Tuesday, September 11, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Sharif returns, deported to Jeddah
The government today deported former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif back to Jeddah, thwarting his bid to end a seven-year exile after spending four tense hours at the Islamabad airport. Bhutto may return to run for office Deportation an internal matter of Pak: Pranab Editorial: Sharif’s journey back
World page: Sharif’s wife to lead oust-Pervez campaign Nawaz gets emotional Bhutto smells right-wing conspiracy Nawaz Sharif wipes his eyes before disembarking a Pakistani aircraft in Islamabad on Monday. — Reuters

Report silent on troop cut in J&K
New Delhi, September 10
After a four-month study on troop deployment in militancy hit Jammu and Kashmir, a committee headed by defence secretary Vijay Singh submitted its report to the government but remained silent on the issue of troop reduction in the state.

Let’s miss the nuclear bus: Left
New Delhi, September 10
Ahead of the first meeting of the UPA-Left committee to sort out differences on the nuclear deal with the USA, Left parties today toughened their stance, saying nobody can convince them that the Hyde Act will have “no role or effect” on the bilateral agreement.

Using ‘cats’ to fight terror not unusual: Amarinder
Chandigarh, September 10
The issue of keeping “cats”- militants-turned police informers, today snowballed into a political controversy with former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh saying the police used “cats” to tackle terrorism all over the world and Punjab was no exception.
Editorial: Now it’s Virk’s turn

Eyes of three snatchers gouged out in Bihar
Nawada, September 10
After the recent torture of a thief by the police and public at Bhagalpur, the eyes of three motorcycle-snatchers were gouged out by locals before they were rescued by the police in Bihar's Nawada district today.

TV Sting
Uma Khurana granted bail
New Delhi, September 10
A government schoolteacher arrested in connection with a TV sting in an alleged sex racket was today freed on bail by a local court even as the Delhi High Court asked the state government why she was in jail if the evidence was “concocted”.
Court demands evidence

Plane rams into Amritsar airport aero-bridge Passengers have narrow escape Amritsar, September 10 All 166 passengers and crew members of a Turkmenistan Airways flight (T-555) had a miraculous escape when the plane rammed into an  aero-bridge of the under-construction building of the airport. The Turkeminstan Airways plane that rammed into an aero-bridge during takeoff at Rajasansi International Airport, Amritsar, on Monday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma