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Mumbai crackdown Police detains activists of the Uttar Bharatiya Sabha during their protest outside the residence of Raj Thackeray at Dadar in Mumbai on Tuesday. — PTI
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4 killed in police firing in Bengal
Pranab ticks off Pak on N-proliferation
Shaukat gets two weeks to respond
Pak not helping counter terror: CBI
Gas pipeline: India to skip meeting
Meera brought bad name to Pak artistes: Zulfikar
Cong plans publicity drive with eye on elections
World Heritage List
One more rhino killed
Basu worried over CPM’s eroding popularity
Uttarakhand Panchayats
Backlash in UP
Security up at residence of Adobe CEO
Uttarakhand NCP merges with Cong
Culling in Purnia
No birthday bash for Abhi as Big B falls ill
Dawood still in Pak: CBI chief
India’s launch of Israeli satellite irks Iran
2 debt-ridden farmers commit suicide
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Cong MP Nirupam among 94 detained
Shiv Kumar Tribune News Service
Mumbai, February 5 At least 94 people from the MNS and the SP including scores of middle-level office-bearers have been arrested for running riot on the streets of Mumbai since Sunday. However, Abu Azmi and Raj Thackeray, leaders of the SP and MNS respectively, whose provocative speeches fuelled the violence are still scot-free apparently to prevent the law and order situation from deteriorating. "All deputy police commissioners have been asked to act tough so that the law-and-order situation does not worsen in Mumbai," director general of police P.S. Pasricha said this afternoon. Most of the arrested persons are from the MNS who figured prominently in television reports. Stray incidents of violence continued today with activists of the MNS attacking the offices of the Congress’ Member of Parliament Sanjay Nirupam in the city. Subsequently, the police caned the crowd of MNS activists. Nirupam has been openly mobilising the city's North Indian community and has invited the wrath of both the Shiv Sena and the MNS. Nirupam denied reports that the attackers had injured his 12-year-old daughter. Later in the day, Nirupam was detained by the police after he threatened to take out a morcha from his office in suburban Andheri to the residence of MNS chief Raj Thackeray at Dadar in Central Mumbai. Along with Nirupam, 25 other Congress activists and leaders were also taken into custody. Meanwhile, the police said several top leaders of the MNS are being questioned over the violent incidents of the past few days. Shishir Shinde, the high profile spokesperson of the MNS and associate of Raj Thackeray, was called for questioning. He was still holed up in the Shivaji Park police station with the police stating that he has not been detained. Meanwhile, the police have released the names of the arrested MNS activists. Vibhag Pramukh Pramod Patil, Dadar Shakha adhyaksh (chief) Girish Dhanulkar, Laxman Patil, Manish Chavan, Vikas Pathare, Mahesh Karnik, Nitin Lad, Shrikant Bhoite, Prakash Patankar, Chetan Pednekar, Swanand Kamath, Akshay Mumbarkar, Amey Khopkar, Nitin Sardesai, Santosh Suryavanshi, Munaf Thakur and Rohan Mantri. Shortly after they were picked up, relatives of the arrested activists came out in protest saying the wrong people have been arrested. Patil told reporters that the persons who ran riot in Mumbai were not members of the MNS. Meanwhile, the police is examining video recordings of the speeches made by leaders of the both the MNS and the SP for inflammatory content.
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Antony asks nations to unite against terror
New Delhi, February 5 The global community must unite to find ways and means to cooperate in the war against terror. Inaugurating the 10th Asian Security Conference, he said, “Out of the 343 non-state armed groups operating in the world, 187 groups operate in the Asian region.” He added that “nations must devise ways and means to cooperate to effectively counter terrorism”. At the conference, which has participants from all over Asia, the minister said, “The world today realises that no nation can consider itself to be immune from terrorism. The lessons learnt elsewhere can prove to be useful in devising our policies. Similarly, other nations too can benefit from our experiences.” According to him, the emergence of non-state players was a “grave challenge” confronting all nations. He pointed out that these non-state players did not recognise any territorial boundaries and were utilising the latest global communication and transport networks and were relying on garnering international support. “Their common objective is to disturb the existing state apparatus, destabilise neighbouring states and create new states based on ethno-cultural identity,” the minister said. “Most of these non-state players are not fighting for a national identity, or territory and have abstract notions of carving out a separate and unique identity of their own based on ethnicity, religious and tribal basis,” he added. He also suggested a three-pronged strategy to meet these challenges, which included maintaining an active dialogue process, not only among governments, but also defence establishments to build strong channels of communication and dispel mistrust. He also suggested that mechanisms must also be developed to share intelligence about terror groups, criminal elements, drug cartels and other transnational networks that foment violence and subvert states. “Thirdly, we must attempt to devise common solutions to common challenges that threaten our collective security. We need to develop multilateral frameworks to promote dialogue and prepare strategies for cooperative action,” the minister said. India, the minister pointed out, had been the target of disruptive elements for several years, with major world powers believing that “they would be immune to such elements and had as such, little sympathy for our concerns”. “However, now all nations realise and accept the need for greater cooperation in effectively meeting such challenges,” the minister added.
