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Cash-for-Vote
New set of terrorists ‘behind’
Surat bombs
BSF allowed infiltration for bribes: CIC
Anti-Naxal Operations
Amarnath Land Row
BJP may cash in on land row
Rahul may use N-deal as poll plank
Convince us of majority support, Cong to Soren
HIV spreads tentacles into new pockets I regret killing
Rajiv: Nalini
Less rains hit major
crops
Security tightened in SC
Vadodara multiplex gets bomb threat
4 killed in Kolkata blast
Indo-US exercise begins today
U’khand govt alert against ‘Hunta’ virus
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Nation bids farewell to Surjeet
New Delhi, August 3 UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil were among the friends, admirers, comrades and political leaders who attended his funeral here. Political leaders cutting across party lines also paid homage to veteran Marxist leader, lauding his contribution to coalition politics and his commitment to secularism. Surjeet’s body, wrapped in the CPM flag, was taken out from the party office in a procession to the Nigam Bodh Ghat for the cremation. Red flags adorned the vehicle in which the body was kept. CPM leaders Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat, along with the two sons and the daughter of the veteran leader, joined thousands of mourners. CPM activists carrying posters of the Marxist leader chanted Surjeet lal salam and Surjeet amar rahe. A large gathering started pouring into his residence in the morning and later at the CPM headquarters where the 92-year-old leader’s body was kept for enabling public to offer their last respects. Surjeet died at the Metro Hospital in Noida two days ago after a prolonged illness. Vice president Hamid Ansari, Shivraj Patil and railway minister Lalu Prasad were among the first to reach his residence as leaders from across the political spectrum came to have the last glimpse of the Marxist leader. Calling Surjeet the real angel for the poor and working class, Lalu said we all offer ‘lal salam’ to Surjeet. Union minister T.R. Baalu, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, former minister K. Natwar Singh, RLD chief Ajit Singh, PDP leader Mufti Mohamad Sayeed and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh also came to his residence. Defence minister A.K. Antony, finance minister P. Chidambaram, former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were among those who visited the CPM office to pay homage to the departed soul. MDMK chief Vaiko and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu also paid homage to the veteran leader at the CPM office. LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan described Surjeet as a leader who fought since his prime as a revolutionary. BJP spokesperson Vijay Kuamr Malhotra said Surjeet was a great leader and a great worker and the void left by his demise would never be filled. The representatives of Iranian and Vietnamese embassies also placed wreaths.
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Intelligence Reforms
New Delhi, August 3 The Intelligence Bureau had submitted a proposal for setting up Multi Agency Centres in various states with an annual budget of few crores, but it was not agreed to by the union finance ministry which asked the IB to generate resources from its existing budget. The much-awaited Multi Agency Centre (MAC), proposed to be the hub for country’s counter-terror measures suggested by a Group of Ministers set up to study intelligence reforms in the wake of the Kargil war, was yet to see the light of the day as the finance ministry put a spoke in the attempt, official sources said. The MAC, along with state-level subsidiaries called SMACs, would operate as a national counter-terrorism database, identify operational priorities and build capabilities needed to execute them. The MAC, in turn, was to take inputs from the State-level police-intelligence Joint Task Forces. Till date, the MAC continues to be working a very less staff that too derived out of the Intelligence Bureau with no contribution from any other agency, including Army and RAW with no real-time links to state police forces. The proposal had sought creation of nearly 150 jobs at an annual expenditure of little over Rs 2.5 crore a year, a fraction of country’s intelligence budget. Finance ministry officials, while putting a spoke in the proposal, favoured MAC that draw its personnel from their existing staff. The Army also evinced no keen interest in MAC and did not set up any directorate as suggested by the review committee which would aide the MAC. Barring the MAC, several expensive projects cleared by the Group of Ministers like fencing of borders, setting up of a Disaster Management Committee, a Financial Intelligence Unit and a Serious Fraud Office were operational. The fate of the proposal of the CRPF, which has been countering Naxalism and terrorism in the country, for setting up a separate intelligence wing has been gathering dust in the home ministry. The proposal is pending with the ministry notwithstanding being turned down by the Finance Ministry earlier, suggests that the paramilitary force have a separate intelligence wing at a budget of nearly Rs 30 crore. The proposal was mooted after the CRPF decided to set up a Special Armed Force to counter Left wing extremism amid reports that Naxalites would be stepping up their activities across the eastern corridor. Such a wing needs to be institutionalised especially at a time when the CRPF, world’s largest paramilitary force, was being headed by V K Joshi, whose career has mostly revolved in central intelligence agencies. “The CRPF needs to have a pro-active offensive approach in collaboration with state intelligence agencies as several attacks on its personnel have shown that they were being made to operate without planning or thinking,” a senior MHA official said. The CRPF, which has been given the charge of internal security in 2001, decided to form its own intelligence wing as part of a “pro-active strategy” after it faced difficulties in getting intelligence inputs from insurgency-hit states. This proposal met a roadblock when Finance Ministry objected to it citing financial issues and pointing out that the CRPF was in aid to the civil administration. Security experts reasoned that it was not advisable for the CRPF to depend only on the state government’s intelligence machinery as they were in direct confrontation with militants, insurgents and left wing extremists.
— PTI
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Cash-for-Vote Cong dismisses charges Congress today dismissed BJP's fresh charges in the 'cash for vote' scam as "an old wine in old bottle" and sought to wash its hands off the matter by saying "not even an allegation has been made" against the party. "As far as the other non-Congress entities are concerned, these are mere allegations which are required to be proved before the Parliamentary committee," party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said. The BJP today submitted some "facts" to the parliamentary inquiry committee in the “cash for votes” scam, claiming that it will "conclusively establish the veracity of their complaints".
New Delhi, August 3 The party, which inquired into the matter, has also written a 17-page letter to the Parliamentary committee headed by Congress member V. Kishore Chandradeo, he said. Jaitley said Samajwadi Party MP Reoti Raman Singh had offered his party MPs the cash. Singh made the offer on July 21. "The investigating agencies did not do their job. So we inquired into the matter and gathered documentary evidence in the case," Jaitley told reporters. He alleged the 'cash for vote' scam, showing money being paid to get votes, reflects the subversion of Indian Parliament.
— PTI
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New set of terrorists ‘behind’ Surat bombs
Another bomb
defused Surat: A live bomb was found today and defused from the posh Atwalines area here, taking the total number of bombs to 24 in the diamond city, the police said. The bomb was found inside a bag near a bus stand besides the municipal garden in the area, police said. The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and a dog squad reached the spot and successfully defused the bomb in the garden, the police said.
Ahmedabad, August 3 “No organisation has claimed responsibility for the bombs planted in Surat so far. The authenticity of the Indian
Mujahideen, which has sent an e-mail to a media agency before the blasts in
Ahmedabad, is yet to be ascertained,” Surat DCP V. Chandrasekhar said. “It is possible that the group which may be responsible for the blasts in Ahmedabad and planting of bombs in
Surat, belong to a new generation of the terrorist group,” he said. “It could also be the SIMI working under a new identity. These facts need to be ascertained,” the DCP said. “We have been conducting raids in different parts of the city and interrogating people. The SIMI workers, who were arrested in 2001 from the city after the organisation was banned, are under the police scanner. So, any wrong move made by them will be instantly detected,” Chandrasekhar added. The DCP said a special team had been formed to investigate the case. The police has asked industrial units in Surat city to tighten their security. “We have been talking to the industries’ associations on the security issues. This time they have come forward and assured that they would be beefing up the security,” Chandrasekhar said. Meanwhile, the city Crime Branch has asked for an appointment from the Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratory
(DFSL) in Gandhinagar for conducting a lie-detector test on Abdul Halim, who was arrested after the serial blasts. Halim is under the police remand till August 10 and is being interrogated by the Crime Branch. During his interrogation, the police has found that he has links with one Abdul Karim
Tunda, who is absconding and is wanted in connection with blasts in Mumbai and Hyderabad and some other cases. The police has also prepared three sketches of suspects who could be behind the blasts, based on the descriptions given by eye-witnesses.
