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Lokpal: Hazare puts Congress on notice
Tells party to pass his version of the Bill or he will campaign against it in the poll-bound states
Ralegan Siddhi, October 4
Putting the Congress on notice on the Lokpal issue, Anna Hazare today said he will ask people to inflict a “comprehensive” defeat to the ruling party in the five election-bound states if the Centre fails to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in the winter session of Parliament.

Anna Hazare addressing the media along with Arvind Kejriwal at his village, Ralegan Siddhi, on Tuesday. — PTI

Nation page: Have faith in Parliament, Cong tells Anna

India, Afghanistan establish strategic partnership
War-torn nation to get assistance in capacity building programmes
New Delhi, September 4
In what is bound to irk Pakistan, India and Afghanistan today entered into a strategic partnership under which India will, among other things, assist the war-ravaged nation in training, equipping and capacity building programmes for Afghan National Security Forces.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sign the landmark pact in New Delhi. Karzai began his two-day visit to India, his second this year, on Tuesday. — PTI

Bhatt rejects terms set for bail
l Says won’t compromise with ‘goons’
l Centre tells Modi govt to ensure his security
Ahmedabad/ New Delhi, Oct 4
Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt refused to make any compromise with the Gujarat Government.



Sanjiv Bhatt coming out of an Ahmedabad court. — PTI

10 of family jump to death in Dehradun canal
Dehradun, October 4
Ten members of a family, including six children, reportedly committed suicide by jumping into the Shakti Canal at Vikasnagar near Dehradun today. The police said the family was in depression after the death of one of its members some months ago.

Andhra procures UAV to hunt down Maoists
Hyderabad, October 4
As part of a strategy to give a boost to the anti-Maoist operations, the Andhra Pradesh government would press into service an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for a close monitoring of the Naxal activities in deep forests.

‘Stop ops, we’ll hold arms for a month’

SC: Right to property is a human right
New Delhi, October 4
Widening the scope of human rights, the Supreme Court has ruled that people’s right to own property fell very much within the domain of human rights. Pointing out that human rights were “gaining a multi-faceted dimension,” a Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma observed that these rights had already covered the “individual rights such as right to health, right to livelihood, right to shelter and employment etc.”