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Anti-India lobbyist held in US
Was acting as Pak agent for more than 20 yrs to influence the US policy on Kashmir
The US Justice Department has charged two US citizens in a decades-long conspiracy to illegally funnel millions of dollars from the Pakistan Government and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency to push the Kashmiri cause in Washington.
Ghulam Nabi Fai

LEH REVISITED
In Leh, Sukhbir has many more promises to keep
Leh, July 20
At the time of a tragedy, politicians, cutting across party lines, often promise the moon to the victims. But not all promises are kept. Twelve-year-old Skalzang Angmo is a living example.
File photo: Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal assures Stanzin Dolma, mother of Skalzang (in centre) of all help. The Punjab Government had adopted her.

illegal mining
Lokayukta report names Yeddyurappa
Former CM HD Kumaraswamy, Cong MP, 4 ministers also indicted
Bangalore, July 20
The days of BS Yeddyurappa as the Chief Minister of Karnataka may be numbered as it has come to the light that the Chief Minister, who played a key role in the electoral victory of the BJP in the state, has been named on two counts.
BS Yeddyurappa

Middleman held in cash-for-vote scam
New Delhi, July 20
The Delhi police today made the second arrest in the 2008 “cash-for-vote” scam by taking into custody Suhail Hindustani, who had allegedly acted as a liaison between Amar Singh and BJP MPs sought to be bribed.

Getting plum jobs to be tougher for retd govt officials
New Delhi, July 20
With the 2G Spectrum scam turning the spotlight on the cozy relationship between senior bureaucrats and the corporate sector, the government is planning to make it tougher for retired officials from taking up employment in the private sector.

UK phone-hacking SCANDAL
Cameron regrets hiring tainted editor
London, July 20
Prime Minister David Cameron, defending his integrity to parliament in emergency session today, said he regretted hiring a journalist at the heart of the scandal.

Indian in probe panel

Hillary sees bigger leadership role for India
Chennai, July 20
Betting on India’s future, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said the country should play a “more assertive” role across Asia-Pacific, noting that this was a “time to lead” by seizing the emerging opportunities.
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa (L) shakes hands with US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton in Chennai on Wednesday. — AFP

Special to the tribune Murdoch’s wife Wendi overshadows all Wendi  Murdoch has emerged as the real hero of this week’s series of political dramas at which her husband, Rupert, chief executive of News Corporation, offered his apologies for the phone-hacking scandal. Opinion is still divided as to whether Rupert emerged the victor or the victim of Tuesday’s hearing before a House of Commons Select Committee where he was grilled about the wrongdoings at his now defunct News of the World newspaper. Shares in News Corporation rose 5.5 per cent immediately after the hearing, although there were plenty of subsequent references to Mr Murdoch as “frail” and “doddery” and even more questions about how much longer he could be expected to head his news empire.