Govt eases curbs on foreign institutional investors
Chidambaram promises more reforms to meet current account deficit
New Delhi, March 23
The government has decided to ease rules to meet the current account deficit (CAD) by allowing foreign institutional investors (FIIs) more liberal access to the Indian corporate bond market from April.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram with Finance Secretary RS Gujral during the National Editors Conference in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

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Omar takes up Hizb man’s arrest with Shinde
Delhi Police insists Liyaqat was on terror mission, hadn’t come to surrender
Jammu/New Delhi, March 23
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday discussed with Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde the arrest of Syed Liyaqat Shah, an alleged Hizb terrorist arrested by the Delhi Police.

fourth test
Australia hit back as offie Lyon scalps 5
Hosts finish Day 2 at 266/8
Take 4-run lead
New Delhi, March 23
At stumps on the second day of the fourth Test, Australia had let India gain a first-innings lead of only four runs. India were 266/8 in reply to Australia’s 262. The scales are evenly balanced, perhaps favouring Australia because India must bat last on this tricky wicket.





Australian off-spinner N Lyon in action during the fourth Test against India in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Blackbuck hunting case: Charges framed against Saif, 3 other actors
Jaipur, March 23
The court of the chief judicial magistrate, Jodhpur, on Saturday read out charges against four Bollywood stars — Tabu, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and Saif Ali Khan — in the 14-year-old case of blackbuck poaching while shooting for a film.

Antony stresses self-reliance in defence
Tells DRDO to complete unfinished projects without delay
New Delhi, March 23
Defence Minister AK Antony today reiterated the importance of self-reliance in producing military equipment if India were to emerge as a big power.

IAF Marshal Arjan Singh salutes Defence Minister AK Antony at the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI

Taliban vow to send Musharraf to ‘hell’ on his return to Pakistan Islamabad, March 23 Pakistan's Taliban have threatened to dispatch suicide bombers and snipers to kill former President Pervez Musharraf when he returns home from exile on Sunday after nearly four years to contest the May 11 election.