Thursday,
July 5,
2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Lal
Masjid Stand-off
Day 2 1,200
surrender, desert Top cleric
Maulana Abdul Aziz arrested Islamabad,
July 4
The chief cleric of
the Lal Masjid besieged by army troops was caught today
trying to escape wearing a burqa as over 1,200 radical
students and militants holed up in the mosque complex
surrendered to the government.
Relatives of Pakistani students of Lal Masjid browse through newspapers as they sit on a street in Islamabad on Wednesday, reading details of the previous day's events at the mosque. — AFP
photo
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The First Challenge Special
supplement to mark the 150th anniversary of
India’s first War of Independence.
Australia frees one doctor; Haneef’s custody extended
without charge Doc detained in UK is also an Indian
London/Melbourne, July 4
The third Indian doctor, detained in the failed terrorist plots in London and Scotland, was identified as a man from Bangalore and related to Dr Muhammed
Haneef, whose detention in police custody had been extended for two more days in Australia.
Quota
for backward Muslims AP to issue fresh ordinance
Hyderabad, July 4
The Congress government in Andhra
Pradesh will soon issue a fresh ordinance to provide four per cent
reservation for socially and economically backward Muslims in jobs and
educational institutions.
Disproportionate
assets case against Badals Prosecution files amended
chargesheet Ropar, July 4
In the much famous vigilance
corruption case of disproportionate assets to known sources of income
against Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and members of his family,
pending in the court of special judge G.S. Sran here, the prosecution
filed amended chargesheet today. (Details
on Punjab page)
Maintain
dignity of office: Pratibha New Delhi, July 4
Breaking her silence, UPA-Left
presidential nominee Pratibha Patil today put out a signed statement
dismissing as "motivated" allegations against her and said the
campaign for the July 19 poll should not demean the dignity of the
highest office.
Not
Gandhi’s last letter, says granddaughter Shimla, July 4
Although auctioneers Christie’s
have stalled the sale of the letter, being termed as the last one
written by Mahatma Gandhi, his granddaughter today said it was only a
document and certainly not the last one written by him before his
assassination.
Ice-lingam: Security men in line of fire Jammu, July 4
While the last year’s controversy of “fake” ice lingam at the Amarnath shrine had not yet died down, a fresh one has surfaced this time with a CD showing some unauthorised pilgrims and security personnel tampering with the ice lingam resulting in its early melting. President
urged to look into row
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