IB gives letter leak report to PM, Defence Minister
New Delhi, June 7
Tasked with finding out persons who leaked the then Army Chief General VK Singh’s classified letter on war preparedness to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Intelligence Bureau has submitted its findings to the government.

Mamata forces govt to defer Pension Bill
Discussion put off after Trinamool voices opposition at Cabinet meet
New Delhi, June 7
Strong opposition from its UPA ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over certain provisions in the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill today forced the Union Cabinet to skip discussion over the amendments to be made in the Bill.
                                                       Mamata Banerjee

Northern states want reservoirs tanked up
New Delhi, June 7
With the monsoon seemingly not following its usual course, skirting the areas in urgent need of precipitation in Peninsular India, states up north have started asking the managements of crucial water reservoirs to not wait for the monsoon bounty and tank up using existing flow of rivers feeding them.

Syrian envoy alleges US in league with Al-Qaida
Says Houla killings were ‘pre-planned terrorist crimes’
New Delhi, June 7
Syria today alleged that the USA was in league with the Al-Qaida in Syria to cause bloodshed in the Arab nation so that the Assad regime could be discredited and overthrown. “Everybody knows who created Al-Qaida…the US is supporting it in Syria while opposing it in Afghanistan. The current leadership of the Al-Qaida has already declared that they are against the Syrian regime,’’ Syrian Ambassador to India Riad Abbas said at a press conference here.

Special to the tribune NRI sex offender on Queen’s royal barge Indians have been wondering about the identity of the blue-turbaned man with the striped tie and pink pocket handkerchief seen last Sunday on the royal barge — Spirit of Chartwell — with Queen Elizabeth ll, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall and other leading members of the British royal family. Harbinder Singh Rana from Nawanshahr, who was sentenced to 4 years in jail, with Prince Charles