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No anticipatory bail to absconding accused: SC
New Delhi: In major ruling having bearing on the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, the Supreme Court has ruled that no court should grant anticipatory or regular bail to those accused who were absconding.
Hussain speaks to Laloo on airport issue
New Delhi: In a bid to reduce tension between the Centre and Bihar over the threat to close down Patna Airport, Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussain on September 4 asked the state government to cut the trees hampering safe landing.
India, US poised for quantum jump in military ties
New Delhi: India and United States are poised for a quantum jump in military-to-military ties and interaction with the unfolding of a big calendar of joint exercises involving all the three services.
HC, govt cannot commute sentence at own will: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that the high courts have no power to direct commutation of a sentence awarded to a person found guilty of an offence and said the government, too, cannot commute the sentence at their sweet will, pleasure, whim or fancy.
India, Indonesia begin joint patrol in Andaman Sea
New Delhi: In a major step to help curb widespread piracy in the Andaman Sea,
warships and aircraft from India and Indonesia have begun their first ever joint co-ordinated patrols in the area.
Patna airport closed down due to security reasons
New Delhi: Government on September 4 decided to close down the Jaiprakash Narain
Airport in Patna following an official report that it was the "most insecure"
airport in the country.
PM’s refusal to meet Shah unfortunate, says CPM
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on September 4 termed
as "unfortunate" the refusal of the Prime Minister and Home Minister to meet
separatist leader Shabir Shah and asked the Centre to take immediate steps for a
political dialogue with all concerned in view of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmir faction flays EC for double standards
New Delhi: A faction of Panun Kashmir on September 4 flayed the Election Commission for adopting "dual yardsticks" in announcing polls in Jammu and Kashmir while deferring the same in Gujarat whereas migrants were suffering in both the states.
World Summit a success for developing nations: Baalu
New Delhi: Despite stiff resistance from two powerful blocks, India and other developing countries have come out with honours against attempts to impose trade barriers and other restrictions on them at the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in South Africa.
KASHMIR
Omar says elections are tougher than 1977
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) chief Omar Abdullah on September 4 filed his nominations for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections from Ganderbal constituency and said the present election is "tougher" that the one in 1977.
Govt backing out of Kashmir peace process: Shah
Srinagar: Senior separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah on September 4 said the
Centre's refusal to meet him during his Delhi visit to hold talks with the Kashmir Committee vindicated his position that if anyone was to back out of the dialogue process it was the government.
NC campaign vehicle attacked in J&K, 4 injured
Srinagar: In the second attack in three days on poll campaign in Jammu and Kashmir, militants on September 4 targetted a campaign vehicle of the ruling National Conference in the frontier district of Kupwara injuring four activists, one of them seriously, police sources said.
JKLF acting chief, associates detained in JK
Srinagar: Acting chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Javid Ahmad Mir was on September 4 taken into preventive custody from the outskirts of the city when he was going to Kupwara district to kick off anti-election campaign, police said.
Jolt to NC as sitting MLA crosses over to Cong
Srinagar: The ruling National Conference (NC) suffered a jolt on September 4 when a sitting MLA Mohammad Shafi Bhat quit the party and joined the Congress.
NORTH
'Cong trying to create tiff between President, PM'
New Delhi: The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on September 4 charged the
Congress government in the capital with trying to create a "misunderstanding"
between President A P J Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on the issue of inauguration of the prestigious Metro Rail.
Centre 'usurping' Delhi govt's powers: Dikshit
New Delhi: Congress-led Delhi government was on a collision course with the Centre as Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on September 4 accused the Vajpayee government of trying to "usurp" the powers.
Leakage of files to media: Mayawati orders probe
Lucknow: Stung by the controversy over the reservations in sports colleges and a
World Bank letter to the Uttar Pradesh government, Chief Minister Mayawati on
September 4 ordered a high level inquiry into the "leakage" of relevant files to the media.
SOUTH
Karnataka to honour SC directive on Cauvery
Bangalore: Karnataka Cabinet on September 4 decided to honour the directive of the Supreme Court, which has asked the state to release 1.25 TMC ft of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu.
Consensus in K'taka over SC order on Cauvery
Bangalore: An all-party meeting on September 4 evolved a consensus on Karnataka's
stand following the Supreme Court directive to release 1.25 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu on a daily basis, Chief Minister S M Krishna said.
'How can a man in the forest get crisp currency notes?'
Bangalore: Veerappan, the most wanted bandit has struck again. He has abducted
Nagappa, former minister of Karnataka after keeping a low profie for about 18 months. The bandit, who began his career as a small time poacher a couple of decades ago, has established himself as one of the most notorious criminal today.
Another brave soldier of K'taka lays down life in J&K
Bangalore: Yet another brave soldier from Karnataka, 24-year-old sepoy Chand Pasha of Maratha Light Infantry (MLI) regiment, laid down his life fighting militants in Poonch sector of Kashmir on September 2.
