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'Pak should be advised not to meddle in JK polls'
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on July 28 said Pakistan should be advised against interfering in Assembly elections in the state through armed militants and rejected the demand to release Hurriyat Conference leaders facing serious charges.
NCERT denies violating SC order on curriculum
New Delhi: The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on July 28 denied reports that it has released text books for secondary education violating the Supreme Court order.
Nation bids tearful adieu to Krishan Kant
New Delhi: The mortal remains of Vice President Krishan Kant were consigned to flames with full state honours on July 28 evening.
India rejects Musharraf's claim on infiltration
New Delhi: India on July 28 rejected as "terminological in-exactitude" Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's claim that infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir had stopped, saying there has been ''spurt'' in this in the last few weeks.
We don't need advice on conducting polls: India
New Delhi: India on July 28 conveyed to the United States that the infiltration from Pakistan side had not stopped as Islamabad had failed to take any action in dismantling terrorist camps.
Evidence against Ayub handed to UK for trial
New Delhi: In a significant development, India has handed over evidence to the British authorities against Kashmiri separatist leader Ayub Thakur for allegedly funding militancy in Jammu and Kashmir so that he could be tried in that country itself.
Powell rounds-off visit after meet with Vajpayee, Advani
New Delhi: U S Secretary of State Colin Powell on July 28 rounded of his short visit to India with meetings with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
Kant to be cremated at the capital this evening
New Delhi: The mortal remains of Krishan Kant, the first Vice-President to die in office, will be consigned to flames on July 28 evening.
Bangladesh seeks Pak apology for '71 war killings
New Delhi: Bangladesh may seek apology from Islamabad for the killing of thousands of people during the 1971 Liberation War and claim $ 4.5 billion as its share of pre-independence assets from Pakistan when President Pervez Musharraf visits Dhaka on July 29, Pakistani media said.
Allow international monitoring of J&K polls: US
New Delhi: The US on July 28 pressed India to allow independent international
observers to monitor the forthcoming Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir and free political prisoners to give it credibility while asking Pakistan not to disturb the poll process.
J&K polls first step towards Indo-Pak dialogue: Powell
New Delhi: The United States wants the upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir to be held in a peaceful atmosphere.
KASHMIR
Two ultras, ex-serviceman killed in J&K
Srinagar: Six persons, including two militants and an ex-serviceman, were killed and four suspected ultras arrested in Jammu and Kashmir since July 27 night, a police spokesman said.
Rift between Hurriyat, PoK govt deepens
Islamabad: With Assembly elections round the corner in Jammu and Kashmir, differences between Pakistan chapter of Hurriyat and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) government deepened as demands were raised to replace the ruling dispensation in the PoK.
Paswan slams Centre for not sacking Modi govt
Srinagar: Lok Janashakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan criticised the Centre for not dismissing the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat following the recent communal riots.
Centre must consider autonomy for J&K: Paswan
Srinagar: Lok Janshakti Party president Ramvilas Paswan on July 28 said the Centre should seriously consider "greater autonomy" for Jammu and Kashmir within the Constitutional framework of the country and initiate talks with all parties including militants for a permanent solution to the vexed Kashmir issue.
Rise in militancy as J&K polls draw nearer
Srinagar: Asserting that infiltration from across the border has not stopped, a top Jammu and Kashmir police officer on July 28 said militants have stepped up violence in the state to disrupt the coming Assembly polls.
NORTH
Key LeT militant associate held in Punjab
Hoshiarpur (Punjab): An associate of dreaded Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Abdul who was arrested in June 2001, was taken into custody from his house on July 27 night in Muda village in Gurdaspur district of the state, a senior police official said.
SOUTH
PWG member shot dead in encounter in AP
Guntur: A member of People's War Group (PWG) was shot dead in an encounter in hills near Chandra Rajupalem village in Belkonda Mandal in the district in the wee hours of July 28, police said.
Invitation issue snowballing into controversy
Chennai: The exclusion of several chief ministers to the Presidential swearing-in ceremony is snowballing into a controversy with political parties in Tamil Nadu criticising the Centre for its "lapse".
Advani expresses 'regret' on invitation issue
Chennai: The Centre on July 28 sought to put an end to the "invitation controversy", kicked up by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, when Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani rang her up to express "regret" for what had happened and promised to review the entire 'Table of Precedence' for formal government functions.
Panel calls to free Sabarimala of pollution
Thiruvnanthapuram: The Environment Committee of Kerala Assembly has called for
urgent steps to check environmental and pollution hazards faced by the Sabarimala hill-shrine, visited by millions of Ayyappa devotees from all parts of the country during the November-January pilgrimage season.
Indian satellites find water under Thar desert
Hyderabad: India's remote sensing satellites have traced the buried course of
Saraswati, the mythical Himalayan River, kindling hopes of finding drinking water under the hot sands of the Thar desert in Rajasthan.
EAST
Bihar seeks more funds as flood situation worsens
Patna: With the death toll rising to 82 the Bihar government has decided to send on SOS to the Centre seeking more funds and Army men to step up relief and rescue operations in North Bihar as the flood situation further worsened on July 28.
WEST
Communal clash in Gujarat, curfew imposed
Ahmedabad: Indefinite curfew was imposed in Prantij taluka of Sabarkantha district on July 28 following a clash between two groups belonging to different communities in which some 25 shops were set on fire, police said.
Salman may go abroad as witness turns hostile
Jodhpur: A local court has allowed Bollywood actor Salman Khan, the prime accused in the case of poaching of black buck, to go abroad as yet another prosecution witness turned hostile.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Assam flood situation grim, toll rises to 15
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam was grim in most of the 16 affected districts with water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries flowing above the danger level as the death toll has risen to 15, official sources said.
Bandh called in Guwahati to protest girl's killing
Guwahati: A 12-hour Guwahati bandh has been called by the Forum against Atrocities on Women on July 29 to protest against the rape and killing of an eight-year old girl inside the private transport company.
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