Twin blasts kill 65 in Pak
Islamabad, August 21
At least 55 persons were killed (65, according to PTI) and another 80 wounded, 35 of them seriously, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the gates of a Pakistan ordinance factory in Wah Cantonment.

The body of one of the two suspected suicide bombers lies on a road as policemen secure the area of the blasts at Wah, near Islamabad, on Thursday. The attackers blew themselves up almost simultaneously outside two gates of the sprawling factory complex. It is one of the country's most sensitive installations. — AFP photo

3 NSG countries question waiver
New Delhi, August 21
Clouds of uncertainty hung over the landmark Indo-US nuclear deal today despite top Indian diplomats making a valiant attempt to address the concerns of NSG nations about the country’s nuclear programme, with New Zealand, Austria and Ireland remaining well-entrenched in the camp opposing an unconditional waiver for India.

We need to be patient: Mulford

BMW hit-and-run case
Advocates Anand and Khan guilty
New Delhi, August 21
The Delhi High Court on Thursday convicted senior advocates R K Anand and I U Khan in the BMW expose case for obstructing administration of justice.

Editorial: Saboteurs of justice

PPP pitches for Zardari as president
In an orchestrated move, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has put forward the name of its co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for presidential elections, giving a dramatic twist to the search for the successor of Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

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Import of aircraft for personal use
Leading corporates evade duty worth crores
New Delhi, August 21
In one of the biggest cases of duty evasion that has exposed the soft underbelly of the corporates, the Customs Department has found that leading companies have evaded import duty of several hundred crores by making wrong declarations while importing aircraft for the personal use of their executives.

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4 cops killed in Maoist attack
Gaya (Bihar), August 21
Six persons, including four Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) jawans, were killed and five others injured in an encounter between the police and activists of the banned CPI (Maoist) at Raniganj here today.