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The First Challenge Special
supplement to mark the 150th
anniversary of India’s first War
of Independence.
Monday,
January 28,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Rajnath sells brand
Modi
Calls for simultaneous LS, Assembly
polls New Delhi, January 27
There were no doubts at the national executive meet of the Bharatiya Janata Party here today that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is the emerging face of the party at the national level while the party, emboldened by consecutive victories in four states, projected L.K Advani-led
NDA as the country’s only hope and need of the hour.
Obama
back in race
Washington, January 27
Barack Obama cruised to a
crucial victory over former first lady Hillary Clinton in a
bitterly contested Democratic primary in South Carolina,
giving a boost to his campaign to become America’s first
black president.
Barack Obama addresses supporters during his final rally in Columbia, South Carolina. — Reuters
photo
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American faces charges for assaulting Sikh New York, January 27
An American man is facing hate crime charges for allegedly punching in the face a 63-year-old Sikh, whom he called an “Arab”, and breaking his jaw and nose before shouting racial slurs outside a gurdwara here.
Kidney Racket Kingpin Raids on; police clueless Gurgaon, January 27
The Haryana police has constituted over 10 police teams to trap the movement of the mastermind of the interstate kidney racket, Amit Kumar, which was exposed two days ago by the joint teams of the Moradabad and Gurgaon
police.
Bird
flu knocks at Kolkata’s door Kolkata,
January 27
Birdflu
today spread to two more districts of West
Bengal, South 24 Parganas and West Midnapore,
taking the number of affected districts to 13
out of a total 19 even as the state government
said it was fully prepared to face any kind of
adversity if any human being is found afflicted
by the dreaded disease.
UPA flayed for denying Bharat Ratna to Vajpayee New Delhi, January 27
The BJP today criticised the Congress-led UPA government for not conferring Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying the “UPA has got a small heart”.
Ramadoss to Big B, SRK Stop smoking on screen New Delhi, January 27
Concerned over the impression they leave on youngsters when they smoke on silver screen, union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss has urged Bollywood mega stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to desist from smoking in their
films.
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