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100 million jobs on the anvil
UPA govt approves draft manufacturing policy
New Delhi, June 9
The UPA government, battling a series of scandals and growing criticism on its inability to handle economic issues, has unveiled a National Manufacturing Policy (NMP). The policy seeks to create 100 million industrial jobs by 2025.

The Great Master dies away from home
MF Hussain, 95, was in self-imposed exile in London since 2006
London/New Delhi, June 9
Maqbool Fida Hussain, who rose from a Bollywood billboard artist to become India's most celebrated painter worldwide, died in the wee hours today in London, away from home.
MF Hussain with his painting titled ‘Last Supper’at an exhibition in Mumbai. — AFP

MF HUSSAIN 1915-2011 A tribute
‘He was great... it was stupid to let him go’
As member of the Progressive Artists’ Group, Khanna shared art, laughter and home with Hussain. His tribute
‘We like to think that we are a tolerant society, we are not. Why they chose to make him a target, we do not know. But, he was not bitter about it, he was so sad that he couldn't come back to the country he so loved.
MF Hussain
Controversy’s favourite child
From an exile of art to a refuge in death — Hussain lives on

Hooda orders his transport minister, CPS to step down
Haryana CM promises a fair inquiry into the Karnal murder
Chandigarh, June 9
Two days after their names cropped up in the mysterious murder of a former village sarpanch, Haryana Transport Minister O P Jain and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Zile Ram Sharma resigned from their respective positions here today. Their alleged “role” in the murder would be investigated by the state Crime Branch.

Paddy MSP up by Rs 80, cotton Rs 300
New Delhi, June 9
The government today hiked the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 80 for the 2011-12 Kharif season to boost rice production and procurement and MSP of cotton by Rs 300 each for both medium and long staple length fibre to Rs 2,800/quintal and Rs 3,300/quintal, respectively.

6 feared dead in Doda cloudburst
Jammu, June 9
Six persons, including two shopkeepers, a driver of an earth mover, six roadside eateries and four vehicles were washed away in flashfloods triggered by a cloudburst at Baggar in Doda district, around 157 km from here.

A car lies buried in debris after Wednesday’s cloudburst