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4 killed in police firing in Bengal Kolkata, February 5 Over 200 FB workers and supporters were also injured, of them some 50 seriously and they had been admitted to government hospitals in Coochbehar and Jalpaiguri. The condition of some of these bullet-hit people was stated to be serious and some deaths were feared. As a mark of protest against the “brutal killing”, the FB gave a call for 24-hour Bangla bandh tomorrow which the Congress, Trinamool Congress, SUCI, CPI (ML) and other anti-Left parties supported. The RSP and CPI supported the cause of the bandh but they would not directly participate. These parties demanded a judicial probe into the firing which the senior CPM minister Subhas Chakraborty also supported. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee held meetings with senior officials at Writers Buildings on the incident among other matters. After the meeting, he left for New Delhi in the evening. But before leaving Writers Buildings, he asked the officials and the police to take necessary steps to maintain peace and normalcy during the bandh. Biman Bose said that the police had to fire in the face of attacks on them by the violent mob, which set fire to the SDO’s office, burnt several police vehicles and destroyed government property. The SDO and some 20 policemen including senior police officials were also injured in the violence. Ghose, however, denied Bose’s charges as bogus and concocted. He alleged that the CRPF and the police at the instructions of the local CPM leaders had fired on the FB workers and supporters who had been peacefully demonstrating in front the SDO’s office as part of their declared agitation programme. He demanded an independent inquiry into the firing and rigorous punishment for the guilty policemen. However, he did not demand the Chief Minister’s resignation. But he made it clear that if the CPM continued to behave “like this”, the FB would be forced to leave the front. The Dinhata incident sparked violence in some other districts. At Barast in North 24-paganas and Murshidabad town, the FB organised protests in front of the DM’s office. Over 5000 workers including former FB minister Saral Deb were arrested.
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Pranab ticks off Pak on N-proliferation
New Delhi, February 5 With an eye on India needing the support of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for the approval of the Indo-US nuclear deal in near future, Mukherjee stressed that New Delhi strictly abide by all the basic obligations enshrined in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as they apply to nuclear weapon states, even though India was not a NPT signatory
country. “The principal cause of concern in recent years has been the threat of nuclear proliferation. This is not limited only to new states acquiring nuclear weapons capability. It also extends to the very real threat of terrorist groups laying their hands on nuclear material and even fully assembled nuclear weapons,” Mukherjee said in his key note address at the IDSA 10th Asian Security Conference. The minister purposely made a longish presentation on this aspect and even acknowledged this. Mukherjee said the proliferation problem was a product of two factors. One is the inability of states to sufficiently safeguard their nuclear material, technology and facilities against attempts to procure WMD relevant items. The second factor is deliberate and callous proliferation by states, including state failure to exercise adequate control over personnel engaged in nuclear programmes. “It is well known how the transfer of uranium enrichment technology, equipment and even weapon design have taken place clandestinely and flagrantly in our region. Even more alarming is the interest shown by radical terrorist groups in acquiring nuclear material and technology and the linkages that they had forged with a few nuclear scientists.” The obvious reference was to Pakistan’s disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, who ran a nuclear walmart and surreptitiously sold nuclear weapon designs to North Korea, Libya and even Iran. Khan has since been “pardoned” by President Pervez Musharraf and has not been made available to western agencies for interrogation. In contrast, Mukherjee elaborated on India’s responsible and mature conduct in the field of nuclear non-proliferation. “Today, as a responsible nuclear weapon power, we are even more mindful of our duty to control the spread of WMD technologies and their delivery systems. We have signalled our willingness to be a part of the international consensus by adopting a comprehensive WMD export control legislation. We have also harmonised our export control lists with those prescribed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the Missile Technology Control Regime. These measures also fulfil the obligations prescribed by the UN Security Council Resolution 1540, which calls upon states to refrain from supporting non-state actors in their quest for weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.” The minister also made it clear that India did not wish to see the emergence of additional nuclear weapon states, for it would only further endanger international security. The challenge before the international community today, Mukherjee said, was to make sure that national laws and international commitments were better implemented by states to prevent the leak of material and technology from established nuclear programmes. The challenge also was to do this consistently and without short-term considerations of political expediency.
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Shaukat gets two weeks to respond
New Delhi, February 5 Shaukat, whose death sentence was set aside by the apex court giving him benefit of doubt about his direct involvement in the conspiracy was awarded 10-year imprisonment for “intentionally concealing” the attack plan carried by five Pakistan militants in 2001. The apex court, however, had upheld the death sentence of his cousin Mohd Afzal Guru, who has now filed a mercy petition before the President. Shaukat had challenged his conviction under Section 123-A of the IPC on the ground that he was not chargesheeted for the particular offence as he was charge under POTA, the Arms Act and for other serious charges of waging war, criminal conspiracy and terrorism, of which he was exonerated by the apex court. He had sought acquittal on the ground that he could not be convicted for an offence for which he was not even chargesheeted. But the police in its affidavit had stated that all charges levelled against him were inter-related and the apex court had dealt with the matter in detail by considering every aspect of the case while giving the final verdict. The police said since the apex court had earlier rejected all review and curative petitions against the final verdict, there was no point in considering his fresh review petition, raising a new controversy.
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Pak not helping counter terror: CBI
New Delhi, February 5 “Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan and the five hijackers (involved in IC-814 hijack) are also there. We have taken up the matter with them at the highest level through diplomatic channels as well as through the Interpol. But they are not cooperating” Shanker told a press conference here. “If global war against terror is to succeed then international cooperation is a must. We have overwhelming evidence (against those terrorists allegedly given shelter in Pakistan). It is now for the international community to mount pressure to ensure that they are brought to justice,” he said. Shanker also targeted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the US expressing surprise over the inordinate delay in completion of its parallel probe into the IC-814 hijack case. “The FBI had also registered a case and initiated a probe into the IC-814 hijack case. We had extended all cooperation and shared all evidence available in the case. But it is surprising why they could not complete the probe when we have secured conviction in the very same case,” the CBI director said. “What other proof does one need when one of the three released in exchange (Omar Sayeed Sheikh) is behind bars for killing Wall Street Journal scribe Daniel Pearl?” he said insisting that there should be global cooperation in fighting terrorism. “There is the Hague convention, Montreal convention and even the SAARC convention of mutual assistance but none seem to be working for Pakistan,” he said. Without naming anyone, the CBI director said, “Countries should stop having double standards and work in close coordination with other international investigating agencies in fighting the scourge of terrorism.” Asked whether he was satisfied with today’s verdict on the hijack case, he shot back “Where is the question of satisfaction. The trial is still inconclusive as we have not been able to bring other accused to justice as Pakistan is not cooperating.” The FBI had registered a case at its headquarters in early 2000 as an American national Jeanne Moore, was on board the IC-814 plane. The sleuths had examined Moore who had spelt the word “coffin” for the hijackers when they made a list of demands to the Indian government. The CBI has secured Interpol red corner notice against the hijackers — Ibrahim Athar, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Ibrahim, Shahid Akhter Sayed and Shakir and accomplices Yusuf Azhar and Abdul Rauf, alleged to be key conspirators.
