Tuesday, September 23, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Dara sentenced to death in Staines murder case
12 others awarded life term
Bhubaneswar, September 22
Dara Singh is seated in a police van in Bhubaneswar after being sentenced to death for the killing of Australian missionary Graham Staines by a local court on Monday.Dara Singh, alias Ravindra Kumar Pal, was today sentenced to death by the trial court which awarded life imprisonment to the rest of the 12 convicts in the Staines triple murder case.
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Dara Singh is seated in a police van in Bhubaneswar after being sentenced to death for the killing of Australian missionary Graham Staines by a local court on Monday.
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New Delhi, September 22
Even as efforts to persuade Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi to withdraw his resignation from the Union Cabinet continued, he did not attend office today.

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Judicial remand for ex-minister
Mulayam Singh YadavNew Delhi, September 22
Displaying the depth of his new-found friendship with former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today ruled out any action against him in the wake of his arrest by the CBI in the Madhumita murder case yesterday.

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SC returns Bhattal case records
Rajinder Kaur BhattalNew Delhi, September 22
To ensure speedy disposal of a corruption case against Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal by a Special Court at Chandigarh, the Supreme Court has sent the entire original records of the case back to it.

Mysterious fever diagnosed as scrub typhus
Shimla, September 22
The National Institute of Communicable Disease has finally confirmed that the mysterious fever, which would not be diagnosed for four years, is scrub typhus, a disease of the rickettsial group caused by mites.

Tamil Nadu to slap POTA on Union minister
Chennai, September 22
In the first action of its kind, the Tamil Nadu Government today decided to slap POTA against Union minister and MDMK treasurer M Kannappan for his alleged open support to the banned LTTE and demanded he be sacked from the Union Ministry.

10 states fined for not having environmental studies
New Delhi, September 22
Concerned over the lack of awareness among people about the protection of environment, the Supreme Court today fined 10 states Rs 15,000 each for failing to respond to its notices seeking information whether they had included environmental studies in the school and college curricula as directed by it.

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