Manmohan calls for restructuring of UN
India represents Asia at summit
Bandung, April 24
Reflecting its enhanced stature in world affairs, India today got a rare honour when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke for the whole of Asia at the signing ceremony of a historic Asia-Africa strategic partnership agreement and advocated reforms in the United Nations and international financial institutions.
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India flexible on SAARC summit schedule
Jakarta, April 24
India has said it was ready to accept any suitable date for the twice-postponed SAARC summit in Dhaka if it was acceptable to other members of the seven-nation grouping.
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Editorial: Arms aid to Nepal

Shahabuddin’s house raided
Arms seized, three arrested
Patna, April 24
The police in Bihar raided the ancestral home of controversial RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin in Siwan district early today, seizing arms and ammunition and arresting three persons.

India sees foul play in reports on nuclear issue
New Delhi, April 24
The Government of India smells a rat in recent reports in the international press casting aspersions on Indian nuclear programme.

Rare bleeding case treated
Kolkata, April 24
Treating a rare case of abnormal bleeding from the gastro-intestinal tract, a doctor-duo here have saved the life of a teenager employing a hitherto unused combination of diagnostic procedures to pinpoint the source of his profuse blood loss.

Train collision suspect nabbed Vadodara, April 24 Bhodu Puna, one of the two railwaymen wanted in connection with the Sabarmati train accident, was nabbed by the Government Railway Police (GRP) from his native village, near Godhra, last night. — UNI

Pak woman training Indian jail inmates Amritsar, April 24 The blustering bonhomie on both sides of the Radcliff line notwithstanding the friendly hand being extended by Ms Huma Parveen, a Pakistani national, to her Indian jail inmates in learning cutting and tailoring has never caught the attention of media. Ms Huma Parveen, a Pakistani national, trains Indian inmates in cutting and tailoring in Central Jail, Amritsar, on Saturday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma