BADAL vs BADAL
Chandigarh October 7
In the three years of its reign in the state, the Shiromani Akali Dal today came closest to what can be termed as an “ugly chasm” brought about not by the party’s coalition partner, the BJP, but by the Badal family that dominates the ruling party.

M Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal,FM Manpreet Badal

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Punjab CM slips on stairs, hospitalised
Chandigarh, October 7
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was admitted to the PGI here after he trcipped on the stairs of his official residence this morning. He was going for his walk around 7.10 am when the accident occurred.

Geeta creates history, shooters reign supreme
New Delhi, October 7
Living upto their promise that this time around, they would finish second in the overall medals table behind Australia, the hosts India continued their medal haul with the kind of sustained regularity rarely witnessed

Fight to win: Geeta of Bhiwani (in blue) beats Bensted Emily of Australia in women’s 55kg freestyle bout to become the first Indian woman wrestler to bag gold at the Commonwealth Games. — PTI

Archers win silver, bronze 
Shuttlers sail into semis
Himachal page: Hamirpur lad shoots to glory

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India ‘regrets’ injuries to Ugandan officials
New Delhi, October 7
India today formally apologised to Uganda for Tuesday night’s incident in which three Ugandan officials were injured at the Commonwealth Games Village when a security apparatus malfunctioned almost toppling their car.

Blue Alert issued for Lalit Modi
New Delhi, October 7
The Enforcement Directorate has issued an international Blue Notice Alert for detention of former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi for alleged "serious contraventions" of the foreign exchange law after its probe into the finances of the T20 cricket tournaments. 

Mumbai Attacks
Interpol issues arrest warrants against 2 Pak majors, others
New Delhi, October 7
International arrest warrants were issued by the Interpol against five Pakistani nationals, including two serving Army Majors, for their alleged role in the Mumbai terror attack and plotting to carry out more strikes in India. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the role of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley in India, had approached the court of the Delhi Additional Sessions Judge, which issued a non-bailable warrant against the five Pakistanis.

Now, fly daily to UK, Canada from Amritsar From Oct 31, Air India to operate separate flights, with a halt at IGIA  New Delhi, October 7 With the hub and spoke model in place after the coming up of swank new terminal “T3” at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, national carrier Air India is unlikely to reverse its decision to withdraw the direct Amritsar-London-Toronto flight from the Rajasansi International Airport. However, beginning October 31, the national carrier will launch two separate daily flights to London and Toronto from Amritsar with a stopover in Delhi to augment international connectivity of the Holy City.