Mumbai, September 27
The crisis stalking Indian cricket appeared to have blown over for the
moment, with the BCCI today working out a compromise
between Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappell, but with a rider that everyone has
to perform.
Greg Chappell (left) and Sourav Ganguly arrive for the BCCI meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday. — PTI
Iran surprised at India’s vote on N-issue
Threatens to review trade ties
Dubai, September 27
Voicing surprise over India’s support to an IAEA resolution on its controversial nuclear programme, Iran today threatened to review its economic and trade ties with all those countries which voted against Tehran.
Pak SC upholds Sarabjit’s death sentence Islamabad, September 27
Adding to Sarabjit Singh’s woes, the Pakistan Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence given to him in another bomb blast case in Lahore in 1990.
India pulls out of Lahore fair
Delegation denied visa New Delhi, September 27
Pakistan has denied visa to an 11-member Indian delegation for participating in the World Tourism Day Fair in Lahore, resulting in India calling off its participation in the three-day event that began today.
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India, Bangladesh favour CBMs on border New Delhi, September 27
India and Bangladesh today favoured implementing certain Confidence Building Measures, including increased coordinated patrolling and Wagah border-type ‘retreat ceremony’ at some identified border outposts in the Indo-Bangla border, to defuse tension and skirmishes between the two countries’ border guarding forces. In video (28k,
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Sex scandal rocks Rajasthan Assembly Jaipur, September 27
The uproar over the alleged involvement of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Singh Rathore in a sex scandal continued to thwart the Rajasthan state Assembly proceedings today also.
Sensex ends at 8,525 points
Mumbai, September 27
The benchmark Sensex climbed to a new peak of 8,585.76 points during intra-day trade in the Bombay Stock Exchange
today on brisk buying by foreign as well as domestic institutional investors in blue-chip stocks.
Karisma, Sunjay patch up New Delhi, September 27
In a limited agreement betweeen them, industrialist Sunjay Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor today patched up on the issue of passport for their daughter and told the Delhi High Court that they were making “progress” on other matrimonial issues.
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Polling in Rohtak today
Rohtak, September 27
It is a battle of “Choudhar versus Chowkidar” in the Rohtak parliamentary constituency, which will go to the poll tomorrow. Today candidates and their supporters remained busy in door-to-door campaigning and personal contact.
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School Principal booked for banning ‘kirpan’ Ropar, September 27
Following Sikh religious bodies’ ire, the Ropar police today registered a case against the Principal of Shivalik Public School who had banned Sikh students from wearing “kirpan” and “kara”. Besides, Akal Takht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti sought explanation from the school Principal on the matter in the evening.
The committee was of the view that cricket has to move forward. Both the coach and the captain will have to work out mutually and their professional working relationship are to be maintained.
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