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Allahabad stampede toll 36; chaos at hospitals
Victims’ angry relatives mob officials; probe report in a month
Lucknow, February 11
Frantic relatives today mobbed officials seeking information about victims of yesterday’s stampede which has claimed 36 lives even as the railways had a tough time dealing with the rush of three crore Kumbh devotees thronging the city.

Family members mourn the death of their relatives in the Allahabad railway station stampede, on Monday. — PTI

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Defuse tension, Omar tells his ministers
Valley under curfew for third day in row
Jammu/Srinagar, February 11
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has directed his ministers, especially those belonging to the National Conference, to rush to their home districts in the Valley and keep close tabs on the overall situation in the wake of the prevailing unrest triggered by execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

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Hanging apolitical, lawful: Shinde
New Delhi, February 11
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today defended the haste and secrecy behind Afzal Guru’s hanging saying “it is not a political decision and is according to the law”.

Change mindset, treat women with respect, says President
New Delhi, February 11
The overhang of the brutal Delhi gang rape was felt at the Governors’ Conference here today with President Pranab Mukherjee underscoring the need to bring a change in the mindset of the society so that women are treated with dignity and respect.

President Pranab Mukherjee at the Governors’ Conference in New Delhi on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Pak-based hawala racket busted
Dehradun, February 11
The Roorkee police has arrested an important member of a gang being operated from Pakistan that was involved in flushing out Indian currency, running into crores, through hawala every week to Pakistan.

Pope Benedict to step down, cites frailty
First pontiff to bow out since the Middle Ages
Will resign on Feb 28
Rome, February 11
Pope Benedict surprised the world today by saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to cope with the demands of his ministry, becoming the first pontiff to step down since the Middle Ages and leaving his aides “incredulous”.