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Rain fury: 131 dead, 500 missing
Over 70,000 stranded in U’khand
Kedarnath Temple submerged in slush
Rescue ops on war-footing
Dehradun/Shimla, June 18
Fifty persons were killed and the famous Kedarnath Temple was virtually submerged in mud and slush in the unprecedented flash floods that have claimed 131 lives in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and left over 70,000 pilgrims for Himalayan shrines stranded.
Evacuations may take a week
The Kedarnath Temple (C, foreground) amid flood destruction in the holy town of Kedarnath in Rudraprayag on Tuesday
The raging Mandakini river in Chamoli district on Tuesday. — PTI




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Modi meets Advani in Delhi, turns down Ayodhya invite
New Delhi, June 18
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi leaves after meeting LK Advani in New Delhi on TuesdayIn a bid to mend fences and to project himself as a moderate, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today called on veteran leader LK Advani at his residence and declined an invitation to visit Ayodhya, apparently to avoid starting a fresh controversy on BJP’s ‘Hindutva’ plank.

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26/11 plotter’s group gets crores from Pak
Lahore, June 18
Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the parent body of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba that carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has received over Rs 61 million (Rs 6.1 crore) from Pakistan's Punjab province government headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party.

Punjab okays retail outlets in factories
Chandigarh, June 18
The Punjab Government has decided to allow all plot-holders in focal points and other growth areas to use 10 per cent of their premises to display their products or even open retail outlets.

Bihar bandh: BJP, JD(U) workers clash
Patna, June 18 Supporters of former allies BJP and JD(U) today clashed on the streets here during a day-long saffron party-sponsored Bihar bandh in protest against JD(U) snapping ties with the NDA. Normal life was hit and train services were disrupted. (Details on Nation page)




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Afghans take over security from NATO
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen after the security handover ceremony in Kabul on TuesdayKabul, June 18
Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen after the security handover ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday. — AFP

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New Delhi, June 18
The CBI quizzed two former officials of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and summoned former secretary of the Coal Ministry, HC Gupta, in connection with the alleged irregularities in allotment of coal blocks, sources said.

IAF inducts its first heavylift C-17 Globemaster III
New Delhi, June 18
The first IAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III after its arrival at the Hindon airbase on TuesdayThe first of the 10 US-made Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft landed at the Hindon airbase today.
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