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India, Pakistan agree to more LoC trade, travel
* Frequency of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service to be increased * Foreign Secy talks end on positive note, Foreign Ministers to meet in July 
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir.India and Pakistan on Friday decided to initiate a series of nuclear and cross-LoC confidence building measures (CBMs) as the foreign secretaries of the two countries concluded their two-day talks on a positive note.
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir. — AFP

Planning Commission allows Punjab to extend BPL cover to more families
A whopping 7.5 lakh more households to become eligible for aid
Chandigarh, June 24
In what can be termed as a virtual bonanza for the poor in Punjab, the Planning Commission has agreed to an upward revision of below poverty line (BPL) families in the state by two and a half times, thereby ensuring that they now constitute 21 per cent of the state’s population. The move, in line with the Tendulkar Committee report accepted by the Commission last month, will make 7.5 lakh more families eligible for various forms of assistance under central schemes.


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Freed sailors thank Burney, flay Indian Govt
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Although local lad Prashant Chauhan (23) is a free man now, the fact that the Indian Government, in sharp contrast to Pakistani initiatives, did practically nothing to get them released has left him with a Released sailor Ravinder Singh of Rohtak is greeted by his family members upon arrival at the IGI Airport in New Delhi sense of betrayal.

Released sailor Ravinder Singh of Rohtak is greeted by his family members upon arrival at the IGI Airport in New Delhi on Friday. It was an emotional welcome from family members of the six sailors of Egyptian cargo vessel MV Suez, who were held captive by Somali pirates for 10 months. — PTI 

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PF accounts to go online from July 1 
New Delhi, June 24
From July 1, the amount deposited in your Provident Fund (PF) account can be seen by simply typing out the PF number online. By December 1, all details will be available online. 

Diesel prices raised by Rs 3
Kerosene up by Rs 2 a litre, domestic LPG Rs 50 per cylinder

New Delhi, June 24
The government today hiked the price of diesel by Rs 3 a litre, kerosene Rs 2 a litre and cooking gas by a steep Rs 50 per cylinder to raise Rs 21,000 crore, and slashed Customs and Excise duties on petroleum products, sacrificing Rs 49,000 crore a year.




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The distraught mother and other relatives of Hayatpur village sarpanch Rakesh (inset)Hayatpur (Gurgaon), June 24
Family members of Rakesh, the Hayatpur village sarpanch who was gunned down by unidentified assailants yesterday, today alleged that a Congress MLA and an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) were involved in the conspiracy to kill the village head.
The distraught mother and other relatives of Hayatpur village sarpanch Rakesh (inset). Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed

Two months of low-cal diet can cure type 2 diabetes!
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A successful trial has led scientists to believe that a two-month low-calorie diet could free nearly 2.5 million Britons of the type 2 diabetes. The diabetics, by consuming just 600 calories a day for eight-weeks (the same amount many people would eat at lunch alone), were able to throw away their tablets.

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