BJP crowns Modi as PM candidate for 2014
Sulking Advani skips meeting Sushma, Joshi finally fall in line
New Delhi, September 13
The BJP today formally announced Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the party’s prime ministerial candidate for the 2014  Lok Sabha Elections.

BJP national president Rajnath Singh congratulates Gujarat CM Narendra Modi after declaring him BJP’s PM candidate in New Delhi on Friday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Hindutva poster boy takes Centre stage
Allies welcome BJP’s decision on Modi
(Reports on NATION page)

Death for four Dec 16 rapist-killers
New Delhi, September 13
A Delhi fast-track court today ordered that the four men — Akshay Kumar Singh (28), alias Thakur, Mukesh (26), Vinay Sharma (20) and Pawan Gupta (19) — convicted of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old girl in the National Capital last year be “hanged by the neck till they are dead”.

Opinions page: The gallows  A landmark judgment

IPL spot-fixing: BCCI bans Sree, Ankeet Chavan for life
New Delhi, September 13
Rajasthan Royals’ players S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan were today “banned for life” for their involvement in the IPL spot-fixing scandal by the Disciplinary Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Second Agni-V test flight likely tomorrow
Balasore, September 13
The second test flight of long-range nuclear-capable Agni-V missile may take place on September 15 from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast. 

Khurshid meets Pakistan PM’s Adviser in Bishkek
Discusses PM’s meeting with Sharif in New York
New Delhi, September 13
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today held an “informal” meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit at Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid meets Sartar Aziz, Special Adviser to Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, on the sidelines of SCO Summit in Bishkek on Friday. — PTI 

Jaishankar is envoy to US, Kantha goes to Beijing
New Delhi, September 13
S Jaishankar, Ambassador to China, has been named as the country’s next envoy to the US. Jaishankar, who was in strong contention for the post of the Foreign Secretary, will be replaced in Beijing by Ashok Kantha, currently Secretary (East) in the External Affairs Ministry.