Terror on tracks: Ultras target Kashmir rail link
Blow up Baramulla-Qazigund line; HM hand suspected; no casualties; 2 trains cancelled
Kakpora (Pulwama) April 2
For the first time since the start of railway services in the Kashmir valley, militants blew up part of the Baramulla-Qazigund line near the Kakpora railway station in Pulwama district late last night, disrupting traffic for several hours.

DERAILING PEACE: Northern Railway workers repairing the railway track near Galbaugh in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The track was damaged in an IED blast last night. Tribune photo: Amin War

US confident of India passing N-liability Bill
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh struggles with opposition in India over nuclear liability legislation, a US official has said it is up to the Singh government to figure out a way forward, but that he is confident about the commitment in New Delhi to pass the Bill.

Suspension of hydel projects: U’khand govt to move court
Cites acute shortage, demands 1,000 MW free power in return
Dehradun, April 2
The issue of hydel power projects in Uttarakhand is snowballing into a major controversy with the BJP Government in the state planning to move court and challenge the Centre’s decision to suspend Pala Maneri (480 MW) and Bhaironghati (381 MW) projects on environmental grounds.

Siddiquis turn heat on Shoaib
Release ‘marriage’ certificate to media
Hyderabad, April 2
The cross-border romance between Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik took a new twist today with Ayesha Siddiqui, a Hyderabad girl claiming to be the first wife of the Pakistani cricketer, releasing the proof of their marriage performed way back in 2002 and accusing him of lying.

On Facebook, Pakistanis welcome ‘Sania bhabhi’
Sena criticises Sania move

Farisha Siddiqui (L) and M A Sddiqui (R), parents of Ayesha Siddiqui, address a press conference in Hyderabad on Friday and (right) a copy of the marriage certificate released by them. — PTI

Ruchika Molestation
Nod to strip Rathore of police medal
New Delhi, April 2
Disgraced Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, recently convicted for molesting Panchkula teenager Ruchika Girhotra, is set to lose the police medal conferred upon him for meritorious service. President Pratibha Patil has given her assent to the Home Ministry reference in this regard.

UAE COURT VERDICT ‘50 of us were tortured, 17 confessed...’ Lucky to be back home, Jalandhar youth narrates Sharjah horror Jalandhar, April 2 Arvinder Singh cannot forget the dreadful night in January last year when the Sharjah Police swooped down on him and 49 other Indian youths while they were sleeping. They were taken into custody and brutally tortured without saying what wrong they had committed.