15-day Keran operation ends, Army Chief blames Pakistan
New Delhi/Srinagar, October 8
The Army on Tuesday called off the 15-day Keran operation in the frontier district of Kupwara and declared the sector cleared of infiltrators, even as Army Chief General Bikram Singh said it was impossible to infiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) without the Pakistani Army's knowledge.


A file photo of Army jawans during a search operation in the Keran sector of J-K.

No SC relief for Centre on Aadhaar card
New Delhi, October 8
The Centre today failed to get any relief from the Supreme Court on the Aadhaar card issue even as it contended that the SC had issued two orders, one for linking the Aadhaar to public distribution system (PDS) for checking corruption and the other for non-insistence of the card for offering subsidy or other benefits and services to the people.

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Telangana tussle
Employees’ talks with CM fail; health, transport services hit
Hyderabad, October 8
The spectre of southern power grid collapse is looming large with more than 30,000 employees of electricity department in the Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh vowing to continue their indefinite strike following failure of talks with the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy here tonight.

Dalits need Jupiter’s escape velocity to break free: Rahul
New Delhi, October 8
Representatives of the Valmiki community burst into applause today when Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi described the Dalits as the “spine of the party”, saying he would love to see them in Assemblies and Parliament.

Tandoor case: Sushil’s death penalty commuted to life term
New Delhi, October 8
The Supreme Court today commuted to life term the death sentence awarded to Sushil Sharma for murdering his wife Naina Sahni in July 1995 and trying to dispose of the body by burning it in a ‘tandoor’ (clay oven) at his restaurant at the then Ashok Yatri Niwas (a budget hotel between Parliament building and the historic Jantar Mantar) of India Tourism Development Corporation. 

‘Questionable’ land deals in Mohali  to be probed
Chandigarh, October 8
The Punjab Government has ordered an inquiry into the alleged evasion of stamp duty by undervaluing land being sold or bought by certain politicians in Mohali district.

Sikh family attacked at Gujarat farm, four injured
Chandigarh, October 8
At least four members of a Sikh family were injured when they were attacked by a group of men at their farm in Loria village of Bhuj district in Gujarat early this morning, reports reaching here said.