Patna blasts
Mastermind in police net
Probe points to IM link; Ranchi module behind serial explosions
Patna/Ranchi, October 28
Investigations have pointed towards an Indian Mujahideen(IM) link to the Patna serial blasts. The Jharkand Police today said one of the two arrested terrorists, who was believed to be the mastermind, belonged to the nascent 'Ranchi Module" of the banned terror outfit.
Nation page: Nitish went soft on terror for gains: BJP

Editorial: Security failure An NSG team after collecting samples from a toilet at Patna junction where a crude bomb exploded, on Monday. — PTI

No Diwali cheer for Punjabi farmers in Kutch
Naliya (Gujarat), October 28
As the nation enthusiastically prepares to celebrate Diwali, hundreds of Punjabi and Haryanavi families settled in the Kutch region of Gujarat have decided not to celebrate the festival this year.

Sukhwinder Singh and his family members show their land lying untilled in absence of a tubewell connection in  Rava village in Kutch district. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

Punjab cops’ fight against peddlers goes awry
Ferozepur, October 28
Fake cases have come as an embarrassment to the Punjab Police, which is battling drug smugglers, especially in this border district. Paramjit Singh of Ruknewala village was branded a narcotic smuggler in August this year for the recovery of 30 kg poppy husk from his fields.

Armyman killed in fresh LoC firing
Srinagar, October 28
Barely two days after the guns fell silent on the J-K border, an Army personnel was killed in firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district last night.
 J&K page: Pak offers olive branch

Fugitive IM terror suspect nabbed
Mumbai, October 28
Afzal Usmani, the alleged operative of the Indian Mujahideen who escaped from a Mumbai court last month, was arrested from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.

Operative of the Indian Mujahideen Afzal Usmani being produced at a Mumbai court on Monday. — PTI

Pak ex-acting Prez visits his ancestral home in Jalandhar Jalandhar, October 28 This city virtually rolled out the red carpet for former acting President of Pakistan, Wasim Sajjad, who visited Jalandhar to see his ancestral house at Suraj Ganj locality near Jyoti Chowk here today. Former acting President of Pakistan, Wasim Sajjad (second from left), looks at his ancestral house at Suraj Ganj locality near Jyoti Chowk in Jalandhar. Photo: Sarabjit Singh