Pak rejects charges of interference
Islamabad, December 8
Pakistan today rejected Afghan Interior Minister Younous Qanooni’s allegations that it interfered in the affairs of Kabul and denied reports that it had sent a huge consignment of weapons to the Taliban at the height of the US war in Afghanistan.

POTO must to check militancy
Abolish pension, Advani tells states
New Delhi, December 8
Union Home Minister, L.K. Advani today said the lack of a political consensus would not stop the government from introducing an anti-terrorism law to counter the menace of militancy in the country.

In video: Union Home Minister L K Advani addresses the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi.(28k, 56k)

Ranil to take oath as Lanka PM today
Colombo, December 8
The United National Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in tomorrow as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, his party sources said here today.

Khonglam sworn in CM of Meghalaya
Shillong, December 8
Dr Flinder Anderson Khonglam was sworn in the new Meghalaya Chief Minister, the third since 1998 elections, at a function at Raj Bhavan here tonight.

Badungar tries to pacify Talwandi
Cancels transfer of his relatives
Amritsar, December 8
In a move apparently aimed at reconciliation, Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar, the SGPC chief, today cancelled the transfer of Mr Jawahar Singh, in charge of the Chandigarh sub-office to Amritsar, had widened the differences between Mr Talwandi and Prof Badungar.