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Wednesday, April 13, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

India, China to resume defence drills
Announcement comes before Manmohan Singh’s meeting with President Jintao at BRICS Summit
New Delhi, April 12
India and China are set to resume defence exercises which were put on hold by New Delhi last year in the wake of the stapled visa row between the two countries. This was confirmed by sources in the government today on the eve of a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao on the margins of the BRICS Summit.

Need to reduce trade deficit with China: PM PM Manmohan Singh being welcomed by Indian Ambassador to China S Jaishankar and his wife Kyoko at Phoenix Airport in Sanya on Tuesday. — PTI

BRICS ready for landmark accord
* To facilitate easier access to each others’ markets
* India says no proposal to replace yuan with dollar
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called upon BRICS nations to coordinate their position on some key areas such as sustainable development, balanced growth, energy & food security and reform of international financial institutions which would be to their own advantage.

Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and NSA Shiv Shankar Menon address the media aboard Prime Minister's special flight to Sanya (China) on Tuesday. — PTI

Mumbai attack
Worked at behest of Pak govt, ISI: Rana
David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, accused in the 2008 Mumbai massacre plot, are expected to tell a Chicago court that they thought they were working for Lashkar-e-Toiba as well as Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. Rana, a Pakistani-Canadian, is to go on trial on May 16.

World page: US-Pak intelligence ties hit a new low

Japan raises N-threat to Chernobyl level
Tokyo, April 12
Japan put its nuclear calamity on a par with the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl, today after new data showed that more radiation leaked from its earthquake-crippled power plant in the early days of the crisis than first thought.

Namdhari leader shot dead near Bhaini Sahib
Ludhiana/Bhaini Sahib,  April 12
Two unidentified persons today shot dead 57-year-old Avtar Singh Tari, a staunch follower of Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji of Bhaini Sahib (about 25 km from here) on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway. Based at Mohali, Avtar Singh, belonging to the Namdhari sect, was a frequent visitor to Bhaini Sahib.

Conflicting views on reason for murder

(Inset) Avtar Singh Tari, a follower of the Namdhari sect, who was murdered in broad daylight near Bhaini Sahib, Ludhiana. Police and Namdharis gather around the dead body. A Tribune photo

9 charges drafted against another Lt Gen
Chandigarh, April 12
The Army has drafted nine charges on which Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash, former Military Secretary at the Army Headquarters, is expected to be tried by a General Court Martial in the Sukna land scam. Sources said following the review assessment of trial by Headquarters, Eastern Command, subsequent to recording of summary of evidence, administrative orders for the conduct of the trial were issued a few days ago.

Taming the fury of river Ghaggar Centre to fund Rs 1,150-crore national project Chandigarh, April 12 The Union Government has decided in principle to bail out Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh from the repeated fury of the Ghaggar river by sanctioning a Rs 1,150-crore national project. The project will aim to use the flood water for ground water recharging in the region. The project will be implemented soon after the three states sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU).