Kashmir Valley was shut on Monday to mourn and protest the June 11 killing of a Srinagar student in police action against a group of stone-pelting anti-India protesters which he reportedly was not a part of. During the strike called by separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, irate mobs clashed with police and CRPF at more than a dozen places in summer capital Srinagar and in the towns of Sopore and Anantnag leaving scores injured.

A day after the agitating jat leaders cut off the water supply to the city, the crisis deepened in south and east parts of the city. Though the agitators called off their protest on Monday morning, normal water supply to the city is expected to be resumed only by Tuesday evening, as the treatment plants, Sonia Vihar and Bhagirathi, went dry on Monday.

On the heels of the Mangalore air-crash, the DGCA is monitoring several aspects of the functioning of Air India Express including monitoring of flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules for flight crew, number of pilots on the regular roll of Air India Express, the number of officers in the airline posted to oversee operations, safety and training aspects as well as the current number of mechanics working with the airline. Air India Express is the low cost carrier of Air India.

Viswanathan Anand dismissed Veselin Topalov’s comments about seeking assistance from former champions Gary Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik during the world championship tie. The Bulgarian, after losing 5.5-6.5 in the summit clash, had reportedly said that Anand should not have been proud in taking help from people who were ‘arrogant’ in their behaviour towards him.

In the ongoing tug-of-war between the Rajasthan government and Jaipur’s erstwhile royal family over the acquisition of certain properties of the latter, the former royals won major relief from the Supreme Court on Monday as it directed the state to restore the possession of Kanak Bhavan to the family.

Having missed the date several times in the past, Hockey India on Monday announced its much-awaited elections next month, while ratifying the affiliations of 33 units.
Hockey India president Vidya Stokes held a special general council meeting here on the day, which was also attended by sports ministry observer S.P.S. Tomar, and federation secretary Narinder Batra.

Even as the Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction to the Centre for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to prevent same “gotra marriages”, an NGO approac-hed the top court for stopping “honour killings” on the pressure of khap panchayats.

The poor showing in the T20 World Cup and the tri-series in Zimbabwe should be a good wake-up call for India.
With half the side scheduled to join the team here on Tuesday evening, skipper M.S. Dhoni exuded confidence. “Pressure will always be there. As an Indian cricketer I have not played a single match without pressure.

Naga leaders, after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday, hinted at a temporary suspension of their 65-day-old blockade of two national highways in the Northeast.

Pakistan, ravaged by infighting and match-fixing allegations, will look to turn a corner against a formidable Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup opener at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium. Speedster Shoaib Akthar and batsman Shoaib Malik return to the squad, providing the team with experience.