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Goa cops begin probe in Tejpal case
Police question Tehelka’s managing editor, to examine her cell records; Tejpal to be quizzed next
New Delhi, November 23
Days after a Tehelka staffer emailed her senior colleague alleging rape by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal while they were in Goa, a three-member team of the state police reached the magazine’s office in Delhi’s Greater Kailash today and questioned the magazine’s managing editor Shoma Chaudhury.
A Goa police team at Tehelka office in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI (Tejpal inset)

Victim alleges intimidation by Tarun Tejpal’s family  (Details on Nation page)

PM: Terror forces may disrupt polls in J&K
New Delhi, November 23
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday warned that terrorist groups may try to disrupt the forthcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the security forces to remain alert.
PM Manmohan Singh with Union Minister Kapil Sibal at the DGPs’ conference in New Delhi. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Former chief of J-K exam panel held for sale of MBBS entrance papers
Srinagar, November 23
Mushtaq Peer, former Chairman of the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE), was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch today. He has been charged with illegal sale of Common Entrance Test (CET) papers.

Uttarakhand Addl Secy booked on rape charge
Dehradun, November 23
JP Joshi, the Additional Secretary posted in the Uttarakhand Home Department, has been booked on rape charge. He has been accused of raping a woman on the pretext of giving her a job. The 26-year-old victim, who hails from Uttarakhand, had lodged a zero-FIR at Pandav Nagar police station in  east Delhi. Joshi has filed a counter FIR against the woman in Dehradun for allegedly maligning his reputation.

Nepal Sikhs in a fix over Patna Sahib Jathedar’s directive on kar sewa 
Amritsar, November 23
The Sikhs in Nepal are facing a predicament ever since Takht Sri Patna Sahib Jathedar Giani Iqbal Singh’s recent visit to that country which sparked a controversy about the upkeep of gurdwaras there.

China sets up air defence zone over disputed islands with Japan
Beijing, November 23
China today established an air defence zone over disputed islands administered by Japan, a move that can exasperate tensions between the two countries. The defence ministry announced the establishment of East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone which comes into operation from today. (Details on World page)

Talks with Delhi after LS poll: Sharif Islamabad, November 23 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today pitched for the resumption of India-Pakistan dialogue to settle all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, but acknowledged that a breakthrough was likely only after the Indian general elections next year.Sharif said it was his PML-N party’s “principled stand” to have better ties with India and the recent firing and tensions on the Line of Control (LoC) were not in the interest of both sides. Pak envoy calls on Manmohan