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Friday,
April 6,
2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Muslims
no more a minority in UP: HC |
Allahabad, April 5
In a landmark judgement the
Allahabad High Court today held that Muslims could not be treated
as a religious minority anymore in Uttar Pradesh. Justice
S.N. Srivastava gave the ruling after considering various
criteria, including the population of Muslims as enumerated in
census reports of 1951 and 2001.
A woman voter stands in a queue before casting her vote for the election of the municipal corporation of Delhi on Thursday. — AFP
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deportation orders on Indian
professionals unable to meet the
new Highly Skilled Migrants
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Exclusive
reservation in TN |
Chennai, April 5
While the entire country is
reeling over the recent Supreme Court order on reservation for
OBCs and beginning of yet another controversy following today's
Allahabad High Court judgement regarding minority status of
Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. |
Muslims and Christians would enjoy reservation in educational institutions and for securing jobs |
Quota:
Moily kicks off fresh row
New Delhi, April 5
Veerappa Moily, chairman of the
Oversight Committee which laid out the roadmap for the introduction of
OBC quotas in central educational institutions, has kicked off a fresh
row over the Supreme Court’s stay on the implementation of the Central
law.
Do
not arrest Capt, wife till July 30: HC
Chandigarh, April 5
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
today stayed with immediate effect the arrest of former Punjab Chief
Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in the alleged Ludhiana City Centre scam.
Sharad
Pawar violated poll code, says EC
New Delhi, April 5
The Election Commission today
held that Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar violated the
model code of conduct by announcing relief package for sugar
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'Jewel Thief' shot dead in Nagpur
Dehra Dun, April 5
Notorious thief Angrez Singh
(45), who was also known as 'Jewel Thief' as he mainly targeted
leading jewellers' showrooms in north India, was killed in an
encounter at a posh hotel in Nagpur yesterday night. |
Angrez Singh
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Shaukat Aziz was
on wooing-BJP mission
New Delhi, April 5
The just-concluded visit of
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to India, though packed with
diplomatic agenda, had a political mission too: Wooing the BJP.
Pak ready to
authenticate troop positions in Siachen
Islamabad, April 5
Pakistan has expressed readiness to
meet India’s demand to authenticate troops positions on Siachen
provided New Delhi agrees not to use it to make a legal claim over the
glacier in future, a media report said here on Thursday.
Bonanza
for HP MLAs
Shimla, April 5
The last day of the budget session
of the Vidhan Sabha concluded here today with a bonanza for legislators
whose allowances were hiked by Rs 7,500 per month.
One-fifth of us
will die if global warming carries on
Brussels, April 5
The new UN climate report to be
released on Friday in is expected to cast a gloomy picture of the
consequences of global warming. The report will project that one-fifth
of all animal and plant species are threatened with extinction if
warming continues at the current pace, according to an advance look at
the draft document.
World page: There is trouble closer home
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Greg goes
April 5,
2007
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Duty-free
access for LDCs: India
April 4,
2007
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Dalal
St bleeds
April 3,
2007
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Maoists
join interim Nepal govt
April 2,
2007
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PAU VC quits in protest
April 1,
2007
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Ensure
quota: Parties
March 31,
2007
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SC stays OBC quota in
IITs, IIMs
March 30,
2007
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Punjab
to honour water pacts
March 29,
2007
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Suicide attack on Lanka army camp; 9 killed
March 28,
2007
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Manju’s killer gets death
March 27,
2007
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