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LeT’s Saeed feeds on Shinde’s Hindu terror talk, BJP fumes
Wants Home Minister sacked; asks PM, Sonia to apologise
New Delhi/Lahore, January 21
Mumbai attacks mastermind and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed on Monday sought to exploit Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's jibe against the RSS and BJP, saying Indian "propaganda" against Pakistani organisations of spreading terror now stood "exposed".

‘Visa on arrival put on hold as Pak demands too many papers’ : World page

N-talks with Australia in March
New Delhi, January 21
India and Australia today announced that they would launch negotiations on a civil nuclear cooperation agreement in New Delhi in March, which will facilitate the export of uranium to India to meet its growing energy needs.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid with his Australian counterpart Bob Carr in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Situation along LoC better now: Khurshid
New Delhi, January 21
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said the situation along the border with Pakistan was a lot better than what it was earlier this month but indicated that India was in no hurry to open negotiations with the neighbouring country over the recent tension.

Op Morocco: A secret chase for 26/11 plotter’s wife 
New Delhi, January 21
Referred to as ‘Operation Morocco’, this top secret Indian intelligence mission was ‘killed’ just when it was about to yield results. 

Badals away, all quiet in corridors of power
Chandigarh, January 21
Life has seemingly slowed down in the Punjab Secretariat for the past some days. No usual hustle and bustle associated with a popular government is visible there these days. Political activity has almost come to a standstill in the corridors of power. 

Rape trial over in five hearings 
Patiala court hands down 7-year RI to accused
Patiala, January 21
The court of Patiala District and Sessions Judge has decided a rape case in just five hearings. 

CJI salutes anti-rape protesters : Nation page

Bell wants England to rise to occasion
Mohali, January 21
England may find conditions in Mohali very ‘English summer’ like, but the visiting side has many things to iron out.  (Details on Sports page)

6 yrs of anti-domestic violence law
Women facing severe forms of physical abuse at homes
New Delhi, January 21
At a time when the country is witnessing unprecedented outrage over lack of safety for women in public places, evidence has surfaced to suggest that they are braving horrible forms of violence even at homes. : Nation page

Taliban suicide squad attacks Kabul police complex; 3 killed
Kabul, January 21
 NATO troops joined a fight against a Taliban suicide squad that stormed a Kabul police headquarters at dawn today, killing three police officers and unleashing a standoff that lasted for more than eight hours. : World page