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‘Killer’ cop stabs UT inspector to death
Was on run after Sonepat double murder
Chandigarh, June 8
A fugitive Chandigarh Police constable brutally murdered an inspector and critically injured a home guard volunteer opposite the Sector-17 police station in the early hours of today.
Chandigarh Police Inspector Sucha Singh was murdered in his official vehicle on Saturday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

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Obama-Xi talks focus on cybersecurity
Cybersecurity was at the top of the agenda in talks between US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California on Friday and Saturday.
Barack Obama with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Annenberg Retreat in California. AP/PTI

Child kidnapped from Golden Temple complex
Amritsar, June 8
 A three-year-old child was allegedly kidnapped from the Golden Temple complex late last night. The boy, Gurmilap Singh, was sleeping with his family, which belongs to Ferozepur, when he was kidnapped by an unidentified woman. The victim’s father Manjit Singh, who was in a state of shock, refused to talk to the media. (Details on Punjab page)

Centre sends back Punjab’s Rs 186-cr scholarship proposal
Wants state govt to spell out exact number of SC beneficiaries
Payouts pending since 2011-2012
Chandigarh, June 8
The Union Ministry of Social Welfare has sent back a Punjab Government proposal seeking Rs 186.74 crore for scholarships to scheduled caste students in post-matric courses. It has told the state to provide the exact number of beneficiaries in all courses, instead of a figure based on “rough calculations”.

NCP in revamp mode, Pawar tells all ministers to resign
Mumbai, June 8
The Nationalist Congress Party is all set for a major revamp with party chief Sharad Pawar asking all his Central and state-level ministers to submit their resignations. Pawar called a meeting of all party leaders, including office-bearers and ministers, on Friday evening where they were asked to submit their resignations. Several ministers told reporters that draft resignation letters were already prepared and their signatures were taken as soon as the meeting commenced Friday evening.

Not compromising personal info, say Google, Facebook New Delhi, June 8 Amidst an uproar in the US over the government secretly tracking information on foreigners from Internet firms, Google and Facebook have categorically denied their participation in such a project. Both the US-based technology giants said that their organisations were not aware about the PRISM programme until it hit headlines.