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Wednesday, October 26

Sarabjit's life is second to money
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 05:58 PM IST
Just weeks after his plight made national and international headlines, the family of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in Pakistan, is fighting over money received for his cause.
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Karnataka seeks Rs 500 cr aid from Centre
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 05:53 PM IST
Lashed by unprecedented downpour which has claimed 26 lives over the past four days, Karnataka on Wednesday kept the army as standby to assist it in rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit areas and appealed to the Centre for Rs 500 crore interim financial aid.
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Vizag airport to start operating from Thursday
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 05:49 PM IST
Flight operations from Visakhapatnam airport that was inundated for the past few days would resume from Thursday. "We have inspected the runway and decided to resume regular fights from tomorrow".
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Melody queen donates Rs 23 lakh to Rotary
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 05:42 PM IST
Melody queen and Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar donated Rs 23 lakh from her MP Local Area Development fund to the Rotary club of Madras.The donation was meant for construction of two blocks of VHS Senior Citizens home at Voluntary Health Service Campus in the city.
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Don't compromise with ideology: Shekhawat
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 05:35 PM IST
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today deprecated the tendency to compromise with ideology for the sake of fulfilling political aspirations, saying such attitude was improper.
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Jan Nayak Express looted
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 04:41 PM IST
Valuables worth thousands of rupees were looted by dacoits in the Amritsar-Darbhanga Jan Nayak Express train between Sugauli and Semra railway stations of east central railway, official sources said.
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MiG-21 crashes at Bangalore Airport
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 04:23 PM IST
An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday on take-off in Bangalore but no deaths or injuries were reported, a military spokesman said. "It's a MiG-21 from the aircraft testing establishment. While on a routine training sortie it experienced problems during take-off from.
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BSF kills one, 15% polling so far
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 03:39 PM IST
A booth grabber was shot dead by the BSF in Raghopur from where former chief minister Rabri Devi is contesting the elections, as an estimated 15 to 17 per cent of the over 1.3 crore voters exercised .
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SC upholds Gujarat order on cow slaughter
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 03:32 PM IST
The Supreme Court today upheld the 1994 Gujarat government order banning slaughter of bulls and bullocks over the age of 16 years.A seven-judge constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice R C Lahoti set .
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Suniel Shetty's car impounded in Delhi
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 03:27 PM IST
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials today seized a Hummer belonging to actor Suniel Shetty in the capital. The actor could not be reached for his comments.
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Rao orders fresh FIR against Bihar Cong chief
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 01:27 PM IST
Election Commission's Special Advisor K J Rao today ordered registration of a fresh FIR against Bihar PCC president Sadanand Singh for alleged violation of the model code of conduct for elections, official sources said.
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India seeks UNSC expansion
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 01:19 PM IST
India has said the expansion of the Security Council is imperative to "empower" developing countries so as to overcome their marginalisation. It stressed the need for redistribution of economic and political power at the United Nations keeping current realities in view.
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Sleepless vigil against riverbank breach in TN
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 01:00 PM IST
The unprecedented flow of water into the Cauvery river has raised fears of the riverbanks being breached across the delta region in Srirangam area in Tamil Nadu.The breach could have caused huge damage to life and property in Trichy, had there been rains for a few more hours.
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ULFA talks to begin amid killings in Assam
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 12:50 PM IST
Two militants of the outlawed United iberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed by police in Assam ahead of landmark peace talks between the central government and representatives of the rebel group Wednesday in New Delhi.
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Students to launch indefinite economic blockade from Oct 28
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 12:44 PM IST
Mizo Students Union (MSU), the largest student body in the state, has decided to block National Highway 54 from Friday to put pressure on the state government to revoke its decision on raising employees pension age from 58 to 60 years.
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Chinese onions may wipe your tears
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 11:50 AM IST
Wholesale prices dropped further as more onions reached the market on Tuesday. According to the government, the arrival of Chinese onions is also in the pipeline. Nafed will be getting 2,000 tonnes of onion from China two weeks from now, too long a timeframe given the sky-high retail prices of the politically-sensitive crop.
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Novel course in IIM-A attracts students from abroad
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 11:43 AM IST
In what it claimed to be the beginning of the reversal of a process where students from abroad will be coming for studies in India, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, has finalised the One-year Post.
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1,111 missing in Bihar, says DGP
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 11:32 AM IST
Bihar Police chief Mr Ashish Ranjan Sinha today told the Patna High Court that a total of 1,111 persons, including 171 minors and 581 women, kidnapped since 1995, still remained traceless in the state.
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All 108 accused in Avdhoot nagar riot case acquitted
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 11:27 AM IST
In a significant verdict, a Vadodara fast-track court on Tuesday acquitted all the 108 accused in the sensational Avdhoot nagar riot case of March, 2002, in which two youths were lynched to death and ten others wounded by a mob.
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India expresses concern over Pak action in Gilgit
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 11:12 AM IST
India on Tuesday expressed concern over the reported action by Pakistani forces against local people in Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and asked Islamabad to observe international human rights standards there.
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J-K asks Punjab to honour water sharing agreement
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 11:07 AM IST
Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mangat Ram Sharma on Tuesday asked Punjab Government to honour the bilateral water sharing agreement between Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab regarding sharing benefits of Thein dam, Shahpur and Kandi barrages.
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B'lore receives record rainfall
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 10:58 AM IST
July 26, 2005, was Mumbai’s Terrible Tuesday. Almost three months later, October 25 was Bangalore’s Terrible Tuesday. India’s Silicon Valley relived that pain, anguish and helplessness as a steady downpour .
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Relief camps: IB warns government
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 10:52 AM IST
The Intelligence Bureau has sounded an alert to the Central and state governments over the virtual takeover of relief and rehabilitation measures in the quake-ravage Pakistan-occupied Kashmir by terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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Polling begins in 62 Bihar constituencies
by
anshul
on Wed 26 Oct 2005 10:47 AM IST
Polling began on Wednesday in 62 north Bihar constituencies in the second of the four-phase assembly elections, the second in eight months, amidst tight security. The polls would decide the fates of 492 candidates.
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