is planning to set up five high-altitude shelters to facilitate long-distance patrolling.

Maya puts gas minister on backburner 2 Lucknow hospitals refuse to let Jitin launch his ‘sanjha chulha’ scheme Lucknow, August 27 Throwing a spanner in the petroleum ministry’s scheduled programme, two government hospitals in Lucknow have refused to extend cooperation for a function on their premises where Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada was to provide LPG gas facility for the common kitchen in the hospital.