— PTI
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BSF allowed infiltration for bribes: CIC
New Delhi, August 3 In his book My Kashmir: Conflict and the Prospects of Enduring Peace, 62-year-old Habibullah, a 1968 batch IAS officer, said the migration of youths exposed grave weakness in patrolling by Indian forces along the Line of Control. In September 1988, the first group of Pakistan trained youths was arrested by the Kashmir police, but they were by no means the first to have crossed the LoC. “Local shepherds from the Gujjar community had guided infiltrators through craggy mountain shepherd pathways. The paramilitary BSF, created to patrol the India-Pakistan border in 1965 and deployed along the LoC after the Simla Agreement of 1972, was lackadaisical in patrolling. Passage across the LoC was easily obtained by paying bribes set at predetermined rates,” the author, who has served in the state in various positions, including divisional commissioner (Kashmir), claimed in his book. Habibullah, who retired from the service to become country’s first CIC, said by early 1990, 500-rupee currency notes could be exchanged in Srinagar at premium rates because they were “the most acceptable forms to grease for venal palm.”
— PTI
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Anti-Naxal Operations
Mumbai, August 3 Named Gaonbandi, or village boycott, the scheme hopes to rope in entire village panchayats to adopt a resolution banning the entry of Naxalite groups into villages bordering Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh, which are menaced by the Left insurgency. According to Maharashtra government sources, the government earmarked Rs 5.16 crore for disbursal among several villages. “The government had promised Rs 3 lakh to every village that adopts the Gaonbandi resolution way back in 2006,” says a state government official who was part of the anti-Naxal operations earlier. The money was to be spent on development works decided upon by the village panchayat. However, several villages that adopted the resolution risking their lives are yet to receive the money. According to sources here, several village panchayats seeking improved road connectivity and primary health centres adopted the resolution against the Naxalites. Moreover, with no signs of money coming in, sympathisers of the Naxal groups have begun to woo back villagers in many places as well. There are a large number of claimants for the sum of Rs 3 lakh. More than 400 villages in Gadhchiroli, Gondia, Bhandara, Nanded and Chandrapur had adopted the resolution and were still waiting for the reward, sources said. The scheme was originally mooted in 2003 with a reward of around Rs 2 lakh to be paid in two instalments. But with poor response from the villages, the reward money was hiked. But so far it has remained just a promise.
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Amarnath Land Row New Delhi, August 3 BJP workers have been on protest ever since the J&K Government decided to cancel the allotment of 100 acres of land to the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board, following initial protests from local residents. It has lent support to the Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti, which is spearheading the agitation. Although none in the Congress party or the BJP were willing to come on record, reports suggested that Sonia apparently tried to reason it out with the BJP president that efforts should be made to sort out the situation keeping the national interests in mind rather than political ambitions. This, she implied, was important keeping in mind the already sensitive situation prevailing in the trouble-torn state that is always in the eyes of the world. The protests could actually lend a communal angle to the entire issue if not brought under control now. Meanwhile, BJP sources said Sonia called up Rajnath seeking support of the opposition to calm down the aggravating situation in Jammu. The latter told her that the initiative to control the ongoing massive agitation against revocation of the land allotment to the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board would have to be taken by the government. Last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had invited the leader of the opposition L.K. Advani to discuss the Jammu issue and the current internal security scenario. There were also reports that assembly elections in the state may also not be held on time with the prevailing situation. The Election Commission officials have reportedly expressed their inability to put arrangements in place in time for the elections. Reports suggested that the elections might now be postponed to the first quarter of the next year.