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Gas pipeline: India to skip meeting
New Delhi, February 5 Petroleum minister Murli Deora is unlikely to visit Teheran on
February 12-13 for the trilateral meet on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline, a source close to the minister said. Deora would instead make a visit to Islamabad sometime after general elections in Pakistan to settle the issue. “A meeting in Islamabad was proposed on the sidelines of the Steering
Committee meeting of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project on February 13-16 but the meeting is not happening because of the elections in Pakistan,” a source said. Iranian Ambassador to India Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh said an invitation for the next week’s meeting has been sent to the countries concerned. “If we get a positive response, a meeting can be held on February 12 or 13.” New Delhi has since July, 2007, boycotted trilateral meeting on the pipeline project pending resolution of the transit fee issue with Pakistan. While the two neighbours are in agreement with the charge for transporting the gas
through a 1,035-km pipeline length in Pakistan, differences continue on the issue of payment of a separate transit fee to Islamabad for use
of its territory for the passage of the fuel. The source said the price of gas had been agreed upon by the three nations but Iran’s demand for revision every
five years had to be settled for signing of any deal. — PTI
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Meera brought bad name to Pak artistes: Zulfikar
Mumbai, February 5 "She isn't someone I'd like my name to be associated with at all. She has no standing back home. All of us Pakistani actors with some sense and sensibility would cringe at the statements she made in India. All of you must've thought all the actors from Pakistan are like Meera. I'd like to correct the image of Pakistani actors in India," Mikaal told IANS. The actor has been visiting India regularly since 2001. "I came then to Delhi for modelling." After auditioning over a hundred hopefuls, Mundhra selected Mikaal for the role. The film is about an Asian-Muslim cop (Naseeruddin Shah) in the British police force whose loyalty to his service is questioned after the subway bombings in Britain. "I consider myself very lucky to have shared so much screen space with an actor of Naseer's calibre so early in my career. I play his nephew, a seemingly innocent boy from Pakistan in Britain in whom we discover a dark side as the film proceeds. "It was a very challenging role for someone who has only done lots of Pakistani television and one other India-Pakistan feature film 'Godfather' (based on Coppola's film) directed by Hriday ('Pyaar Mein Twist') Shetty. It featured Vinod Khanna in the Brando role. I was paired with Preeti Jhangiani. It was released in Pakistan, but not in India," says the young Pakistani actor. "Godfather" also starred the Mahesh Bhatt discovery Meera. Mikaal is currently in Mumbai shooting a music video directed by Anu Malik's brother Abu, which will promote "Shoot On Sight".
— IANS
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Cong plans publicity drive with eye on elections
New Delhi, February 5 AICC general secretary and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh said Afzal Guru was picked up by the police on grounds of suspicion but was let off shortly before the Parliament House attack. The BJP has mounted a concerted campaign against the Congress for being soft on internal security issues and has been citing the delay in the hanging of Afzal Guru as a case in point. The Congress has countered this criticism by drawing attention to the NDA government’s own track record in the handling of the country’s internal security. It has periodically reminded the BJP about how then external affairs minister Jaswant Singh had escorted a dreaded terrorist to Kandahar while a series of terrorist attacks on the Akshardham and Raghunath temples as well as the Parliament House and Red Fort took place during the NDA regime. Today, the Congress went a step forward and accused the BJP of its complicity in the Parliament House attack by allowing Afzal Guru to walk free before the incident. The Congress’s decision to hit back at the BJP is part of its twin-strategy to expose the saffron outfit’s “doublespeak” and showcasing the UPA government’s achievements through a series of country-wide rallies, meetings and conventions with a clear eye on this year’s 10 Assembly elections and the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. This strategy was fine-tuned today at the fifth meeting of the AICC’s publicity committee, headed by Digivijay Singh. Digivijay Singh told mediapersons after the meeting that the Congress proposes to hold state-level conventions on the Tribal Rights Bill, a flagship programme of the UPA government, and facilitate the distribution of land to the beneficiaries. In addition, the party plans to hold district-level rallies on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, which will be extended to cover all districts from April 1. Senior Central and state-level leaders will also address district-level meetings to propagate the UPA government’s achievements, he said.
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Kalka-Shimla railway route’s name proposed
Vibha Sharma Tribune News Service
New Delhi, February 5 Termed as the greatest narrow gauge engineering feat in India, the Kalka-Shimla rail track was built to connect the summer capital of India in 1903 at an altitude of 2,076 m. The journey offers a panoramic treat of grandeur of the Himalayas from foothills of Shivalik at Kalka through stops like Dharampur, Solan, Kandaghat, Taradevi, Barog, Salogra, Summerhill and Shimla. As far as Majuli is concerned, it is among the world’s largest riverine islands and located in upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river. According to Culture Ministry officials, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had discussed issues related to Majuli with culture minister Ambika Soni and water resources minister Saifuddin Soz, including the threat of erosion by the Brahmaputra river and status of ASI’s preparedness to resubmit the site for consideration by UNESCO in 2008 around late 2007. Following this, a high-level central team visited Majuli for an on-site review. India currently has 27 World Heritage Sites, of which 22 are cultural and five natural. The Red Fort, which was included last year, is most recent addition to the list. If inscribed, Majuli will be first world heritage site in India under the ‘cultural landscape’ category. The additional documentation was prepared using a multi-disciplinary approach and in consultation with a number of field agencies including those under the Ministry of Water Resources and the Assam Government. The Kalka-Shimla Railway nomination has also been evaluated by ICOMOS for UNESCO.
