Nandigram boils in Kolkata
Protest over Taslima visa adds to arson
Kolkata, November 21
The Army was called in at several places in the city today when the police and the RAF failed to tackle an angry mob indulging in burning police jeeps, government buses, taxis and other vehic- les, attacking police parties and damaging public properties.

RAF personnel fire tear-gas shells on activists of the All-India Minority Forum, who were protesting against the violence in Nandigram and demanding cancellation of the visa of writer Taslima Nasreen, at Rippon Street in Kolkata on Wednesday. — PTI photo

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Dawood, terrorist groups target India’s oil assets
New Delhi, November 21
India’s high value oil assets are being targeted by an unholy nexus of the underworld and terrorist groups such as the Jaish-e-Mohammed, says a report by the National Security Adviser, M K Narayanan, to the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs.

India, China for peaceful uses of nuclear energy
Singapore, November 21
India and China today laid stress on peaceful use of nuclear energy as a source of clean energy for attaining energy security.

China’s Premier Wen Jiabao speaks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the working lunch for the East Asia Summit heads of government on the sidelines of the 13th Association of South East Asia Nations Summit in Singapore on Wednesday. — Reuters photo

N-safeguards
Kakodkar meets IAEA chief
Vienna, November 21
India’s nuclear energy chief met the International Atomic Energy Agency director- general today in a step expected to lead talks to put Indian reactors under IAEA safeguards after domestic opposition to the deal eased.

Uphaar case: Sentence deferred
New Delhi, November 21
A city Sessions Court today deferred the pronouncement of sentence in the Uphaar fire disaster case with the 12 convicts, including cinema owner Ansal brothers Sushil and Gopal, making a plea for releasing them on probation.

Data of 25 million UK families lost
London, November 21
Personal data, including bank accounts, addresses and national insurance numbers, of about 25 million families in the UK has been lost in the post, posing threat of mass identity theft and bank fraud.

Badals’ Assets Case
Amarinder camp to file plea in SC
New Delhi, November 21
There seems to be no end in sight to the legal battle between Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his predecessor Amarinder Singh as some Congress MLAs of the former CM’s camp are all set to file a petition in the Supreme Court for transfer of Badals’ trial in DA case outside Punjab.