CBI charges Shah, top cops with murder
Gujarat minister fails to turn up, faces arrest
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, July 23
The CBI today filed a chargesheet against Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah, a close aide of Narendra Modi, and 14 others in connection with the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and the “brutal killing” of his wife, Kausarbi.

India, US sign pact to counter terror Deal to allow data sharing on criminals

New Delhi, July 23 India and the United States today signed a Counter Terrorism Initiative that would facilitate access to the data of criminals, terrorists, sharing of real-time intelligence and building up of security network alongside forensic laboratories.

Home Secretary GK Pillai and US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer after signing the pact in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI

US slaps curbs on Haqqani Network
The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on three key leaders and financiers of the Taliban and its affiliated group, the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network.

Economy to grow at 8.5 pc: PM’s panel
New Delhi, July 23
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council today said the economy would expand by a faster than expected 8.5 per cent this fiscal, but cautioned that high inflation, low farm productivity and poor infrastructure could turn the story sour in the medium-term.

Business page: PM’s panel pegs exports at $216 bn

Kayani to stay, will ensure continuity: Gilani
The three-year extension given to Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani will ensure that the current leadership of the government, military and judiciary remains in office till 2013, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said here today.
Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

Editorial: It’s Kayani’s Pak

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Sikh ultras may target Delhi Games
Chandigarh, July 23
In an alert that, if true, would test the preparedness of our security agencies, intelligence units of Punjab Police have warned that foreign-based Sikh militants were planning to return to the state to engage in sabotage activities with the help of their local conduits. And that the Commonwealth Games, being held in October, too, could be on their radar.

1,300 live cartridges, magazines seized

Twister leaves village in a maze Fatehabad, July 23 Villagers working in their fields in Ahlisadar in Fatehabad were awestruck as they witnessed a phenomenon beyond their comprehension. They saw a “pipe” descending from the clouds, lifting water from flooded fields amid a strange whistling sound and the water so lifted sprinkled on neighbouring areas like a fountain. Ahlisadar village in Haryana’s Fatehabad district on Thursday witnessed a “pipe” descending from the clouds, lifting water from flooded fields and sprinkling it on neighbouring areas like a fountain Experts say a never-before, tornado-type extreme low- pressure system caused water to be lifted from the flooded fields in the form of a jet