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Maken hits back at cricket board
Says BCCI should be more accountable, transparent
New Delhi, August 31
A day after the proposed National Sports Bill was rejected by the cabinet, Sports Minister Ajay Maken today hit out at the BCCI saying that the Indian Cricket Board needs to be more accountable in its functioning.

Manish Tewari opts  out of Lokpal panel
New Delhi, August 31
Manish Tewari may have apologised to Anna Hazare for his unsavoury comments that drew criticism not just from the Opposition but also within his party, yet internal party politics aided with some strong objections by Team Anna today forced the Congress spokesperson to recuse himself from Parliament’s Standing Committee looking into the Lokpal issue.

Stay on Rajiv killers’ execution sparks debate
New Delhi, August 31
The resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly against the scheduled hanging of three convicts in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and the judicial stay on their executions have kicked off a raging, nationwide debate — both legal and political — on death sentences and the long delays in deciding mercy petitions.

Spillover of mobile signals from Pak, B’desh worrisome: India 
New Delhi, August 31
India is to take up the issue of the availability of mobile signals from across the border with Pakistan and Bangladesh, in the border towns of Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and West Bengal, which could prove to be a security threat.

New York law to ensure freedom to Sikh employees
New York, August 31
Sikhs in the US will be allowed to wear turbans and grow beards in federal agencies like the police department and transit authority after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg today signed a Bill into law that will ensure freedom for employees to practice religious beliefs at workplace.
New York city Mayor Michael Bloomberg signing the ‘Workplace Religious Freedom Bill’ into law in New York on Tuesday. — PTI

Eid enthusiasm Childern in an upbeat mood at the Jama Masjid mosque after offering Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in New Delhi on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Pak legal system incapable of prosecuting terrorists: US 
Washington, August 31
Asserting that anti-terrorism courts of Pakistan had an acquittal rate of 75 per cent, the United States has said that Islamabad’s legal system is almost incapable of prosecuting suspected terrorists, including those involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 

A Tribune Special Kejriwal still a govt servant, say Finance Ministry sources New Delhi, August 31 Arvind Kejriwal, who is part of the troika advising Jan Lokpal Bill campaigner Anna Hazare, is technically still a government servant if the sources in the Union Finance Ministry are to be believed.  The IRS officer resigned in 2006, but govt hasn’t accepted his resignation as he is yet to clear dues