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Haryana can strengthen Ghaggar bundh, rules SC
Punjab’s stand on Hansi-Butana canal wall rejected
New Delhi, September 23
The Supreme Court today allowed Haryana to go ahead with strengthening the Ghaggar bundh by raising a toe wall and putting a concrete lining in order to protect its residents from floods. The court rejected Punjab’s contention that the strengthening work would prevent the natural flow of rainwater and thus worsen the flood situation in its territory.

You risk losing an ally, Pak warns USA
Islamabad\Washington, September 23
Pakistan warned the United States it risks losing an ally if it continued to accuse Islamabad of playing a double game in the war against militancy, escalating the crisis in relations between the two countries.

World page: American lawmakers want Haqqanis on terror list
Editorial: US-Pak strained ties

Black money: Apex court gives split verdict on SIT 
Govt’s plea of SC order recall referred to Chief Justice
New Delhi, September 23
A two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court today gave a split verdict on the maintainability of government’s application seeking recall of the apex court order on constitution of a Special Investigation Team to probe black money cases.

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan during the funeral procession of his father, former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, at his ancestral palace in Pataudi on Friday. Pataudi was buried next to the grave of his father, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. A Tribune photograph

Rupee fall ‘expected’; RBI not to intervene
New York/Chennai, Sept 23
The RBI today said its intervention in the foreign exchange market, if any, would be limited to curbing volatility, but as of now, the situation does not call for any action even though the rupee has fallen to its weakest level in 28 months. “We, at this point, do not see any intervention from a rate targeting view point.

Editorial: The rupee plunge

PATERNITY SUIT
Tiwari’s refusal for DNA sample will go against him: Delhi HC
New Delhi, September 23
The Delhi High Court on Friday acknowledged that former Uttarakhand Chief Minister ND Tiwari could not be forced to give his blood sample for a DNA test to ascertain whether he was the biological father of Rohit Shekhar, but warned him that his refusal would work against him.

Attendant shot dead at Gurgaon toll plaza
Gurgaon, September 23
Umeshkant Pandey, an employee at the 42nd milestone toll plaza here on the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway No. 8, was shot dead by a Bolero-borne commuter after a minor altercation over payment of toll tax late last night.