VHP digs in with pillars, says PM made no effort
A day after the Prime Minister said only the courts would settle the Ayodhya dispute and just 24 hours before the second round of polling in UP, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad began consecrating the pillars for the new temple to be built. [ full story]

Funding of terror: ED to get back teeth
A Bill is likely to be introduced in the budget session of Parliament for making amendments in the Foreign Exchange Management Act, a step the ED has been urging since October last year. [ full story ]

Militants kill eight in remote Rajouri village, LeT suspected
Less than a week before the by-election for the Jammu-Poonch parliamentary constituency, militants struck at a small remote hamlet of Narla in this district, killing eight members of three Hindu families. [ full story ]

Dalits’ own seats, Mayawati’s nightmare

Rx: Keep cool
Reports from interior Himachal Pradesh of deaths caused by a disease that appears to be plague have already caused widespread panic in the region and panic, as we all know, is a notoriously contagious condition.

After the riot
Anyone wanting to track the state of Afghanistan would do well to simply keep vigil at Kabul’s Olympic Stadium.

Hunger for change
That hunger and malnutrition coexist with a surplus of foodgrain clearly signals that agricultural goals are no longer synonymous with food security goals, writes Nira Ramachandran.

Hardworker gets much deserved pay hike
‘‘Harmeet Kahlon has proved that dedication and hard work never go in vain,’’ said Jeev Milkha Singh as his city mate won his first professional tournament — the Hero Honda Masters which concluded at the DLF Golf and Country Club this afternoon.