Defuse border tension, Shinde to forces
Home Minister conducts aerial survey of LoC, blames Hafiz Saeed for spike in infiltration
Samba, October 22
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, against whom a red corner notice had been issued, could be training militants and visiting areas on the other side of the Line of Control (LoC) to facilitate their intrusion into the Indian Territory.
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde interacts with BSF men in Samba on Tuesday. — PTI 

Pak pounds 8 posts along LoC in Poonch
Jammu, October 22
Pakistani troops pounded at least eight Indian forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector today, at a time when Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde was reviewing the security scenario with top officers in Samba and Jammu.

PM in China, border defence pact on anvil 
Beijing, October 22
India and China are likely to sign a new Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) signalling the common intent of leadership on either side to maintain peace and tranquility across the borders that are not clearly demarcated.
PM Manmohan Singh being welcomed by Chinese officials in Beijing on Tuesday.

NHAI to SC: No stretch of Panipat-Jalandhar highway complete
New Delhi, October 22
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) today told the Supreme Court that the company which was given the contract for constructing the 291-km Panipat-Jalandhar highway had not done complete work even on one square inch of the road.

Govt mulls banning onion exports as prices touch Rs 90/kg
New Delhi, October 22
The government is mulling banning onion exports and crack whip on hoarders to contain prices, which have risen back to the Rs 80-90/kg level in the national capital owing to supply crunch.

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Punjab to have single-stage VAT regime
Chandigarh, October 22
In a major relief to traders, the Punjab Government has decided to remove the multiplicity in Value Added Tax (VAT) on all commodities by imposing it right at the manufacturing level. The move will not only simplify the taxation procedure, but also eliminate the practice of doing business without proper accounting of sales.