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Modi caste row heats up Varanasi
Cong wants his apology for triggering ‘neech’ debate 
BJP hits back 
Kejri flays Modi ‘drama’ 
New Delhi/Varanasi, May 9
Rajneeti has descended with its full force on Varanasi, the holy city with over 1,500 years of history. And it’s a defining moment for Indian democracy, only four days ahead of Narendra Modi’s ultimate test at the ballot box.

AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal waves to his supporters during a roadshow in Varanasi on Friday. PTI

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25 yrs after Dhatt’s murder, 3 Punjab former cops get jail
Hoshiarpur, May 9
It’s justice at last for 98-year-old Parkash Kaur, the younger sister of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Nearly 25 years after her son-in-law’s brother Kuljeet Singh Dhatt was allegedly killed by five Punjab Police personnel in Hoshiarpur district, Additional Sessions Judge Poonam R Joshi today convicted three of them in the case.

Kuljit Singh Dhatt’s family members have expressed displeasure at the sentence in Hoshiarpur.

Sensex at record high, crosses 23,000 mark
New Delhi, May 9
Anticipating a favourable outcome in the General Election next week, the BSE sensex hit a lifetime high of 23,000 points as a monster rally carried the index a whopping 650 points higher, its biggest gain since September last year. The Indian stock market was an outperformer today and the 30-share BSE index scaled its all-time high of 23,048 points with ICICI Bank, Tata Motors and Reliance Industries being the main movers.

6 cops booked for abetting Jind woman’s suicide
Jind, May 9
Eleven persons, including five inspectors (two retired) and a head constable, were today booked for abetting the suicide of a 35-year-old woman in Dhanauri village of Jind district. The police registered the case under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code after the victim’s relatives refused to hand over the body to them without bringing the accused to book.

4 hurt in fire aboard INS Ganga
Mumbai, May 9
Four persons, including two sailors, were injured in a minor fire that broke out aboard naval frigate INS Ganga this morning. The fire was reportedly caused by accumulation of gas in a chamber of the vessel where some welding work was on around 11 am.

13 die as train rams into vehicle
Lucknow, May 9
Thirteen persons were killed late last night when a passenger train hit a Bolero SUV at an unmanned level-crossing in Uttar Pradesh. Three persons were critically injured in the accident that took place at Horilapur village of Maharajganj district.