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BJP may cash in on land row
New Delhi, August 3 The confidence vote in Parliament on July 22 has seen the BJP in a disarray, with its plans to expose cash for votes through a sting operation also coming to a naught. On the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal issue, there is still no consensus within the party. One section in the BJP has been urging the party not to go ballistic, opposing it for fear of alienating its core constituency of the upwardly mobile urban middle class. In such a situation and with the elections not too far away, “The Amarnath issue is coming in handy for the BJP to appeal to its core constituency,” said an observer. It has been fanning trouble in Jammu ever since the Amarnath Trust returned the land acquired to put up temporary structures for the pilgrims. On Thursday, the Prime Minister invited Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani. The BJP general secretary, Arun Jaitley, accompanied him. The Prime Minister appealed to the leaders to help placate the agitators in Jammu. But evidently the BJP remained unmoved. It has threatened a nationwide agitation with a march by its supporters to the Raj Bhawan in every state capital on August 11, 12 and 13.
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Rahul may use N-deal as poll plank
New Delhi, August 3 The AICC general secretary is expected to be the star speaker at the day-long workshop on August 6 of party spokespersons across the country. Gandhi had already spoken on the nuclear issue in Parliament during which he underlined the need for energy security and suggested that there should not be a fear of the unknown. Ahead of the trust vote in the Manmohan Singh cabinet, he had even said in an emotional speech that the nuclear deal was more important than the survival of the The day-long meet of spokespersons will primarily focus on the importance of the nuclear deal apart from covering some other issues, party sources said. Sources said the main idea behind the workshop was to help the spokespersons get acquainted with the nitty-gritty of the deal so that they communicate its importance to the people ahead of the Assembly elections in several states to be followed by the
general election. It is learnt that senior leaders Pranab Mukherjee, P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal and M Veerappa Moily would interact with the spokespersons to get the message through. The spokespersons of the party at the central level would also guide their counterparts at the state and the district level on communication skills.
— PTI
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Convince us of majority support, Cong to Soren
New Delhi, August 3 Soren, whose five-member party helped the UPA government win the trust vote in the Lok Sabha on July 22, faces a challenging task, given that the Jharkhand assembly is a hung house. According to a senior JMM leader who declined to be identified, the refrain of Congress is that it wants to be sure before taking any decision given the fact that Soren had failed to prove his majority soon after being sworn in as Jharkhand Chief Minister in 2005. Soren, who has already declared that Prime Minister had assured him of two berths in the council of ministers, has talked to senior Congress functionaries after the trust vote on his demand for chief ministership. Congress leaders in Jharkhand admit that Soren has made the demand, but they do not visualise any immediate fall of the Madhu Koda government. — PTI
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HIV spreads tentacles into new pockets New Delhi, August 3 It also shows the new pockets of infection that have emerged in states like Punjab, West Bengal, Orissa and Bihar, where the virus is now homing in on general populations. Besides, as many as nine districts in states otherwise categorised as low HIV prevalence have reported a significant HIV prevalence rate of more than 1 per cent. The finding is rattling especially at a time when the average HIV prevalence rate in India is 0.34 per cent - lower than 0.36 per cent found last year. Among the districts in low-prevalence states, where the virus has assumed alarming proportions are Darjeeling in West Bengal; Deogarh in Orissa; Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Amareli in Gujarat and Sitamarhi in Bihar. Talking of high-prevalence states -- Andhra Pradesh continues to bother health experts, with HIV prevalence rate still hovering over 1 per cent - much above the national average. The latest findings show that Karnataka follows the Andhra Pradesh pattern, with HIV positive cases not exhibiting signs of decline. “Some decline has been witnessed in the states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu,” Dr A.K. Khera of NACO said. But that does not give the health ministry reasons to cheer as HIV prevalence rate in the three high-risk core groups (intravenous drug users, men who have sex with men -MSMs- and female sex workers) has risen to distressing levels in many places. HIV prevalence among intravenous drug users (IDUs) has touched 30 to 40 per cent in some places. In Punjab, the prevalence among IDUs is over 13 per cent; in Maharashtra it is a whopping 24 per cent and in Delhi it is 10 per cent. Among MSMs, the new pockets of HIV infection have been detected because of the practice of multiple partners. The prevalence in the group in some states is alarmingly high, says Dr Khera, putting the figures at a whopping 17 per cent for Karnataka; 8 per cent each for Gujarat and Goa, and 11 per cent for Delhi. The problem has been detected in Andhra Pradesh as well. Another disturbing finding of the surveillance is that out of 135 commercial sex workers sites in India, more than 47 have shown more than 5 per cent HIV prevalence. The WHO describes over 5 per cent HIV positivity among high-risk groups as “significant”. For the general population, significant HIV prevalence is over one per cent. It goes without saying that the rise in HIV prevalence rates in both high-risk and general populations in listed areas necessitates a major shift in HIV/AIDS intervention policies.
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I regret killing
Rajiv: Nalini
New Delhi, August 3 Calling Rajiv Gandhi a “great leader” and his killing a “loss” to the country, Nalini, the lone surviving member of the five-member squad behind the assassination, said: “I regret the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.” Nalini was one of the prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. When asked whether the real conspirators have been brought to book, Nalini, whose interview was mailed by her lawyer Elangovan in reply to a questionnaire sent by PTI, said: “No, as the real killers Sivarasan, Suba and Dhanu were already dead.” Dhanu, a suicide bomber, had carried out the attack at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on the fateful night of May 21, 1991, killing Rajiv Gandhi and 15 others on the spot. Dhanu perished in the attack. During the course of investigations, pictures clicked by S. Haribabu, an LTTE photographer who was also killed in the blast, exposed the role of Nalini and others.
Arrested about a month after the assassination that shook the country, Nalini was sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted on 16 counts of murder. However, her sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment at the intervention of Congress President Sonia Gandhi who pleaded for clemency on account of Nalini’s young daughter who was born in jail. Nalini said in her e-mail reply through her lawyer that her meeting with Priyanka Gandhi, who had come calling to visit her in jail in March, was “historical”. Elangovan, while describing the meeting of Nalini and Priyanka as “unique”, said: “The real reason behind the meeting is still to be revealed by Priyanka. The meeting is unique. There is no comparison in the world history. It is unexpected for a daughter of a victim to meet an accused who had been sentenced to death penalty, later converted to sentence for life.” “The courage and generosity of Priyanka should be appreciated. The outcome of the meeting in no way helps Nalini,” he added. Nalini, whose petition for premature release is pending before the Madras High Court, said the Gandhi family and especially Sonia Gandhi has been kind to her. Her husband Murugan, an LTTE supporter sentenced to death for the same crime, is presently lodged with her in Vellore jail in Tamil Nadu. Nalini said if she is ever released from jail, she does not fear for her safety and was also candid about her plans for her daughter Megara, who has turned 15, saying she wants her to be a “software engineer” when she grows up. Megara, who was living with her grandparents in Sri Lanka, was recently permitted by the Madras High Court to come to India for further studies as it ruled that she was an Indian citizen because she was born in the country.
— PTI
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Less rains hit major
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New Delhi, August 3 Except for northwest India, which fared quite well, all other regions - Northeast, Central and South Peninsula - are in the red. Rainfall deficiency is also reflected in sowing patterns of important crops and latest sowing data released by agriculture ministry, which suggests that paddy is the only crop that has registered an overall increase in area. But the bad news is that majority of important crop producing areas in Central, Western and Peninsular India have fared badly as far as monsoon is concerned. Crucial areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gujarat, Saurashtra, Kutch, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Marathawada, Telangana, coastal Karnataka, north interior Karnataka and Kerala are presently in deep red. Economists had expected a good monsoon this year after a strong start in June. But poor rainfall, especially in the first three weeks of July, dashed the hopes of a bumper season. “The next two to three weeks will be critical from the food security and inflation point of view,” says food policy analyst Devinder Sharma. Officials are keeping their fingers crossed that revival of monsoon since the last week of July will narrow down the area gap for most crops in the coming days. Sharma, however, says late sowing may affect yields, as crops will not be able to grow to their full duration. “Even if rainfall assumes normal cycle, it will impact productivity,” he adds. Data suggests that for majority of crops, except paddy, sowed areas have fallen short of target and survival of crops is doubtful due to the erratic rain pattern. For the government fighting rising inflation this could be bad news, especially in an election year. The monsoon revival since last week is yet to reflect itself in official kharif sowing numbers and sowing data released by the agriculture ministry shows that progressive area under all coarse cereals, pulses, cotton, sugarcane and jute are lower than coverage levels achieved during the corresponding period of 2007. There has also been a fall in acreage under all oilseeds, barring soyabean. Peninsular India has been the worst hit this monsoon and Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have all registered a decline in sowing. In Maharashtra, there has been a drop in area planted under jowar, bajra, maize, cotton, sugarcane, pulses, except soybean and groundnut. In Karnataka, area under maize, moong, arhar, groundnut, bajra and jowar is down and in Andhra Pradesh biggest losers are groundnut, cotton, maize, sugarcane and moong. Meanwhile, the Met office says the situation is improving. Yesterday’s upper air cyclonic circulation over north Chhattisgarh and neighbourhood now lies over east Madhya Pradesh and neighbourhood. Under its influence fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls is likely over Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha during the next 48 hours. Scattered rainfall activity is likely over northwest India during the next three days.
