Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

1 dead, 20 injured as terror strikes Varanasi
Blast during ‘Ganga aarti’;
Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility
Lucknow, December 7
The sound of chanting of mantras reverberating in the air during the ‘Ganga aarti’ in Varanasi turned into wails of people with the bang of an explosion this evening. A bomb blast on the stairs of Shitla Ghat near the Vishwanath temple in this holy town during the evening ‘aarti’ left one dead and more than 20 persons injured.

Nation page: We did it, says Indian Mujahideen

ultras at it again: People look on as policemen and officials inspect the site of the explosion in Varanasi on Tuesday evening. — PTI

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Noida Land Scam Four-year jail for UP’s former Chief Secretary

Lucknow, December 7 Former Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Neera Yadav was today arrested following a CBI special court in Ghaziabad convicting her in a land scam case and awarding her a four-year jail term. The once senior most bureaucrat of the state was found guilty of being involved in a massive land scam in Noida during her 1994-96 tenure as the chairperson-cum-chief executive of the Noida Development Authority.

Police escort Neera Yadav to jail — PTI

WikiLeaks founder arrested in London

London, December 7
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange handed himself in to British police on Tuesday after Sweden issued a warrant for his arrest over allegations of sex crimes, London’s Metropolitan Police said. Assange, whose WikiLeaks website is at the centre of a row over the release of secret US diplomatic cables, was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant.

Fresh war of words between telecom cos
Bharti, Idea accuse Tata, RCom of inflating customer base figures
New Delhi, December 7
After Vodafone Essar, it is now the turn of other two major GSM mobile operators, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, to fire a salvo at dual technology operators Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications, in what is a sequence of the recent war of words that erupted after Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata accused GSM operators of “hoarding spectrum”.

Sizzling ton Yusuf Pathan celebrates his century against New Zealand in the fourth one-day match at Bangalore on Tuesday. India won the match by 5 wickets, as the hosts take 4-0 lead in the 5-match series. — AFP   Sports page: Yusuf to the fore in Bangalore

SC bans sale of gutka in plastic sachets from March 1
New Delhi, December 7
The Supreme Court today observed that there was “so much of corruption” in the country because the government was allowing the corporate sector to mislead the young generation by marketing harmful products such as tobacco related articles in attractive packets.

House panel rewrites torture Bill New Delhi, December 7 Government servants, including police officials, found inflicting physical harm or mental trauma on any person or threatening to do so could face criminal action for torture if the government accepts the amendments suggested to the pending Prevention of Torture Bill 2010 by a select committee of the Rajya Sabha today.