6 CRPF men killed in encounter
SRINAGAR, Dec 5 — In two simultaneous suicide attacks by militants on security forces camps, at least six CRPF personnel and three militants were killed and nine others injured in Kashmir since last evening.

Edit: All aboard peace wagon

No tripartite talks: India
NEW DELHI, Dec 5 — Ruling out tripartite talks on Jammu and Kashmir, India today made clear that Pakistan needed to initiate more concrete steps, for “an environment suitable for resumption of the composite dialogue”.

LS, RS adjourned over Ayodhya issue
NEW DELHI, Dec 5 — The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day after an unyielding Opposition with the Congress in the vanguard demanded the resignation of Home Minister L.K. Advani and two other Union Ministers chargesheeted by the CBI in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Advani must quit, says Congress
NEW DELHI, Dec 5 — Maintaining that the BJP had two set of rules for its ministers, the Congress today said it would agitate both inside and outside the Parliament till its demand for discussion under Rule 182 was accepted.

• Cong demand out of place: BJP

China ready to contact Dalai Lama
BEIJING, Dec 5 — China today reaffirmed its willingness to meet the Dalai Lama, a day after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said his brother had travelled to Beijing to reopen a dialogue stalled for two years.

Two rare Vishnu statues excavated in Kaithal village KURUKSHETRA, Dec 5 — The Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB) has once again unravelled the glorious past of this region. Its two archaeologists, Mr Rajesh Purohit, who is working as a Curator of the Shri Krishna Museum, and Mr R.S. Rana (lecturer guide) in the museum, has digged out rare statues in Rasina village situated on the Karnal-Kaithal border.