A Day of Cleansing in Sports
IOA sacks Gill; IPL bans Bhajji

Aslam heads selection panel; Ric adviser New Delhi, April 28 The belligerence of KPS Gill came to an unceremonious end today with the Indian Olympic Association giving marching orders to the Indian Hockey Federation chief and suspending the body. A new selection panel will be headed by Aslam Sher Khan. Ric Charlesworth will be the adviser.

Sreesanth gets a warning New Delhi, April 28 Harbhajan Singh was banned from the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 Championship matches with “100 per cent deduction” in his fees from the third match onwards for assaulting S Sreesanth after the contest between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians in Mohali last Friday night. Editorial: Just deserts

Editorial The stink of corruption By H. K. Dua Are we living in an age of democracy or naked kleptocracy where rulers at different levels steal the nation’s wealth and live at the cost of the people? The question is not of definitional concern. Vital issues concerning the democratic rights of the common people and rapacious tendencies of the ruling establishment are involved.

A Perfect 10 by India
ISRO places satellite cluster into orbit
Sriharikota, April 28
India today created a record of sorts in space history as scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully put 10 satellites in orbit in a single mission launched from here.
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Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair holds a miniature replica of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-9 after its launch from Sriharikota, about 100 km from Chennai, on Monday. — Reuters

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Another reprieve for Sarabjit
Islamabad, April 28
Just two days away from being hanged, Indian national Sarabjit Singh today got a second brief reprieve after Pakistani authorities put off his execution for up to three weeks. There was a “procedural postponement” of Sarabjit’s execution by the home department of Punjab province, officials said.

Sonia dares CPM in its backyard
Slams WB govt for Nandigram and poor law and order
Kolkata, April 28
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today called upon her party men to gear up to fight against the communal and other reactionary forces with conviction.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi waves to supporters at a public meeting on the outskirts of Malda, some 340 km north of Kolkata, on Monday. — AFP

Stop foeticide: PM New Delhi, April 28 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today bemoaned that India was living with the ignominy of a gender imbalance. Delivering the inaugural address at a national conference on ‘Save the Girl Child’, here today, the Prime Minister denounced the bias against girls and women.