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One more rhino killed
Guwahati, February 5 Senior wildlife officials of the state rushed to the Park located in Central Assam to take stock of the situation. Frequent killings of rhinos in the national park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has caused much embarrassment to the state government. Director of the park S.N. Buragohain confirmed that a male rhino was killed in the central Kohra Range of the park. He said wildlife guards from nearby camps though rushed to the direction of gun shots, the poachers managed to flee with the horn. Raids were being conducted at the dens of some suspected poachers in the vicinity of the park. Alarmed over today’s killing of rhino, Assam wildlife minister Rockybul Hussain, who have faced severe criticism from all quarters for failing to protect the rhino, announced to gear up vigil in the park by setting up five watch-towers and 25 new guards camps along National Highway 37 that runs along the southern fringe of the park. He said one mobile anti-poaching squad and five rapid action units would be put into action in the park soon through appointment of additional 100 armed home guards. He admitted that there was need for increasing the strength of the field staff in the park from the present 437 as the park area had been expanded to about 860 square km from the earlier 430 sq km. Green brigades and public in general in the state have been demanding stringent measures from the government to tackle the threat of poachers in the rhino abode in the wake of killing of several rhinos since last year. A gang of poachers gouged out the horn of a female rhino and shot dead her three-year-old calf in the eastern fringe of the park on the night of January 19. The rhino died the next day. In fact, the poachers have been on a rampage in the park since last year during which 13 rhinos were killed.
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Basu worried over CPM’s eroding popularity
Kolkata, February 5 Talking to the mediapersons today at the Alimuddin Street party office after attending the secretariat meeting, Basu admitted the party’s popularity had eroded to some extent which was a matter of concern. He suggested that the matter should be discussed threadbare at the party’s highest level and necessary corrective steps be taken for protecting the party against further damage. Earlier, the veteran leader publicly criticised the government’s handling of the Singur and Nandigram issues. He also blamed Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for unnecessarily interfering into the CAB elections and the affairs of the Calcutta Book Fair which put the party into an unwarranted problem.that could be avoided. Several partners of the Left Front, including Forward Bloc, RSP and the CPI, had already criticised the CPM’s high-handedness and big-brotherly attitude towards the small parties. They also opposed the CM’s forcible acquiring of the farm lands for the industries and the mishandling of the Singur and Nandigram issues.
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50 pc quota for women sought
Raju William Tribune News Service
Dehra Dun, February 5 Functionaries from all 13 districts shared their aspirations and grievances on the status and role of women in panchayats at a state-level meeting of the Uttarakhand Elected Women's Panchayat Forum on the premises of Panchayati Rule and Gender Awareness Training Institute (PRAGATI) here today. They unanimously raised the demand of reservation for women in the three tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions, to play a larger role in the development process. Gram Pradhan Gayatri Bhatt asserted that they would press the state government to accept their demand. “We fail to understand that this state, which boasts of women being almost half of the population, has turned a blind eye to the declining women leadership in panchayats,” she said, referring to an intense demand emerging for the purpose in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and especially Himachal Pradesh, which has set a precedent for showing political will to bring in 50 per cent reservation for women in those institutions. While preparing a strategy for the panchayat elections in early 2008, Chandrakala Kachal, Block Pramukh from DD Haat, Pithoragarh, said they would contest these elections only if the state government fulfilled their demand for reservation. She reiterated their fight would continue till the acceptance of their demand.
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Backlash in UP
Lucknow, February 5 In Kanpur, Samajwadi Party activists burnt an effigy of Raj Thackeray at the Collectorate. They also held a demonstration, demanding the arrest of Thackeray. Holding the younger Thackeray responsible for clash between the MNS workers and SP supporters in Mumbai, the SP men In Kanpur demanded that a case be registered against him. Congress activists also staged a protest against Thackeray’s remarks and demanded de-recognition of the MNS as a political party. At Bijnor in Western UP, SP workers staged demonstrations and burnt his effigy. In Allahabad, at least 12 SP activists were arrested for their effort to halt the Kashi Vishwanath train at Prayag station.
