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Ambedkar cartoon row rocks Parliament
Govt stalls distribution of NCERT’s Class XI text book as Dalit MPs create ruckus
New Delhi, May 11
A member waves a photocopy of the cartoon as Kapil Sibal speaks in Lok Sabha on FridayAfter Dalit leaders created a storm in Parliament today over a Class XI political science textbook featuring an allegedly offensive cartoon of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the Government said it had ordered withdrawal of the cartoon and stalled further distribution of the book “Indian Democracy at Work”.
A member waves a photocopy of the cartoon as Kapil Sibal speaks in Lok Sabha on Friday. — PTI

NCERT advisors quit; say toon row tragic
New Delhi, May 11
NCERT's chief advisors for the political science subject resigned today over the row surrounding a cartoon featuring Dr BR Ambedkar in a class XI textbook, saying the entire controversy was "tragic."


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Ramesh promises boost for border villages in Punjab
Announces special infra grant; Rs 800 cr for rural roads
Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Punjab Congress MLA Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi (extreme right) in the border area of Ferozepur on FridayMohar Jamsher (Fazilka), May 11
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today promised a special grant for development of infrastructure in the border villages of Punjab.

Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Punjab Congress MLA Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi (extreme right) in the border area of Ferozepur on Friday. A Tribune photograph

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Commanding Officer hurt as Major, jawans clash in Leh
New Delhi/Srinagar, May 11
In a virtual free-for-all, soldiers and officers of an Army unit posted at a remote area of Ladakh clashed among themselves after a jawan allegedly misbehaved with an officer’s wife yesterday.

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Day 4: AI sacks 25 more pilots
Aviation regulator cancels licences of 10 IPG office-bearers
New Delhi, May 11
With the Air India crisis being discussed at the highest level on Friday, there was hope that an end to the standoff could come about soon.

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New Delhi/Srinagar/ Jammu, May 11
The CBI on Friday registered cases of cheating and corruption against three Defence Estate officials and conducted simultaneous searches in Srinagar, Jammu, Ambala, Delhi and Patna in connection with the alleged irregularities in the sale of military land near the high-security Srinagar airport.

12 die daily on ‘killer’ roads in Haryana
Gurgaon leads with 1 death daily
Chandigarh, May 11
Haryana’s “killer roads” claim a life every two hours while one person is injured every hour. Roads in the state have claimed 1,461 lives while 2,962 persons were injured in the past four months. Haryana’s millennium city, Gurgaon, has reported the highest death toll of 151 though it has the least number of accidents at 41. The number of injured was the highest in Gurgaon with 311 persons reported injured during January-April this year, revealed data with The Tribune.

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