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Red Fort Attack
SC upholds death for Pakistani terrorist
New Delhi, August 10
Confirming the death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Mohd Arif, alias Ashfaq, for killing three soldiers in an attack on an Army battalion stationed at Red Fort here in 2000, the Supreme Court today said the convict did not deserve anything less as he was part of both the conspiracy to wage a war against India and its execution.

Reject Afzal's mercy plea, govt advises Prez
New Delhi, August 10
In a significant decision, the government is understood to have recommended to the President rejection of the clemency petition of Parliament attack convict Mohd Afzal Guru, condemned to death.
                                        Afzal Guru

Indians guard London gurdwara from rioters
Volunteers hold night vigils to protect the shrine
London, August 10
Cries of ‘Jo bole so nihal, sat sri akal’ rent the air as over 700 Sikhs and other Britons of Indian origin gathered around the Guru Singh Sabha gurdwara in Southall to protect the place of worship against rioting mobs on the streets of London.

Sikhs gather outside the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Southall, London, to protect the area from looters on Wednesday. — AFP

Three Asians killed in Birmingham
London, August 10
Three British Asians who were on the streets of Birmingham to protect their community from rioting groups, were killed when a speeding car mowed them down last night. (Details on World page)

Chandigarh travel agents under lens for dumping youths in Iraq
New Delhi, August 10
Three Chandigarh-based travel agents are under the scanner for luring youths from Punjab and Haryana to Iraq for jobs.

Editorial: To a hell called Iraq

‘We fought death everyday’
Jalandhar, August 10
The terror in the eyes of Kanwaljit Singh, who returned with three others from Iraq, is clearly evident. He avoids eye contact and pleads with every one not to make him relive the nightmare. “We were made to clear the war-time debris and ammunitions to make the land fit for cultivation once again. We had to pull out live shells,” he said.
Kanwaljit recently returned from Iraq. Photo: Nikhil Bhardwaj

Gaping holes in coastal security
New Delhi/Mumbai, August 10
Three merchant ships, which came undetected —two of them actually reached the Juhu beach and one sunk off the coast of Mumbai, spilling sticky oil into the sea — have exposed the government’s hollow claims of having strengthened the ‘coastal security’ following the 26/11 terror attacks.

Tribune Special India’s new spy agency spooked by ‘internal spies’ Courtesy RTI and the so-called whistleblowers in NTRO, the organisation has suffered major setbacks New Delhi, August 10 Alarm bells are ringing for India’s youngest spy agency — the National Technical Research Organsation (NTRO) — as many vital “targets” in Pakistan and China under its electronic surveillance have started “disappearing” from its radar.