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Poll violence claims 13 lives

65 pc voter turnout in Assembly poll
New Delhi, May 10
An average of 65 per cent of the 13.30 crore electorate cast their votes to seal the fate of over 5,000 candidates in today’s Assembly poll in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry, in which poll-related violence claimed nine lives (13 according to UNI), including three paramilitary personnel.

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Cong may be major gainer

EC orders repoll in 75 stations

Despite threats from ULFA militants a large number of persons turned up to cast their votes in Guwahati on Thursday. 
— PTI photo

Despite threats from ULFA militants a large number of persons turned up to cast their votes in Guwahati on Thursday.

Militants massacre seven
21 scribes hurt as BSF men go berserk in Budgam
Jammu, May 10
At least seven civilians, including two women, were killed and three injured when militants struck in Gulabgarg village in the Kishtwar area of Doda district today. The police said the militants kidnapped 11 civilians from the village and carried them to a forest belt.

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Nissar Ahmed (right), photographer of The Hindu, and Associated Press Television news cameraman Merajuddin (third from right) help Reuters Srinagar photographer Fayaz Kabli (second from right) with his wounds at Magam, 15 km west of Srinagar, on Thursday.
Nissar Ahmed (right), photographer of The Hindu, and Associated Press Television news cameraman Merajuddin (third from right) help Reuters Srinagar photographer Fayaz Kabli (second from right) with his wounds at Magam, 15 km west of Srinagar, on Thursday. 
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‘Bungling’ in CM’s Relief Fund
Court orders probe against Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Bathinda, May 10
In a significant decision which could have far-reaching consequences, Mr Surjeet Singh, Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge today ordered the Vigilance Bureau, Punjab, to probe the alleged bungling by former Chief Minister, Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

130 die in football stampede
Accra, May 10
Africa suffered its worst football disaster ever, and its third in a month, when at least 130 people were killed in a stampede at a soccer match in Ghana. Spectators said the crowd stampeded when police fired teargas after fans hurled missiles near the end of a game yesterday between Accra team Hearts of Oak and arch-rivals Asante Kotoko from the central town of Kumasi.










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Ranchi court reserves verdict
Laloo challenges CBI move in Patna HC
Ranchi, May 10
The CBI designated court on Thursday reserved its verdict till May 15 on the petition of Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra, the prime accused in the RC-47A/96 case of the infamous Rs 950 crore fodder scam case that on Wednesday challenged the issuance of arrest warrants against the two. 

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Man, machine withstand gruelling exercise
Hansera, (Thar Desert), May 10
The man and the machine have been put to the ultimate test under the soaring temperatures of the Thar Desert in the backdrop of nuclear and chemical warfare environment as part of the ongoing wargames.
Soldiers participate in a military exercise as part of "Poorna Vijay" wargames in Thar Desert of Rajasthan on Thursday.
Soldiers participate in a military exercise as part of “Poorna Vijay” wargames in Thar Desert of Rajasthan on Thursday. 
— Reuters photo

Ex-Speaker’s grandson arrested
Kurukshetra, May 10
Former Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker H.S. Chattha’s grandson Ripu Daman, and his accomplice, Inderjeet Ahuja, have been arrested under Section 21 of the NDPS Act, 1885 for allegedly possessing 3 gm and 20 gm of smack, respectively.

Not a grain brought to 2 Rohtak mandis
Rohtak, May 10
Although the district is facing wheat glut because of heavy arrivals at least two mandis have not received a grain of the crop till date. The government has this year again notified 11 mandis in the district as purchase centres for wheat. These are Rohtak, Meham, Kalanaur, Lakhanmajra, Sampla, Madina, Kahnaur, Kiloi, Sanghi, Myna and Hassangarh.

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