PMO rubbishes Baru’s claims, says no files shown to Sonia
New Delhi, April 13
The PMO today hit out at Sanjaya Baru, former media adviser, saying his book contending that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was undermined by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi smacks of “fiction” and is a “coloured” view and rubbished as “baseless and mischievous” that its files were seen by her.

After Manpreet, namesake worries for Bhagwant Mann
Sangrur Independent Bhagwant Singh gets ‘kite’ symbol
Sangrur, April 13
Like People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) leader Manpreet Singh Badal, namesake worries are there to haunt Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Bhagwant Mann in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency. Incidentally, Bhagwant Mann was also in the PPP earlier.

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Militants attack NC leader’s house; 2 cops dead
Srinagar, April 13
Two policemen were killed when two militants attacked the residence of a senior high court judge, whose son is a leader of the state’s ruling party, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district today. The security forces later pinned down both militants in a nearby field and killed them.

Security personnel in Khrew village of Pulwama.

Missing Flight MH370
Batteries powering black boxes may have died
Perth, April 13
Amid fears that batteries of the crashed Malaysian plane's black boxes may have died, authorities today began to narrow the search area in the Indian Ocean to deploy an underwater drone to spot the debris.

A naval aircrewman on a search mission in the Indo-Asia- Pacific region. AFP

Horrifying tales of Punjabi youths stuck in Texas jail Chandigarh/Jalandhar, April 13 The well-oiled human trafficking network and business, involving the ferrying of hundreds or thousands of Punjabis to North America, is alive and kicking. Unscrupulous travel agents operating from the USA and New Delhi are minting money from these shady deals. Sister of Amritpal Singh, a Jalandhar youth detained in Texas, show his picture.