BSF foils Pak infiltration bid in Samba sector
Samba (Indo-Pak border), May 9
Just days ahead of the purposed Pakistan visit by the Indian external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the Indo-Pakistan relations, a major incident of ceasefire violation has been reported in this forward area on the international border between the two nations.
A BSF jawan displays empty cartridges in Jammu on Friday. The cartridges were found near the Pakistan border in Vanglad village, 55 km south of Jammu, after a firing incident. — Reuters

Honour Killing
Family strangles daughter, lover in Haryana
Balla (Karnal), May 9

In yet another incident of honour killing in Haryana, a Jat family allegedly strangled its daughter, who was pregnant, and a local youth from the same community to death early this morning.

Sunita and Jasbir. — Tribune photographs

Inflation creeps up to 7.61%
New Delhi, May 9
“More administrative steps will be taken as and when necessary,” said the defensive finance minister P Chidambaram, as inflation rose to a 42-month high of 7.61 per cent in the week ended April 26 due to costlier vegetables, fruits ,tea, spices and some manufactured products.

Arjun fires another salvo
New Delhi, May 9
Human resource development minister Arjun Singh, who has a reputation for creating controversies, has once again set the cat among the pigeons. A day after his cryptic statement questioning the current decision-making process in the Congress raised eyebrows, the veteran leader set off another storm with his remark that assessment of loyalty in the party is being judged from a narrow and limited perspective.

Chinese N-subs no threat to India: Naval chief
Mumbai, May 9
Submarines from the Chinese Navy operating out of an underground base in the South China Sea posed no threat to Indian interests, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta told reporters here at the end of the annual naval commanders’ conference today.

3 foundry workers asphyxiated
Karnal, May 9
Three factory workers died due to asphyxia at a local foundry unit after they fell into a tank early this morning. The police said a few workers at Prakash Iron Foundry on Hansi Road were cleaning the outlet when the incident took place.
Mahabiri mourns the death of her son Satish who died due to asphyxia at a foundry unit near Karnal on Friday. — Tribune photo by 
Ravi Kumar

3,000-cr scholarship scheme approved New Delhi, May 9 In the first major move towards strengthening secondary education in India, the Centre today approved the ambitious National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship scheme for students from classes IX to XII. Announced last year in the budget speech by union finance minister P. Chidambaram, the scheme seeks to arrest the high dropout rate at secondary-level by offering financial support to economically backward students.