Omar tries to pitch for Eid package with PM
Special Powers Act may go from Jammu, Samba, Srinagar, Ganderbal
New Delhi, September 8
The government looks set to offer Eid package to strife-torn Kashmir with the likelihood of amendment to the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) increasing ahead of the crucial Cabinet Committee on Security meeting on the Kashmir violence and prevailing situation. The CCS is expected to meet shortly to hold discussions on the prevailing situation in Kashmir and the possible solutions to the problem. 

ATS arrests Pune bakery blast ‘plotter’
Mumbai, September 8
The Anti-Terror Squad of the Mumbai police today claimed to have arrested an alleged plotter of Pune’s German Bakery blast along with his aide. Rakesh Maria, who heads the ATS, said here today that the two were arrested from Pune and Nashik. Maria said some amount of RDX and other incriminating evidence was recovered from the two accused — Bilal Ahmed Ansari and Himayat Baig.

Ohio’s outsourcing ban leaves IT giants queasy 
Bangalore, September 8
Close on the heels of raising visa fees by the USA for software workers from India, the Indian IT industry - which generates most of its revenues from the US - received another blow when the Governor of Ohio banned outsourcing of government IT and back office projects to offshore locations such as India.

The Tribune Ladakh Relief Fund: An Appeal To Readers

Along with millions of readers and admirers, The Tribune pays homage to its founder, Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, who passed into eternity on this day 112 years ago.

After Bhakra, Pong swells to capacity
Chandigarh, September 8
After Bhakra, Pong Dam may also overflow with the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) authorities today saying that the spillway gates of the dam would be opened to release pressure on it, in case the rains continued.

Floods come to Haryana again
Chandigarh, September 8
Fresh flood threat looms large over several parts of Haryana following heavy rainfall since yesterday and the increase in the flow of the waters in the Yamuna, the Som and the Pathrala rivers.
Residents use a rope to hold on as they come out of their flood-hit Urjani village in Yamunanagar district of Haryana on Wednesday. — PTI

CBI checks into PEC, books 11 students
Chandigarh, September 8
The CBI today booked 11 students of PEC University of Technology, Sector 12, here on the charges of securing admission under Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) scheme by submitting fake documents. A CBI official on the college campus.
Chandigarh page: PEC varsity staff tight-lipped