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Fire in Maha textile mill; four dead...more 2G scam: Pranab refuses to comment ...more Rupee down 41 paise at fresh 2-yr low against USD ...more Sensex plunges more than 700 points ...more

Swamy gives SC ‘evidence’ of Chidambaram’s role in 2G
But CBI maintains apex court has no power to direct it to probe minister’s role
New Delhi, September 21
Just five days after the allocation of 2G Spectrum on January 10, 2008, to telecom companies by then Telecom Minister A Raja, then Finance Minister P Chidambaram had sent a “secret note” to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, advising him to treat the matter (which has now come to be known as 2G scam) “as a closed chapter”.

SC slams CBI, TRAI

Advani dodges query on PM post

New Delhi, September 21 In a clear attempt to ward off any RSS/BJP threat to scuttle his proposed rath yatra, octogenarian BJP stalwart LK Advani circumvented the question of his prime ministerial candidature after calling on RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur today.

L K Advani meets Nitin Gadkari at the latter’s residence in Nagpur on Wednesday. — PTI

Makkar to be back as SGPC chief
Chandigarh, September 21
Avtar Singh Makkar is set to be the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for the seventh time. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) that swept the SGPC poll in alliance with the Sant Samaj has decided not to make any change at the top in the apex body of the Sikhs.                                          Avtar Singh Makkar

Koodankulam nuclear plant impasse ends
TN Govt to pass resolution to halt project
Chennai, September 21
The 11-day hunger strike against the Koodankulam Nuclear Plant ended today after the Tamil Nadu Government promised to pass a resolution in the Cabinet to halt the project even as the Centre sought to allay fears over safety.

Editorial: Power and politics

Quake toll climbs to 116
Rescue teams yet to reach remote areas; 400 foreign tourists stranded
Mangan (Sikkim), Sept 21
Twenty more bodies were recovered in quake-hit Sikkim taking the toll in Sunday's powerful 6.8 magnitude tremor to 116 amid reports that 400 foreign tourists were stranded in the worst-affected North district.

120 persons missing
Tagore’s houses damaged
Rahul Gandhi visits quake-hit Sikkim

Special to the tribune
India, Pak must stop using RAW, ISI against each other: Imran
Imran Khan says India and Pakistan should stop using their intelligence agencies for settling scores against each other and base their future relations on civilised dialogue around a table.

America’s ultimatum to Pak over Haqqani link
Threatens to act against group leaders unilaterally
Washington, September 21
Accusing Pakistan’s military-run ISI of using the Haqqani network to carry out a “proxy war”, US has warned Islamabad to cut ties with the terror group and help eliminate its leaders or it will act unilaterally.