8-point initiative for Kashmir
A team of interlocutors will hold ‘sustained dialogue’ with all sections of society
New Delhi, September 25
The Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) rolled out an eight-point agenda to deal with raging issues in the strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir. The agenda has a humane face and aims at tackling aspects that have rankled the Kashmiri psyche, especially after the spate of deaths in protest and curfew related incidents in the past few months.

Srinagar private vehicles parked alongside a road as people throng markets to buy essential items during the relaxation of curfew in Srinagar on Saturday. — PTI

Hey buddy, the food is Delhicious
New Delhi, September 25
The toilets were dirty and the Games Village ‘filthy and unhygienic’ but the food at the Commonwealth Games Village is ‘excellent’ and we have the CWG Federation chief Mike Fennell’s words as confirmation.

Sports page: I accept responsibility: Kalmadi
Media head sacked for bad press

Members from England’s team for the Commonwealth Games eat food inside the food court of the athletes village in New Delhi on Saturday. — Reuters

CJI to head Bench on Ayodhya hearing
New Delhi, September 25
Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia has allotted the petition on the Ayodhya issue to his own three-member Bench for hearing on September 28. Justices Aftab Alam and KS Radhakrishnan would be the other members of the Bench.

All we want is harmony, say Ayodhya residents
September 25
Housed in the precincts of Karsewak Puram in Janaki Ghat, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad-crafted model of Ram Temple looks lonely. All it has for company is a strong contingent of the local armed police and CRPF and Hira Lal, who calls himself a sewak (servant of the Lord).

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UK remembers war hero from Jalandhar
A World War I hero from Jalandhar is among a number of Indian soldiers who will be remembered on Sunday at a special ceremony being held outside the British seaside town of Brighton.          Manta Singh

US Army opening up to turbaned Sikhs
Washington, September 25
Growing up near the air force base in Dayton, Ohio, Tejdeep Singh Rattan knew he wanted to serve in uniform. When the military discouraged him, he persisted but again got a cold shoulder.

Kinnow experiment flops, plants up for sale Hoshiarpur/Chandigarh, September 25 It is an ambitious experiment gone awry. The two multipurpose juicing centres set up at Hoshiarpur and Abohar to free kinnow growers from continuously trying to find new markets for their produce are up for sale. The juicing plant lying idle for two years in Hoshiarpur. Photo: S Chandan