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Khanduri sworn in as Uttarakhand CM
Retains all 11 ministers of Nishank Cabinet
Dehradun, September 11
Major General Bhuvan Chander Khanduri (retd) was today sworn in as the sixth Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, replacing Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who was dumped by the BJP high command, which is desperately looking to refurbish the party’s image for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.
BC Khanduri after being sworn in on Sunday in Dehradun. — PTI

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Sombre America pauses to remember victims of 9/11
Two men divided by politics came together on Sunday morning to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington.

From right: US President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama, US ex-President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush observe silence at the time the second plane crashed into the WTC on September 11, 2001, at Ground Zero in New York on Sunday. — AFP

77 American soldiers hurt in Afghan truck bombing
Families of Indian 9/11 victims still to recover

India are Asian hockey champs

SWEET VICTORY: The Indian hockey team poses with the Asian Champions Trophy after defeating Pakistan in the final at Ordos, in northern China’s Inner Mongolia, on Sunday. India won 4-2 in the penalty shootout after both sides were locked goalless in normal and extra time. — AFP (Details on Sports page)

Delhi blast probe widens, sleuths seek help of foreign intel agencies 
New Delhi, September 11
Investigators probing the Delhi High Court blast have asked foreign intelligence agencies operating in Southeast Asia if they have picked up any signal or communication which may provide links to the Wednesday’s terror attack.

Govt mulls task force to stop suicides in IITs 
New Delhi, September 11
Concerned over rising cases of suicides among IIT students in recent years, the government has proposed setting up a task force to study the situation and suggest "systemic" measures to address the issue.

5 dead in police firing in TN
Ramanathapuram, Sept 11
Five persons were today killed and 50 injured in police firing at Paramakudi, 40 km from here, when a mob of Dalits turned violent, setting ablaze vehicles and blocking traffic following the detention of their leader John Pandian at Vallanadu in Tuticorin district. Violence broke out after news spread that Pandian had been detained at Tuticorin en route to Paramakudi to pay homage on the death anniversary of Dalit leader Imanuel Sekar.

Guler paintings to adorn London’s Asian Art Fair Painters like Nainsukh were Hindu artists trained in Mughal style & sought the patronage of Kangra’s Rajas The illustrious 18th century Pahari artist Nainsukh of Guler has pride of place in a collection of drawings and some paintings that are being prepared for an exhibition — Drawings from Indian courts — that will help to commemorate this year's Asian Art Fair in London. Nainsukh, who flourished under the patronage of Raja Balwant Singh of Jasrota, is prized for his highly individual style, described as both intimate and spacious and extremely influential on subsequent traditions of drawing and painting in north India. His drawings, frequently enlivened by a monochrome wash, are said to lend the compositions a dreamlike and monochrome quality.