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Ahead of Zardari visit, Pak, India spar over Saeed�s 26/11 role
Bangalore/Islamabad, April 6
JuD activists bat for their chief in Rawalpindi Ahead of President Asif Ali Zardari's Sunday visit, India and Pakistan today indulged in a war of words over Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of 26/11.

JuD activists bat for their chief in Rawalpindi

Krishna snubs Beijing over South China Sea
Bangalore, April 6
A day after a Chinese official said India would pay a heavy price for exploring oil in the disputed South China Sea, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna today said its waters were the �property of the world� and did not come under the jurisdiction of any nation. The warning by Wu Shicun, president of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS), came on Thursday, a day after China lost political round on the issue at the Asean summit in Cambodia.

Badal shares largesse with MLAs
Elevates 21 of them as Chief Parliamentary Secretaries
Chandigarh, April 6
The Parkash Singh Badal-led Punjab Government will have 21 Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPSs). Badal will administer the oath to these legislators on April 10. As many as 17 CPSs will be from the Shiromani Akali Dal, while four will be from the BJP.

CM appoints 21 Chief Parliamentary Secys
(Details on Punjab page)

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Bibi enjoys privileges contrary to jail manual
Kapurthala, April 6
It�s just that VIP convict Bibi Jagir Kaur can�t roam around freely, but she has been enjoying all other privileges of a free person ever since she has was brought to the Modern Jail here last week. Even in confinement, the former Akali minister, who has been sent to five-year RI in connection with the murder of her daughter Harpreet, is being allowed to receive the choicest food and the best variety of fruits.

�Merchant of Death� gets 25-year jail in US
Network of arms dealer Viktor Bout is alleged to have armed Qaida, Taliban
New York, April 6
International arms dealer Viktor Bout, whose network is alleged to have armed the Al-Qaida and Taliban, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a US court for conspiring to supply deadly weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, to a Colombia-based terror group.
(Detalis on World page)

3,000 Sikh pilgrims to visit Pak for Baisakhi
Lahore, April 6
Around 3,000 Sikh pilgrims are expected to arrive in Pakistan from India and other parts of the world to participate in the 10-day annual Baisakhi festival starting from April 10 and authorities have completed arrangements to host them.

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