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Security up at residence of Adobe CEO
Ghaziabad, February 5 Security cameras have been installed near Gupta’s home by the resident welfare association, besides the security by the local police. Meanwhile, “the Special Task Force (STF) has been directed to trace the fleeing prime accused Chattrapal,” IGP Meerut Zone V K Gupta said. The constables who were on duty for escorting the accused to the court have been suspended and a case of negligence has been registered against them, he said. Chattrapal, who was in judicial custody, escaped yesterday afternoon after giving a slip to two constables who were taking him from the Ghaziabad district jail to the Gautam Budha Nagar Court in Noida.
— PTI
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Uttarakhand NCP merges with Cong
Dehra Dun, February 5 Announcing this, NCP state president Suryakant Dhasmana said they were joining the Congress without any pre-condition. The immediate reason behind this was the indifference of the central NCP leadership towards the state unit. Coming as it does before the forthcoming byelection for Pauri Garhwal parliamentary seat, the development is believed to strengthen the Congress which was finding it difficult to counter the BJP after Assembly election held in February, 2007. Notably, though the NCP failed to win any seat in this election but it did damage the chances of the Congress candidates in at least five constituencies. The NCP had put up its candidates after its proposed alliance with the Congress was scuttled by its senior leaders at the last moment. Welcoming Dhasmana and his colleagues into the party fold, state Congress president Yashpal Arya said the Congress got a boost with the merger. He promised to accommodate Dhasmana in the party set up with a respectable position.
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Culling in Purnia
Patna, February 5 Though no case of bird flu has been reported in Bihar, culling operations are to be undertaken in 19 blocks of Purnia, Katihar and Kishanganj districts in compliance with the Union Health Ministry's order to Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand and Orissa to kill the birds in villages falling within five km of their borders with bird flu-hit West Bengal. Bihar's director of Animal Husbandry Department Brahmachari Chandrashekhar Prasad Singh, who is camping at Katihar to supervise the exercise, told PTI over phone that 25 birds have so far been culled in Hafnia, Gangar and Sripur Mallahtola panchayats in Amour block of Purnia district since this morning. He said teams have also been sent to the identified areas in Katihar and Kishanganj districts. Altogether 33 teams of experts have been constituted for carrying out the operation in Katihar.
— PTI
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No birthday bash for Abhi as Big B falls ill
Jaipur, February 5 “Amitabh returned from Shimla yesterday where he was shooting for a film. He has cold, mild fever and some throat infection as well. Thus there will be no birthday function,” Samajwadi Party general secretary and family friend Amar Singh told reporters at the Rambagh Palace hotel here today. “It will take Amitabh two more days to recover. We are in touch with his family doctors (in Mumbai) and even a local doctor is being consulted,” he added. Bachchan is here with wife Jaya and daughter-in-law Aishwarya to celebrate the birthday of Abhishek, who turned 32 today. Abhishek is in Rajasthan to shoot for Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra-directed film “Dilli 6”.
— PTI
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Dawood still in Pak: CBI chief
New Delhi, February 5 Blaming Pakistan for harbouring several criminals wanted in India, CBI Director Vijay Shankar said the challenge before us was to bring such people to book. “Not only Kandahar accused, even the kingpin of the Mumbai serial blast Dawood was still in Pakistan,” he told a press meet. Of the 124 accused in the Mumbai blasts nearly a hundred of them have been sentenced while the rest were hiding in Pakistan.
— UNI
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India’s launch of Israeli satellite irks Iran
New Delhi, February 5 “We hope that wise and independent countries should not provide space and technology to counties, who are undertaking spying operations on Iran”, Iranian ambassador to India Seyed Mahdi Nabizadeh told newspersons here today. Replying to a question on Iran’s position to the launch of a Israeli spy satellite by ISRO on January 21, the Ambassador said we had desisted from lodging a formal protest.
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2 debt-ridden farmers commit suicide
Akola, February 5 Santosh Pradhan (40) from Babhulgaon near here ended his life on Sunday, while another farmer from Buldana, Vasanta Maroti (40) took the extreme step yesterday and was pronounced dead when brought to the hospital, they said. Both of them consumed poison to end their lives, the police said adding they were fed up with the constant failure of the crops and the increasing loans.
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After being accused of inaction for two days while activists of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and the Samajwadi Party clashed on streets of Mumbai, the administration today went on overdrive to arrests activists of both parties.
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