Maoists kill 15 in Orissa
Nayagarh/Bhubaneswar, February 16
Maoists yesterday killed 15 persons, including 14 policemen, and took away a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in a planned attack on three police stations, an outpost, a police training school and armoury in Orissa’s Nayagarh district.

Maoists are not biggest security threat: Shivraj
New Delhi, February 16
A day after 14 persons were killed by Maoist rebels in a major offensive in Orissa, home minister Shivraj Patil today denied that Left wing extremism was the single biggest security challenge to the country.

The last supper

38 killed in blast outside PPP office
Islamabad, February 16
A suicide car bomb outside a Pakistani election candidate’s office killed 38 persons in the violent northwest on Saturday, the last day of campaigning for an election meant to complete a transition to civilian rule.

Student shot dead in school by classmates
Ghaziabad, February 16
In yet another incident of gun violence in educational institutions, a XIIth standard student was shot dead allegedly by two of his classmates at a school near here today.

Kidney Scam: Cop to face identification parade
New Delhi, February 16
A cop who allegedly extorted over Rs 19 lakh from a doctor, suspected to be linked to the prime accused in the kidney scam, and let him go scot-free will face a test identification parade (TIP).

Another case of kidney removal?

‘Unmanned’ tragedy again, four killed
Ghanauli (Ropar), February 16

Four members of a family were killed and two seriously injured at an unmanned level crossing at Alipur village, about 10 km from Ropar, today. The mishap took place when the auto-rickshaw in which the victims were travelling was hit by a train coming from Chururu in Himachal Pradesh.

The remains of the auto-rickshaw that was hit by a train at Alipur village near Ropar on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

8 undertrials escape
Ludhiana, February 16
Seven undertrials, all belonging to the Bangala tribe and involved in dozens of cases of robbery and murders, made a daring escape from the Central Jail late tonight. The undertrials escaped when the Kapurthala police was handing them over to the jail authorities.

M’rashtra woos migrants back as SSIs hit hard
Mumbai, February 16
The Maharashtra government has decided to guarantee protection to migrant workers in a bid to woo back those who fled the state in the wake of violence orchestrated by Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.

‘We won’t allow UP Day celebrations’

Voluntary retirees from forces entitled to disability pension: SC Chandigarh, February 16 In an order which would benefit a large number of armed forces personnel, the Supreme Court has ruled that disabled soldiers who opt pre-mature retirement at their own request are entitled to disability pension. Defence personnel with disabilities attributable to or aggravated by military service are eligible for disability pension. The government, however, had been refusing payment of disability pension to personnel who had left the forces voluntarily on compassionate grounds.