Melbourne,
July 14
A fortnight after they
were detained, two Indian doctors from Bangalore were
charged today in Britain and Australia for terrorism
offences in connection with the failed car bomb attacks in
the UK.
Sabeel
Haneef
Sabeel is accused of having information that could have helped the police prevent another person committing an act of terrorism.
Haneef, police say, provided “support to
the UK terror group, in particular the provision of his SIM card for the use of the group.”
Haneef’s wife appeals to PM for help
Bangalore: With hopes of Mohammed Haneef’s early return dashed, his wife Firdaus today appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister A. K. Antony to help her “innocent husband” who has been charged with supporting a terrorist organisation in Australia.
— PTI
To field its
nominee for
V-P’s post New Delhi, July 14
The nine-party United
National Progressive Alliance will abstain in the July 19
Presidential poll and decided to have its own nominee for the
office of Vice-President to register itself at the national level.
Jaya at a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI
photo
Muttiah Muralitharan became the second bowler after Shane Warne to take 700 wickets as Sri Lanka walloped Bangladesh by an innings and 193 runs on Saturday to sweep the series 3-0. The off-spinner claimed six wickets in each innings as the tourists, trailing by 369 runs, were shot out for 176 just before tea on the fourth day of the third and final Test here. Muralitharan signalled the win by having last man Syed Rasel caught in the deep for his 700th wicket, leaving him only nine scalps away from surpassing the retired Australian Warne’s world record tally of 708. (Details on Sports page)
Industry
against law on job quota Seeks sops for
extending help to SCs/STs New Delhi, July 14
Industry leaders today told the
government not to force quotas on them and assured voluntary steps to
provide jobs and skill-enhancement training to the Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes.
Mass
rape: Uneasy calm in UP dist Shravasti, July 14
Even as an uneasy calm prevailed in
Sirsia area here, persons, who had fled following violence after the
alleged rape of minority women, started returning home. On July 10, a
group of men led by the brother of state minister Daddan Mishra
allegedly molested four minority women at Dhannipurwa village.
Newly-weds had sought
security Inter-caste
marriage: Couple murdered in Jalandhar village Jalandhar, July 14
This is what they feared the most.
Despite filing a writ in Punjab and Haryana High Court for security, a
couple — Ashwani Kumar and Baljeet Kaur — were murdered by the
girl’s relatives — a punishment for marrying against her family’s
wishes.
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