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Kani stays in jail, Amar gets bail
Court reserves Kanimozhi bail plea order till Nov 3
New Delhi, October 24
DMK MP Kanimozhi and six other accused in the 2G Spectrum allocation scam will have to stay behind bars on Diwali as a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here today reserved orders on their bail pleas till November 3.

Relief for Amar on health grounds
Nation page: HC stays summons against Rewati Raman

Army debriefs copter crew, screens GPS records
New Delhi, October 24
The Army today ‘debriefed’ its four-member crew, including two pilots, of the Cheetah helicopter, which had yesterday by mistake strayed into Skardu in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Copter stray: Pak jet ‘warned’ crew

India, Bhutan to strengthen bilateral ties
New Delhi, October 24
India today reiterated to Bhutan its firm commitment to help the Himalayan state in diverse fields.

India rolls out red carpet for Bhutan’s royal couple: Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck shakes hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as President Pratibha Patil and Bhutan's Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck look on at the presidential palace in New Delhi on Monday. The King and Queen are on a nine-day state visit, their first foreign trip after marriage. They will leave for Rajasthan on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph

Punjab Cong asks high command to speed up ticket distribution
New Delhi, October 24
With Assembly elections in Punjab less than four months away and contestants facing freshly carved out constituencies after delimitation, the Punjab Congress today asked the party high command to speed up the distribution of party tickets.

19 dead as bus rolls down 500 ft gorge in Himachal
Bilaspur, October 24
At least 19 passengers died and 50 were injured, most of them seriously, when a Bilaspur-Bandla bound late evening bus of the HRTC, plunged nearly 500 feet into a deep gorge from the Bandla hill road late today evening.

Illegal detention: A$600k relief likely for Indian student
Melbourne, October 24
An Indian student, who was detained in 2004 by Australian immigration authorities for violating visa rules, is likely to get a whopping compensation of 600,000 Australian dollars after the country’s human rights body termed his detention as ‘arbitrary’.

No brotherly love here, Lambi may see Badals locked in close contest Badal (Muktsar), October 24 A year after his son Manpreet Badal was expelled from the Shiromani Akali Dal, Gurdas Singh Badal is in a resolute mood to contest the forthcoming Assembly elections and that too from Lambi, the traditional bastion of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who also happens to be his elder brother. Parkash and Gurdas Singh Badal (R) at a function in Badal village on Sunday.