| 18 hurt as train
                    rams into tempoLudhiana,
                    December 16
 Barely two days after a
                    train-bus accident in Moga, another train, 9
                    Ludhiana-Ferozepur DMU, hit a tempo at an unmanned crossing
                    near Nanaksar gurdwara, about 5 km from Jagraon, tonight,
                    injuring 18 persons. The condition of four of the injured
                    was stated to be critical.
 US
                    Varsity KillingsNo
                    leads as FBI joins hunt
 Washington,
                    December 16
 As the Federal Bureau
                    of Investigation (FBI) joined the hunt for the killers of
                    two Indian students at a US university, the winter break
                    there posed a new problem to investigators looking for
                    leads.
 US ‘concerned’ over new climate dealWashington, December 16
 A hard-fought deal by a 190-nation conference, to negotiate a new pact to fight global warming, has run into rough weather with the US today expressing "serious concerns" over some provisions and saying major developing countries like India and China should be set emission targets just like developed ones.
 
 
 
                      
                        | A Tribune Debate Judges vs
                          Judges
 A ruling by a two-member Supreme Court Bench against “judicial over-reach” and the subsequent remarks by Chief Justice of India Justice K.G. Balakrishan have given rise to a controversy at the bar and in the country.
 — H. K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief
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