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Telangana issue: PM tries to soothe Cong leaders

NEW DELHI: Stepping in to defuse the Telangana crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he understood the separate statehood demand and gave an assurance that the Centre would make all efforts to find a solution to the contentious issue soon.

Meeting a delegation of Congress leaders from the agitation-hit Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh, the Prime Minister also told them that he would talk to Congress President Sonia Gandhi in this regard and put all their demands before the party's core committee.

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Reddys’ judicial custody extended

HYDERABAD: A special CBI court here today extended till October 17 the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and managing director of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) Srinivas Reddy in an illegal mining case. They were arrested by the agency last month regarding alleged illegal mining activities.

CBI counsel T. V. Ramana said the agency was set to approach the Andhra Pradesh High Court to seek further custody of the accused.

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S Africa celebrates Gandhi Jayanti 


Johannesburg: Mahatma Gandhi's 142nd birth anniversary was celebrated in and around Lenasia, an Indian township at the city's outskirts.

 

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Magsaysay awardee Neelima’s US visa cleared

PUNE: The American Consulate in Mumbai today cleared the US visa for Magsaysay award winner Neelima Mishra after rejecting her application last week, sources close to the social activist said.

The Consulate had on last Friday rejected the application of Mishra, winner of the 2011 Magsaysay award for her rural development work in North Maharashtra, stating that her "unsatisfactory social and economic status" did not permit clearance of visa for her to travel to the US, her secretary had said.

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