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PATHRIBAL ENCOUNTER
 SC asks Army to take call on trial procedure
 Says Centre’s sanction must for criminal trial
New Delhi, May 1
 The Supreme Court today ruled that the Central Government’s permission was required to proceed with the criminal prosecution and trial of five Army personnel on charges of killing five persons in a fake encounter in Pathribal in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on March 25, 2000.

Sharad punctures Sushma’s trial balloon on Presidential candidate
Mulayam, Left parties inclined to support Hamid Ansari
New Delhi, May 1
 Within 24 hours of Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj floating the name of former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam as a combined Opposition Presidential candidate, NDA convener Sharad Yadav has punctured the balloon, distancing from Sushma’s proposal.



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Kabul seeks Indian equipment for its security forces
New Delhi , May 1
 Afghanistan today sought India's assistance in not only training its security forces but also equipping them under the strategic partnership agreement so that they were in a position to defend the trouble-torn nation after international forces withdraw from there by the end of 2014.

Afghanistan minister of Foreign Affairs Zalmai Rassoil (L) with External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Afghanistan minister of Foreign Affairs Zalmai Rassoil (L) with External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal.

Colossal wheat wastage in Punjab, Haryana
New Delhi, May 1
 Advising the government to distribute stored foodgrain among poor families instead of allowing it to rot, the Supreme Court had stated a few months back that wastage of even a single foodgrain in a poor country like India is a crime.

Paternity suit
 SC admonishes Tiwari for avoiding DNA test
New Delhi, May 1
 The Supreme Court today admonished former Uttarakhand Chief Minister ND Tiwari for refusing to give his blood sample for a DNA test for ascertaining a claim that he is the biological father of 33-year-old Rohit Shekhar.


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Rescue work on after Assam boat tragedy
Rescue workers pull a part of a damaged boat to the shore after it sank in the Brahmaputra at Buraburi village in Dhubri district of Assam on Tuesday. Rescue workers fought heavy rain to search for survivors.
Rescue workers pull a part of a damaged boat to the shore after it sank in the Brahmaputra at Buraburi village in Dhubri district of Assam on Tuesday. Rescue workers fought heavy rain to search for survivors.
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Drone strikes legal, ethical: US
 US President Barack Obama’s counter-terrorism adviser on Monday defended the use of unmanned Predator drones to kill terrorist suspects despite Pakistan’s opposition to such warfare. Drone strikes are legal, ethical and wise, John Brennan, assistant to the President for homeland security and counterterrorism, told an audience at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington.

Relief for 2 minor boys facing rape charges
Faridkot, May 1
 Perhaps for the first time in Punjab, a district and sessions judge on Tuesday asked the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in Moga to rectify its order slapping rape charges against a minor boy. In another case, the judge also called a doctor to ascertain the age of a second boy facing similar charges.

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