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Cabinet rejigs anti-graft Bill; delinks Lokayuktas in states
PM, CJI, LS Oppn leader to select CBI chief; no transfer powers with Lokpal
New Delhi, January 31
Setting the stage for the enactment of the anti-graft institution of Lokpal, the Union Cabinet today cleared amendments suggested by a select parliamentary panel to the proposed legislation and decided to delink setting up Lokayuktas in the state, as against the demand articulated by Anna Hazare.

Decision on CBI BJP flays Govt Can’t trust PM: Anna

Brahmaputra Dams
Ensure India’s interests are not hit, China told
New Delhi, Jan 31
Alarmed over reports suggesting that China proposed to construct three more dams on river Brahmaputra in Tibet, India today asked Beijing to ensure that the interests of downstream states were not harmed by any activities in upstream areas.

Antony for wait and watch policy on ties with Pak
New Delhi, January 31
Defence Minister AK Antony today reiterated a “wait and watch” policy in normalising relations with Pakistan while dismissing its claims of the Indian Army having beheaded Pakistani soldiers in the past.

Drug lord Kandola acted as ‘frontman’ for bigwigs
Chandigarh, January 31
Investigations carried out by the Enforcement Directorate have revealed that drug kingpin Ranjit Singh, alias Raja Kandola, was just a frontman for “well-connected bigwigs in politics, administration and even police” engaged in shady drug and property deals. The NRI drug kingpin was arrested in August 2012 in connection with a drug smuggling case worth at least Rs 200 crore.

Special to The Tribune
India, Pak came close to N-confrontation 5 times
Shyam Bhatia in London
India and Pakistan came dangerously close to a nuclear confrontation on at least five occasions in the past 20 years, according to a visiting Pakistani nuclear physicist, defence analyst and editor of a new book “Confronting the Bomb: Indian and Pakistani Scientists Speak Out.”

Amarnath Yatra to begin from June 28; health certificate must
Jammu, January 31
The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board has decided not to allow anybody to undertake the arduous pilgrimage without a health certificate this year. The duration of the pilgrimage will be 55 days and it will begin on June 28. No one below the age of 13 or above 75 years would be allowed to undertake the yatra.