`Politicians and trade unions to blame for NPAs'
A member of the Parliamentary Committee on Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), former Congress MP Surinder Singla saw red when CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta blamed businessmen for bad loans in these columns earlier this week.



Chandrika's suicide bomber identified
Sri Lankan investigators probing last month's abortive assassination bid on President Chandrika Kumaratunga have identified the female suicide bomber and have detained her mother and sister for questioning, police said.



9 solar-powered rockets found in Jammu
Recovery of nine sophisticated solar-powered rockets and a powerful IED in the past two days from areas near Jammu city has taken the veil off the ISI plan to target the winter capital of the state in a big way.



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