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UP: 2 more tainted ministers sacked

Lucknow: A day after UP Lokayukt recommended his dismissal on disproportionate assets charges, Chief Minister Mayawati today sacked Secondary Education Minister Rangnath Misra and also Labour Minister Badshah Singh, who too is under scanner of the anti-graft ombudsmen.

Custodial death: PDP seeks probe

Srinagar: People's Democratic Party (PDP) activists on Wednesday marched here seeking a fair probe into the custodial death of ruling National Conference activist Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf.

Former SC judge Katju to head Press Council

New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju has been appointed chairman of the Press Council of India, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry announced here on Wednesday.

2 Maoists arrested in Delhi

New Delhi: Two Maoist guerrillas, who provided logistical support to new recruits in Maoist training camps across India, have been arrested in the capital, the police said on Wednesday.

Punjab to export rice worth Rs 2,500 cr

Chandigarh: Punjab will export nearly one million tonnes of non-basmati rice worth Rs 2,500 crore in the current season, officials said here Wednesday