K’taka BJP rebels set July 5 deadline for CM’s ouster
Bangalore, July 1
The rebel faction of the Karnataka BJP today set July 5 deadline for the party’s central leadership to effect a change of leadership in the state government and threatened to disobey the party’s diktat on the presidential elections if its demand was not met.

6 doctors booked for negligence after liver donor dies
Gurgaon, July 1
Six doctors of the multi-super specialty Medanta Medicity hospital here have been booked for causing the death of a liver part-donor due to negligence. 

Child falls into pit in Gurgaon, rescued
Gurgaon, July 1
Days after the tragic death of 4-year-old Maahi after falling into an abandoned borewell in the district, a two-and-a-half-year-old child, Sachin, fell into a 15-ft pit in Chauma village near Palam Vihar here this evening.

Gutted Sufi shrine to be restored in 2 yrs: Omar
Srinagar, July 1
A week after the shrine of Pir Dastageer Sahab was gutted triggering protests in the Valley, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the shrine would be restored, keeping its original characteristic intact, within two years.

Terror to dominate Indo-Pak talks
New Delhi, July 1
There is a palpable apprehension in official circles that the revelations made by Abu Jundal, a key plotter of the Mumbai attack, and Islamabad’s faux pas on the release of death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh may overshadow the foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan here on July 4-5.

4-0: Spanish Armada flattens Italy

Spanish players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Euro 2012 football championships final against Italy in Kiev on Sunday. — AFP (Details on Sports page)