e-mails shot to Geetika land Kanda in more trouble
Police slaps charges under IT Act on him
New Delhi/Gurgaon, August 21
The Delhi Police on Tuesday slapped sections of the Information Technology Act against Gopal Kanda for allegedly sending false electronic messages leading to harassment of his former employee Geetika Sharma even as it recovered a third hard disk with vital clues during raids at his Gurgaon farmhouse.

Haryana page: Brain-mapping of Kanda not needed: Cops

Cong placates Virbhadra, says his demands will not be ignored
New Delhi, August 21
The Congress leadership today succeeded in mollifying a defiant Virbhadra Singh who had threatened to leave the party to press his demand for a lead role in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls.

Himachal page: Unity in Cong still a far cry

Cop running militant group in J&K arrested
Two-member gang carried out 13 attacks in Srinagar in 18 months
Srinagar, August 21
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested two persons allegedly involved in 13 deadly attacks, including an assassination attempt on a cabinet minister and an attack on the civil secretariat, in the capital city over the past 18 months.

IGP SM Sahai (Centre) shows the huge cache of arms seized from the accused. Tribune photo: Amin War

More cops than workers as Maruti plant reopens
Manesar/Gurgaon, Aug 21
Partial production operations commenced at Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar plant, which reopened after more than a month today. The company management had declared a lockout at the plant following violence and arson on its premises on July 18.

Policemen and MSIL security personnel guard the company’s Manesar plant which reopened after a month-long lockout on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed

Tech hassles in blocking Twitter accounts New Delhi, August 21 Continuing with its effort of locating communally sensitive content on the Internet, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs India will now seek legal recourse to identify the persons uploading such content. Sixty-five more web-pages having offensive content have been identified. Manipuris who fled Bengaluru and Pune after rumours of attacks being provided with medical aid, food and other help on the Manipur- Nagaland border on Tuesday. — PTI Kerala outfit under scanner Thiruvananthapuram, August 21 Kerala-based Popular Front of India has come under the scanner of intelligence agencies for its suspected role in spreading inflammatory SMSs and MMSs following Assam violence, that triggered exodus of northeastern people from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. web pages blocked: pilot