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Pak violates LoC truce again
Jammu, October 11
Pakistani troops opened heavy fire on forward Indian posts and two villages in three sub-sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) today, inviting strong retaliation from the Indian Army.

India undecided on PM’s participation in CHOGM
New Delhi, October 11
India is in a dilemma on whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) in Colombo next month, given the vehement opposition to his participation from political parties in Tamil Nadu.

HC tells Punjab bureaucrat Ladhar to refund ‘arbitration fee’ with interest
Chandigarh, October 11
It’s payback time for IAS officer SR Ladhar. He will have to shell out more than he pocketed as arbitration fee. The Commissioner, Jalandhar division, was today asked by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to refund the amount collected by him as fee for arbitration work.

Duronto, Rajdhani fares to go up from Oct 17
New Delhi, October 11
Fares of premier trains, such as Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto, will go up again from October 17, as the Railway Ministry has decided to revise the rate of the food being served on these trains.

Rs 100 cr drug haul in Patiala
Patiala, October 11
A day after AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi spoke about rampant drug abuse in Punjab, the Patiala police today recovered synthetic drug worth more than Rs 100 crore with the arrest of five members of an inter-state gang of drug smugglers by the Rajpura police. (Details on Punjab page)

Nobel Peace Prize for weapons watchdog
Oslo, October 11
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an obscure body recently thrust into the spotlight by the Syria crisis, today won the Nobel Peace Prize for its work to rid the world of chemical weapons. (Details on World page)