Gangraped, teenager sets herself afire in Jind 
Jind/hisar, October 6
Buffeted by national outrage over a series of gang rapes, Haryana on Saturday found its shame unmitigated when a teenage Dalit victim committed suicide in Jind, and a Hisar woman complained she was abducted and repeatedly raped over the past one month.

Abetment to suicide: SC marks contours for office situations
New Delhi, October 6
Any boss who persistently harasses an employee and insults him by saying that anyone else in his place would have committed suicide will attract the charge of abetment to suicide, the Supreme Court has ruled.

HIMACHAL PRADESH polls 2012
Virbhadra to contest from Shimla rural
New Delhi/Shimla, Oct 6
Former Himachal chief minister Virbhadra Singh is among the 51 candidates whose names were cleared for next month’s Assembly polls in the state by the Congress Central Election Committee today.

List of Congress candidates

Assam village made famous by a bird
Guwahati, October 6
Dadara is not just another village in Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley. Located about one-hour drive away from Guwahati, the village boasts of a rare tree-top nesting colony of the endangered Greater Adjutant Storks.

Imran leads peace march against US drone strikes
Ignoring security warnings by the government, hundreds of supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Saturday set off on a motorcade "peace march" to the terrorists-riddled South Waziristan to protest US drone strikes in the tribal belt. (Details on world page)

Anna backs Kejriwal’s demand for probe against Vadra
New Delhi/Ralegan Siddhi, October 6
A day after levelling allegations against businessman Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, for amassing land assets worth Rs 350 crore. (Details on nation page)