FRONT PAGE Central law empowering home buyers upheld NATIONAL President gives assent to UAPA Bill China opposes unilateral action in J&K ‘Centre will not touch Article 371F’ Law and order steps are temporary, says Ministry OPINION In Beed, a harvest of crushed hopes Incisive interventions that blunt the RTI’s edge Not the final word from Islamabad and Delhi State of the Union Taking on the mob BUSSINESS Public sector banks link lending, repo rates IIP growth slips to 4-month low