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Nationwide CBI raids
Four top officials among 70 booked in 54 cities
New Delhi, September 30
As part of its countrywide anti-corruption drive, the CBI today conducted searches on the premises of a former Punjab Minister and about 70 government officials in 54 cities across the country and claimed to have recovered several lakhs of rupees and evidences of movable and immovable assets worth crores.
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Members of a CBI team outside the residence of former Akali Minister Nirmaljit Singh Kahlon in Amritsar on Friday.
Members of a CBI team outside the residence of former Akali Minister Nirmaljit Singh Kahlon in Amritsar on Friday. — Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma

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Ex-Akali minister’s house raided by CBI
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Former Akali minister Nirmaljit Singh Kahlon talks to media after a CBI raid at his residence in Amritsar on Friday.
Sleuths of the CBI raided the house of Mr Nirmaljit Singh Kahlon, a former Akali Minister, in the posh Ranjit Avenue here this morning in connection with the recruitment of Panchayat Secretaries during the SAD-BJP government.

Former Akali minister Nirmaljit Singh Kahlon talks to media after a CBI raid at his residence in Amritsar on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

10 more FCI officials suspended
Patiala, September 30
Even as officials of the Union Ministry of Food and the CBI, who have been raiding FCI godowns, are yet to give their report, Mr T.C. Gupta, Senior Regional Manager, FCI, Punjab, has recommended suspension of 10 district managers for their alleged involvement in facilitating the acceptance of bad quality of rice.

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The Cabinet Committee on Security met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today, two days ahead of External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh’s bilateral visit to Pakistan (October 2-5), and set the parameters for Mr Natwar Singh’s talks with the Pakistani leadership.

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Twentyone persons, including 15 militants and four Army personnel, were killed in separate militancy-related incidents as security forces foiled an infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, official sources said today.

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The family of Sarabjit Singh, who is facing the death sentence in Pakistan, has got a new hope after a UK-based Mayor assured it that he would take up the matter with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Mr Darshan Singh Grewal, Mayor of Hounslow, London, gives a hearing to the grievances of Sarabjit’s sister and daughter in Jalandhar on Friday. Mr Darshan Singh Grewal, Mayor of Hounslow, London, gives a hearing to the grievances of Sarabjit’s sister and daughter in Jalandhar on Friday. 
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