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Security tightened in SC
New Delhi, August 3 Supreme Court general secretary V.K. Jain said an advocate of Patiala House district court, Subhash Gulati, received the threat that there would be bomb explosions tomorrow in the Supreme Court and Patiala House district courts situated at India Gate in the Capital. Gulati passed on the threat message to the New Delhi district police as well as to the court officials. The police immediately swung into action and carried out a thorough search in the Supreme Court and Patiala House courts to ensure that no explosives had been planted in and around their complexes. Tomorrow, entry to the court complexes will be allowed only after thorough frisking of the visitors and lawyers without identity cards will also be subjected to security checks and files and books will be permitted only after security checks. Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) secretary K.C. Kaushik has appealed to SCBA member to cooperate with the security personnel.
— UNI
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Vadodara multiplex gets bomb threat
Vadodara, August 3 It turned out to be a hoax after a thorough check of the PVR multiplex in Fatehgunj area this morning but the police was hopeful of apprehending the mischief-monger this time. Fatehgunj police station inspector J. R. Desai said an investigation had already begun and the culprit, who had sent the threatening SMS to the multiplex manager, was expected to be arrested soon. The police sources said this was the first time since the July 26 serial blasts in Ahmedabad that a SMS had been sent, targetting a multiplex in the city. When contacted, PVR sources did confirm that the threat SMS was received by its manager at 11am but none of the shows scheduled for the day had been cancelled. “We have taken all possible security measures for smooth running of the shows”, the sources said.
— UNI
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4 killed in Kolkata blast
Kolkata, August 3 “This is a mere accident. The explosion occurred in an abandoned shell. There is no terrorist involvement. I would tell the residents of this city not to panic unnecessarily,” he told mediapersons at the explosion site tonight.
— PTI
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Indo-US exercise begins today
Silchar, August 3 The exercise, first of its kind between the Indo-US forces, will start early tomorrow and continue till August 23 in the CIJWS, about 60 km from here. Colonel R M Negi of the CIJWS today said 22 US troops would take part in the exercise. The US troops have been staying here for the past two weeks.
— UNI
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U’khand govt alert against ‘Hunta’ virus Dehra Dun, August 3 Brig. (Dr) Ved Parkash, director of the hospital, told the media that two girls, one from Dehradun and another from Tehri, were admitted to the hospital with high fever and severe infection in their lungs. Later, they were shifted to Himalayan Hospital at Jollygrant, near Rishikesh, where one of them died. He said symptoms of these patients strongly indicated that they were infected by ‘Hunta’ virus. Meanwhile, the state government, taking cognizance of the reports, has sent a team to the Mahan Indresh Hospital. Dr. G.C. Bauntiyal, chief medical officer, Dehradun, said the team would collect blood samples of the patients. “We will send the samples to National Institute of Virology, Pune, and National Institute of Cummunicable Diseases, New Delhi, for confirmation. There is no 'Hunta’ virus in India till date, but we will be sure only after we get the report,” he said.
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Nag field trial put off Security up for Hindola Utsav Bomb scare at Kolkata airport SC dropout rate rises Cong-S wants island back 
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