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Food inflation soars to 9.9%
Hits 4-month high as effects of hike in diesel rates start showing
New Delhi, August 11
Food inflation climbed up to 9.9 per cent for the week ending July 30, its highest level since mid March as the effect of the hike in diesel prices used for transportation of food items started to kick in.

President rejects mercy plea of Rajiv’s assassins 
New Delhi, August 11
Rajiv GandhiAfter a long hiatus and suspense over their fate, President Pratibha Patil has rejected the mercy petitions of the three accused involved in the conspiracy to assassinate former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Sriperumbudur (TN) in 1991

Peace finally returns to Parliament
Crucial legislations passed
New Delhi, August 11
After considerable loss of working hours, normalcy finally returned to Parliament today
with the government pushing through several urgent Bills besides other government business throughout the day. Members skipped their lunch amid a visible business-like mood in both the Houses. 


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Impeachment proceedings against Justice Sen on Aug 17
Probe panel held that he had misappropriated ‘large sums of money’
Soumitra SenNew Delhi, August 11
Impeachment proceedings will be held in the Rajya Sabha on August 17 for the removal of Justice Soumitra Sen, Judge of the Calcutta High Court, for alleged judicial misconduct, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said today. 

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Free Sarabjit, India tells Pakistan 
New Delhi, August 11
India today asked Pakistan to take a humanitarian view Sarabjit Singh and release Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in that country in 1990.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said in the Rajya Sabha that Sarabjit Singh has been sentenced to death on September 15, 1991 on allegations that he was involved in three bomb blasts in Lahore and one in Multan.

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Birmingham, August 11
Alastair Cook roared back to form as his unbeaten ton guided England to 456 for 3, with a lead of 232 runs, in the first innings on the second day of the third Test being played at Edgbaston.  (Details on Sports page)

London limps back to normalcy
London, August 11
As riot-hit cities of England limped back to normalcy, British Premier David Cameron today announced a slew of measures to bring back complete order on the streets
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Bring ministers, judges, defence forces under whistleblower Bill: House panel
New Delhi, August 11
A Parliamentary panel has expressed itself against exempting ministers, judges, armed forces and intelligence agencies from the purview of a proposed law to fight corruption and bring about transparency in government functioning by protecting whistleblowers.
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Glued to TV sets, they prayed for their kin in UK
Jalandhar, August 11
Metropolitan Police officers arrest a suspect after carrying out a raid on a property on the Churchill Gardens estate in Pimlico in London Those with their near and dear ones in the UK heaved a sigh of relief with the situation in the country limping to normal today after days of arson and looting.
 
Metropolitan Police officers arrest a suspect after carrying out a raid on a property on the Churchill Gardens estate in Pimlico in London on Thursday. — AFP

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