Firing near Jama Masjid leaves two foreigners hurt
New Delhi, September 19
Two motorcycle-borne unidentified terrorists opened fire on a foreign tourist bus outside the historic Jama Masjid and injured two members of a Taiwanese television crew today.

A car which burst into flames near the site where foreign tourists were attacked outside the Gate No. 3 of Jama Masjid in Delhi on Sunday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

PDP threatens to skip meet if ‘siege’ remains
Mehbooba says govt wants to nix all-party event with curfew restrictions
Srinagar, September 19
The People’s Democratic Party has blamed the government for trying to sabotage the purpose of all-party delegation, scheduled to come here tomorrow, by imposing strict curfew restrictions that would “prevent many people from meeting the visiting delegation”.

Editorial: Onerous task
More reports on J&K page

The Tribune Ladakh Relief Fund: An Appeal To Readers

60 die in Uttarakhand rains, Nainital cut off
Dehradun/Nainital, September 19
More than 60 persons have lost their lives in various incidents of cloudburst, house collapse and floods as incessant rain continued to lash Uttarakhand over the past 48 hours.

Flooded slum colonies reflect the fury of water. Tribune photo: Rameshwar Gaur

Flood alert in Capital

Kanishka bomber guilty of perjury
Vancouver, September 19
The only person convicted in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people off the coast of Ireland was found guilty yesterday of perjury during the trial.

Upgrade to intercept Blackberry data, telcom firms told
New Delhi, September 19
The government has asked telecom service providers to upgrade their networks for the interception of information sent and received on BlackBerry phones and be ready for the demonstration of such facilities to the authorities concerned.

Hic hic hurray for tipplers as beer truck tumbles
Rajpura, September 19
Sunday turned out to be a perfect holiday for Bacchus lovers here, as a truck loaded with over 400 boxes of beer overturned near the Ambala-Rajpura bridge today.

Indian children making a mark in UK school Indian children are among the best at a school outside London that believes where education is concerned the younger, the better. School head Mike Ryde with his young achievers