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INDIA-US SECURITY DIALOGUE
LeT as dangerous as Qaida: US
Napolitano assures more access to Headley; says strategic partnership to be intensified
New Delhi, May 27
Within a month of the killing of Osama bin Laden deep inside Pakistan, India and the United States today launched a Homeland Security Dialogue with Washington committing itself to giving New Delhi more access to David Coleman Headley, who has admitted his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and turned a witness against Pakistan-born co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana.

Home Minister P Chidambaram with US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI

Clinton sheathes iron fist in velvet glove
Emphasising that the Pak-US relations have entered a turning point, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has cautioned Pakistan that “anti-Americanism and conspiracy theories will not make their problems disappear”.


US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to press in Islamabad. — AP/PTI

After 2 failed attempts, LeT hit Mumbai 
Chicago, May 27
Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley has said he is no longer proud of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, a day after saying that he was "pleased" with it. The US said it was closely cooperating with the Indians on counter-terrorism "certainly involving Mumbai".Washington, however, declined comment on revelations about Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence's (ISI) role in the Mumbai terror attack. (Detail on World page)

Punjab leaves its new recruits high and dry
Many quit lucrative jobs; they are now paid peanuts
Chandigarh, May 27
A government job is not always as lucrative as it appears. In Punjab, hundreds of new entrants who quit well-paid jobs in the private sector to join government service after April 5, 2011, have been left high and dry. They have been placed in the minimum pay band, irrespective of the salary they drew earlier.

Air India on life support
Oil companies slash supplies of aviation fuel
New Delhi, May 27
The pauper Maharaja just about managed to survive the day after oil PSUs today restricted the supply of jet fuel on account of dues. Faced with yet another crisis, the cash-strapped Air India cancelled flights and scrambled to prepare a contingency plan to combine flights from tomorrow. The three state-owned oil firms slashed the supply of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to the national carrier by 20 per cent at all airports.

Free plots to 3.5 lakh Haryana families
Chandigarh, May 27
Haryana has already given 100 sq.yard plots to 3.55 lakh families free of cost under the Mahatma Gandhi Gramin Basti Yojna in 4,925 villages where suitable shamlat land was available. Speaking at a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries on rural development here today, Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati said the next step would be to ensure the construction of houses on these plots.

 Special to the tribune
Netanyahu triumphs in stand off with Obama 
Israel’s hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have emerged triumphant from a standoff with US President Barack Obama over the Middle East peace process. Netanyahu visited Washington this week for talks with Obama on the latest developments surrounding the stalled peace process with the Palestinians. (Detail on World page)