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Law to curb sports frauds soon: Sibal
New Delhi, May 25
Law Minister Kapil Sibal today said the government had decided to enact a comprehensive, standalone national law to check match-fixing, spot-fixing and other dishonest practices in cricket and other sports. Even as Sibal made an announcement about the new law, sports ministers and secretaries of states and Union Territories attending a two-day conference at Vigyan Bhawan here agreed that the Centre should develop a model sports law for adoption by the states.

Guru in police custody till May 29
Mumbai, May 25
Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N Srinivasan and former CEO of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team, who was arrested last night, was remanded in police custody till May 29 today.
Gurunath Meiyappan outside Mumbai police headquarters. Reuters

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Red terror in Bastar; 17 dead
Naxals ambush Cong convoy in Chhattisgarh, kill 3 leaders Ex-Union Minister Shukla hurt
PCC chief, son abducted
Raipur, May 25
At least 17 persons, including senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, were killed and former Union Minister Vidya Charan Shukla and 19 others injured when heavily armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in a forest area of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district today.

Brig, 2 soldiers injured in cross-border firing in Kupwara
Srinagar, May 25
In the first ceasefire  violation from across the Line of Control (LoC) this year, a senior Army officer of the rank of Brigadier and two soldiers were injured when Pakistan troops opened fire in Nowgam sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir last evening.
Armymen patrol Kanyan bowl in Nowgam Sector where Pakistani troops violated truce and fired at Indian posts. PTI

Uzbekistan rues lack of Indian business
Tashkent, May 25
That Tashkent had a grouse with New Delhi over the near absence of Indian business in Uzbekistan came out clearly during Vice-President M Hamid Ansari's visit to this strategically located Central Asian nation that looks for more footfalls and investment by Indian businessmen to boost its economy.

B’desh allows foodgrain transit for N-E
Agartala, May 25
Bangladesh will allow India ferry foodgrains for the mountainous northeastern states via its territory, a Tripura minister said here. "Initially, the Bangladesh government has agreed to transport 10,000 tonnes of foodgrains for Tripura through its territory," said Tripura Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha. "The Bangladesh government issued orders earlier this week following a series of diplomatic and other parleys.” — PTI

Srinivasan rules out quitting
Mumbai, May 25
Even as the clamour for his ouster grew in the wake of his son-in-law’s arrest in connection with the spot-fixing scandal, defiant BCCI president N Srinivasan today refused to resign from his post. (Details on Nation page)

16 kids, teacher killed in Pakistan school bus fire
Lahore, May 25
In a tragic accident, 16 children and a teacher were charred to death in Pakistan's Punjab province today when a leaking gas cylinder triggered a fire in the bus taking them to school, the police said. (Details on World page)