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Amid Army-govt standoff, Zardari leaves for Dubai
Fears of coup recede but Pakistan remains on the brink
Islamabad/Washington,  January 12
Fervent pleas for ‘sanity’ by the Pakistani media and international pressure may just have averted the possibility of a military coup but political uncertainty and a potentially dangerous standoff between the military and the Government kept Pakistan on the edge today.
                                        Asif Ali Zardari
‘Won’t cooperate with new defence secy’ 
Imran warns of street protests if judiciary ‘ambushed’

PC snubs Digvijay, says Batla encounter was genuine
New Delhi, January 12
At a time when the Congress is using every possible ploy to woo the Muslim vote in the upcoming crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, it was placed in an embarrassing position today with Home Minister P. Chidambaram emphatically denying AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh’s charge that the three-year-old Batla House encounter in Delhi was fake.

SSP Vigilance shifted for misuse of office
Chandigarh, January 12
The Election Commission of India today transferred Senior Superintendent of Police, (Vigilance wing), Ludhiana, Surinderjit Singh Mand out of the state for allegedly “misusing his authority and official vehicle” for transporting cash belonging to the ruling party.

India hopes dialogue with Pak will remain on track
New Delhi, January 12
India is keeping a close watch on the developments in Pakistan and hopes that the stand-off between the civilian government and the Army will not have a bearing on the dialogue process between the two countries.

Ansari confers D.Litt on B’desh PM
Agartala, January 12
Vice-President Hamid Ansari today conferred honorary Doctor of Literature (D.Litt) of Tripura University on the visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in presence of an august gathering in the university auditorium.

Vice-President Hamid Ansari confers the honorary Doctor of Literature (honoris causa) on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the ninth convocation of Tripura University in Agartala on Thursday. — PTI

Will reward firms that bring jobs and invest in US: Obama
Washington, January 12
US President Barack Obama has said his administration will soon come out with policies to reward companies that bring back jobs from overseas and invest in the US. At the same time, he has vowed to eliminate tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas. 
(detalis on world page)

1,800 kids missing: Long wait for parents
Chandigarh, January 12
 It has been a long wait for the parents and the relatives of hundreds of missing children in Haryana. With the police failing to make much headway in tracing the missing children, the kin of the missing children are forced to move from pillar to post in search of their children.
(detalis on Haryana page)