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Land Bill logjam: UPA calls parties’ meet
New Delhi, April 5
Eager to move on with reforms in the controversial land acquisition policy and put in place a legislative framework, the UPA government has called a meeting of political parties to iron out the differences amid stiff opposition from the Left and others.

Farmers protest land aquisition in Jind. File photo

Building collapse: M’rashtra caught napping, toll rises to 57
Thane, April 5
At least 57 persons have died since Thursday after a seven-storey under-construction, unauthorised building collapsed in the city on the outskirts of Mumbai. The incident led to the suspension of a deputy municipal commissioner and a senior police inspector.

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Visa on arrival for Pak senior citizens
New Delhi, April 5
Indicating a small yet significant shift, India has started visa on arrival facility for senior citizens of Pakistan. The facility, originally supposed to start on January 15 this year as part of the new liberalised visa regime between the two neighbours, was put on hold after two Indian soldiers were beheaded along the Line of Control (LoC) on January 6.

JYOTI MURDER CASE
Jyoti came in way of Doon MLA’s political ambitions, says chargesheet
Panchkula, April 5
Jyoti came in the way of Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary’s political aspirations, and that is why he eliminated her. This is what the 1,500-page charge-sheet filed by the Panchkula police says.

Thane unfolds tales of govt neglect, family tragedies
A survivor loses 13 of his family members, including pregnant wife, in building collapse
Thane, April 5
As the death toll in the illegal building collapse in the city, on the outskirts of Mumbai, mounted to 57, horrible tales of family tragedies and government neglect have emerged.

Rescue workers carry a body  from the site of a building collapse in Thane on Friday. —AFP

US: Modi can apply for visa, will review case
Washington, April 5
The US today made it clear that there was "no change" in its stand of not granting visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but said he was welcome to apply and the case would be reviewed on merit.

Govt to consider Jat demand for central OBC status
New Delhi, April 5
Ahead of the Assembly elections in many states this year and the 2014 and Lok Sabha polls, the government today said it would consider the long-pending Jat demand for grant of ‘Other Backward Class’ (OBC) status in the central OBC list.