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Tuesday, December
18,
2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
| Brother Pravin held guilty |
Mumbai, December 17
Pravin Mahajan has been found guilty of murdering his brother and BJP leader
Pramod Mahajan. Pramod, who was shot on April 22, 2006, at his home in Mumbai, had died in a hospital 12 days later.
Pravin, who allegedly surrendered to the police after pulling the trigger on his brother, was found guilty of murder by a
sessions court.
Pravin Mahajan being brought to the Mumbai sessions court.
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Pramod Mahajan’s Murder
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SGPC Educational Institutes Case
HC: Sikhs not minority community in Punjab
Chandigarh, December 17
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today declared the notifications proclaiming the Sikh education institutions run by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
in Punjab as “minority institutions” as void. The development is significant as these institutes would not be able to reserve up to 50 per
cent of the seats for the members of the Sikh community.
Govt
may go to Supreme Court
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Jail Supdt held, DIG suspended
No trace of 293 prisoners who escaped in Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur, December 17
The daring jailbreak in Dantewada prison claimed its first major victims today with government suspending Chhattisgarh DIG (Jails) P D Verma and the police not ruling out the involvement of prison staff in the escape of 300
inmates. 
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MHA seeks report
High
alert in Bihar, Jharkhand jails
Editorial: The
Chhattisgarh escape
HP VOTES
Security
breach at PM’s rally: chopper pilots held
Bilaspur,
December 17
The pilot and the
co-pilot of an Air Deccan helicopter were today arrested for
allegedly breaching the security at the venue of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh’s rally by landing their chopper
there. The incident took place at Luhnu ground around 1.15
pm.
Another
death at Singur
Kolkata,
December 17
Tempers of the
aggrieved farmers at Singur flared up once again today at
the unnatural death of Sankar Patra, a 52-year-old Bhumi
Raksha Committee member. Patra’s body was found hanging
from a tree near his hutment at the Tashes Bheri today when
in Kolkata.
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US
willing to offer advanced spy plane to India
New Delhi/Washington,
December 17
The US is willing to offer its most
advanced maritime spy plane, the advanced Hawkeye-2D, to India.
According to a report in the forthcoming issue of India Strategic
defence magazine, the Indian Navy had issued an RFI (Request for
Information) for the aircraft to the US government some time back.
PPP:
New Parliament can impeach Mush
The Pakistan People’s
Party of Benazir Bhutto has said the new parliament elected in January 8
elections can consider impeaching President Musharraf for defacing the
constitution through a flurry of amendments.
US
woes drag Sensex down by 769 points
Mumbai, December 17
The Sensex today plunged 769 points
or 3.84 per cent amidst global concerns about rising inflation in the US
that could result in a firming of interest rates in the coming months.
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Bond
with UK: It won’t allow visitors beyond three months
London, December 17
As part of efforts to check illegal
immigration, Britain on Tuesday will announce steps to tighten its visa
regime that will include making families pay a hefty bond to ensure
their foreign visitors leave, a step that is expected to draw flak from
South Asians who traditionally support the ruling Labour.
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299 escape from Chhattisgarh jail
December
17, 2007
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Musharraf
lifts emergency
December
16, 2007
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Train rams bus, 16 killed
December
15, 2007
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5 die in Assam Rajdhani blast
December
14, 2007
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Capt, Jagjit named in VB challan
December 13, 2007
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Schoolboys gun down
classmate in Gurgaon
December 12, 2007 |
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SC cautions courts
against ‘overactivism’
December 11, 2007 |
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EC notice to Sonia,
Digvijay
December 10, 2007 |
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Modi: I was misquoted
December 9, 2007 |
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Free power in Punjab to
go
December 8, 2007 |
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