Rally turns violent on Eid, Kashmir tense
l Mob turns violent, torches police post, police vehicle & govt offices l Omar says Mirwaiz betrayed him l Cabinet panel meets on Monday
New Delhi/Srinagar, Sept 11
Security forces in Srinagar on Saturday showed considerable restraint while dispersing a violent mob that set a police post, a police vehicle and two government offices on fire and roughed up policemen and pelted stones at them. Police fired several rounds in the air although the mob did everything to provoke them into firing at the crowd.

Government buildings set ablaze by protesters in Srinagar on Saturday. — Reuters 

Radiation from handsets raises heat & worry 
New Delhi, September 11
Is it too high or is it too low? The radiation levels emitted by mobile handsets and telecom towers and the ‘pollution’ (generated by diesel generators which provide power to towers in rural areas) is either too high or too low, depending upon which side of the fence you are on.

US Open final
Despite losing, Bopanna and Qureshi win hearts
New York, September 11
India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Qureshi put up a spirited fight but failed to stop the top seeded Americans Mike and Bob Bryan from winning their third US Open tennis here on Friday.

The Tribune Ladakh Relief Fund: An Appeal To Readers

Swollen Yamuna sweeps away youth; Delhi parts marooned
25 trains cancelled, 36 diverted 
New Delhi, September 11
Surging Yamuna waters claimed one life today and inundated areas situated close to the river in the Capital. The worst affected were low-lying northern and eastern parts.
A trader wades through waist-deep water at Monastery, the Tibetan market near the ISBT, in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photograph: Mukesh Aggarwal

Mumbaikars brush aside terror threat
Celebrate Eid, Ganeshotsav with pomp & gaiety
Mumbai, September 11
Brushing aside warnings by the police and the administration about possible terror attacks in the city, Mumbaikars came out in large numbers to celebrate the Ganeshotsav and Eid-ul-Fitr.
MY FRIEND GANESHA: A man carries an idol of Lord Ganesha in his car, in Mumbai on Saturday. — PTI

Angmo reaches where she dreamt to be
Chandigarh, September 11
“Robin sat on a tree branch watching everybody, it’s a bliss he thought being this carefree”, the lines of this Class IV poem had always mesmerised nine-year-old Skalzang Angmo, but she could never have understood the bliss better than today.
Leh survivor Skalzang Angmo at Navodaya school in Chandigarh. Tribune photo

This Angmo is not that lucky

In Ladakh, people battle for survival, politicians for votes  Leh, September 11 Even as Ladakh continues to reel in the aftermath of the August 6 cloudburst that officially killed 233 people, the state government at Srinagar has notified an election for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. While the Council’s term does come to an end on October 16, the state government has powers to extend its term in extraordinary circumstances. And an irritated Chief Executive Councillor, Cherring Dorje, is convinced that Srinagar did not apply its mind before notifying the election.