26/11 attackers’ guide lands in police net at Delhi airport
New Delhi, June 25
In a major breakthrough, Indian investigators, for the first time, have in their custody a member of the core group of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), which planned, executed and directed the deadly 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai.
                                                          Sayed Z Ansari

RBI steps to bolster Re fail to cheer markets; slide continues
New Delhi, June 25
The central bank and the government today announced a series of measures to increase capital inflow in the debt market to bolster the plunging rupee, but the markets were disappointed as they were expecting a broad-based package to boost economy.

audio-CD case
Graft charges framed against Virbhadra, wife
Shimla, June 25
Two days after he celebrated his 50 years in politics, a special court here today framed charges of corruption against Union Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh in the controversial audio-CD case.
                                         Virbhadra Singh, Union Minister

Assam flood toll rises to 10
Guwahati, June 25
Flood situation in Assam took a turn for the worse today with surging water of Brahmaputra river breaching embankments at various places in two Upper Assam districts of Dhemaji and Tinsukia inundating 200 more villages and affecting one lakh persons. The situation in the rest of 12 flood-affected districts has remained unchanged. Meanwhile, the flood toll has gone up to 10 in the state.

Child falls into pit, dies
Guwahati, June 25
A six-year-old girl, Anjali Kumari Singh, today died after she fell into a water-filled pit dug up for the construction of a concrete pillar on the premises of the Raj Bhawan in Shillong, Meghalaya. Addition Superintendent of Police, Shillong, Herbert Lyngdoh said the girl probably slipped and fell into the pit in the morning hours when it was raining heavily. A boy, Sujit Kumar, spotted her drowning in the water-filled pit and raised an alarm.

A day after Maahi tragedy Authorities go after sarpanch, landlord Gurgaon, June 25 A day after the body of four-year-old Maahi was pulled out of an illegally dug borewell, the authorities on Monday cranked up the official machinery in an attempt to fix responsibility in the case. File photo of rescue operation