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SAARC SUMMIT
PM asks Pakistan to end terrorist activities
"We would like to see the implementation in letter and spirit of commitments made to bring to an end terrorist activities originating in Pakistan," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.
'Terrorism biggest threat to development'

Warning that terrorism has emerged as the 'single biggest threat' to development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday asked SAARC countries to jointly act and battle the scourge with determination.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse (R) during the SAARC Summit in Colombo on Saturday. AFP

Text of PM's speech at SAARC summit

PM to meet Gillani as relations dip

Pakistan PM condemns attack on Indian embassy

Army carries out flag marches in Jammu

Army troops on Saturday marched through city streets in the curfew-bound Jammu and Samba districts as tense situation prevailed following violent protests over the Amarnath land controversy.

Police use water cannon to disperse the Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti activists during a demonstration in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI

Uma Bharti detained in Jammu
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti was detained in the trouble-torn Jammu region while Sadivi Ritambhara was sent back, official sources said.

Hyde Act will lead the path of N-deal: CPM
The CPI(M), spearheading the Left opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal, on Saturday alleged that the safeguards agreement approved by the IAEA showed that the US Hyde Act would determine the path of the deal.

Who controls ISI? Confusion prevails in Pak
The Pakistan government became embroiled in the controversy when it hastily issued a notification that said the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) were being placed under the control of the interior ministry.

KARNATAKA

Invoke KOCA, CM tells police
Karnataka Organised Crimes Prevention Act(KOCA)provides for arrest without warrant and retention in custody without being produced before a court for about six months. Offences made out under the Act are non-bailable.
Explosive device defused in Bangalore
"It was a small and very low intensity explosive, one without any timer. The material was found late last night from Channapatna," Director General and Inspector General of police R Sri Kumar said.

'Lot of work to be done ahead of NSG meet'
The US has said it would keep up the momentum as there was still 'a lot of work' to be done and 'issues' addressed ahead of the key NSG meeting on the nuclear deal.

INDIA-SRI LANKA TEST SERIES
India lead by 237 runs With two full days left in the match, the Indians will now seek to take a substantial lead and hope to polish off the islanders quickly in the fourth innings when the track at the Galle International stadium was expected to deteriorate. Virender Sehwag (R) runs between the wickets during the third day of the second Test match. AFP

Replica of Historical Charminar being installed at Netaji Indoor Stadium during 64th Travel and Tourism Fair in Kolkata on Saturday. PTI

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TODAY'S PRINT EDITION

Front Page Stories

	IAEA okays India-specific safeguards agreement

	32 killed in AP train mishap

	Blasts: Govt sees foreign hand

	CONG WANTS CBI INQUIRY

	Security group employee flees with client's Rs 54 lakh

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NEWSCROLL

Seven girls 'abducted' in Muzaffarnagar

UK law ministry trips to India cost 100,000 pounds

Eat garlic daily 'to lower high blood pressure'

Emirates extends inflight mobile service

Gowariker honoured for making movies with a purpose

Brazilian culture minister Gilberto Gil leaves politics for music

Gene exposes women with migraine to increased cardiac risk

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CET forum in DH

Launching a new forum called 'Mission Admission', Deccan Herald attempts to make the testing days ahead a bit easier. This new forum will help candidates keep track of news and information on the CET, the Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) of COMEDK and key entrance tests thereafter.

BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008
Will Beijing be hosting a 'No-fun' Olympic Games? With tight visa procedures, inflated hotel prices that have kept tourists away, restrictions on car travel, some are wondering if Beijing will be able to recreate the party atmosphere of Sydney and Athens. But authorities in Beijing have warned of an unprecedented terror threat to the Olympics, particuarly from its Muslim Xinjiang region, and have made no apologies for putting security of athletes and tourists as their top priority. Chinese paramilitary police officers march into the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies and athletics competition for the games, which open on Aug. 8. Right: A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of an Olympic logo at Shanghai Stadium, one of the remote venues of the Olympics. Shanghai will host nine men's soccer matches and three women's matches. AP Photo Sharapova pulls out of Olympics The Russian withdrew from the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal on Wednesday after a marathon second-round win over Marta Domachowska, and a scan revealed two small tears in her right shoulder. Above: Maria Sharapova, of Russia, gets medical treatment to her shoulder in her winning match against Poland's Marta Domachowska during second round action at the Rogers Cup tennis match Wednesday in Montreal. Right: A stilt dancer looks at photos taken by one of his fellow performers as they wait to go on stage during a cultural and sports show to celebrate the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Friday.
Gosper slams IOC officials over Internet 'deal' The Australian, an IOC member for 31 years and chairman of the IOC press commission, said he believed China had reached "an understanding" with Olympic officials that allowed censorship for foreign press covering the Beijing Games. China unblocks some websites at media centre Journalists at the media centre were able to access sites for human rights advocate Amnesty International, US broadcaster Radio Free Asia, the China-critical Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, and Human Rights Watch as well as the site of a group advocating Taiwan independence.
Hu warns against 'politicising' Games Politicising the games was contrary to the world's wishes for the Olympics and would "in the end undermine the Olympic movement," Hu told a group of foreign journalists. DESPITE MASSIVE ANTI-DOPING CAMPAIGNS Competitors will risk everything for an Olympic medal Testers have promised developments in tracing substances such as human growth hormone, which are undetectable with standard testing methods. Some observers argue that drugs use is not increasing, but the sophistication of testing is -- which is netting more cheats. Performers wait to go on stage during a cultural and sports show to celebrate the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Friday. AP