Sporadic protests in K’taka over Cauvery issue
Mandya (Karnataka): Farmers and students in Karnataka's Mandya district on September 4 held sporadic protests, staging dharnas and blocking roads over the Supreme Court directive asking the state to release 1.25 TMC feet of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu daily.
Pondy CM to seek pound of Cauvery flesh from Jaya
Pondicherry: Pondicherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on September 4 said he would
write to his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa asking her to apportion Cauvery
water under pro-rata basis to Karaikal in the context of Supreme Court's direction to Karnataka to release 1.25 TMC feet of water every day.
Vaiko back in Vellore jail after extension of remand
Chennai: A Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court on September 4 extended the
judicial remand of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko till September 30, on expiry of his remand period.
CPM keeps off Jayalalithaa's version of 3rd Front
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on September 4 distanced
itself from Jayalalithaa's proposal of a Third Front of non-BJP and non-Congress
parties saying it can only be built on the basis of a "common understanding" among political parties to fight communalism and "personal origin" of leaders should not be an issue.
Minister slams Jaya for criticising PM on Cauvery
Chennai: The Union Minister of State for Shipping S Thirunavukarasar on September 4 flayed the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for her allegation against the Prime Minister A B Vajpayee that he was indulging in "double speak" on Cauvery issue.
Polls: CPM to catalyse Guj 3rd Front if BJP fails
Hyderabad: Predicting "re-alignment of political forces" in the event of BJP losing elections in Gujarat, the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) on September 4 said it would play a "catalyst's role" in such a scenario to forge a Third Front but was sceptical about Tamil Naidu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's political prescription.
Spell out stand on TN alliance, BJP tells DMK
Chennai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on September 4 said that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a major constituent of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), should come out with a 'clear cut' stand on its relationship with the party in Tamil Nadu.
Security beefed up in K'taka in wake of SC order
Bangalore: Police stepped up security in the Cauvery belt in Karnataka as a precautionary measure following the Supreme Court order directing the state to release 1.25 TMC feet of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu, which would be discussed by the Cabinet and an all party meeting on September 4.
TN cops seize adulterated petrol worth Rs 3 lakh
Coimbatore: Police seized 14,000 litres of adulterated petrol from a lorry and arrested three persons in this connection on September 3 night on the outskirts of the city.
Central
BJP has come a long way in last 10 yrs: Naidu
Bhopal: BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu on September 4 said the party had come a long way in the last 10 years during which it had progressed as a political party, that was once considered untouchable, and now having the support of 23 political parties.
EAST
NHRC urges WB govt to probe children's death
Kolkata: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on September 4 urged the West Bengal government to look into the reported deficiencies at the B C Roy Children's Hospital, where 15 children died since September 1, as the state commission sought a detailed report from the government on the issue.
No need to worry about anti-BJP charges: Mahajan
Bhopal: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan on September 4
advised party leaders and workers not to worry too much about allegations hurled
against them.
Protest against infant deaths: 7 SP activists held
Kolkata: Seven Samajwadi Party activists were on September 4 arrested for violating prohibitory orders and shouting anti-government slogans in front of the high-security Writers Buildings in protest against ruling Left Front's ''failure'' in the vital health sector.
Bihar cops probing key documents about Ranvir Sena
Patna: The Bihar police is investigating vital documents it recovered after breaking open the office of Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Mahasangh (ABRKM), a frontal organisation of Ranvir Sena, from where its chief Brahmeshwar Singh was arrested on August 29.
Trinamool-backed Rajya Sabha MP rejoins Congress
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on September 4 received a jolt when the party-backed
Rajya Sabha MP Jayanta Bhattacharya returned to the Congress fold.
'Irresponsible' boatmen blamed for Orissa mishap
Bhadrak (Orissa): The boat tragedy in the Baitarani river near Jajpur town, in which over 50 people were feared killed on August 31, was caused by the irresponsible behaviour of the boatmen, a senior official of Bhadrak district said.
Power tariff hiked for commercial users in Bihar
Patna: Bihar government has decided to bring an ordinance to effect certain changes in the rate of electricity to mop up additional revenue for the commercial taxes department.
WEST
Manisha moves Mumbai HC division Bench over film
Mumbai: Film actress Manisha Koirala on September 4 filed an appeal in Mumbai High Court, challenging its earlier order rejecting her plea to delete objectionable scenes from the controversial film "Ek Chhoti Si Love Story".
Narmada overflows: NBA rallyists forcibly evicted
Mumbai: Nearly 150 Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists, staging "satyagraha" at Domkhedi village in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, were on September 4 forcibly evicted as flood waters of Narmada entered the village and adjoining areas, Chief Minister Vilarsao Deshmukh said on September 4.
Omar, 2 NC rebels file nominations for JK polls
Srinagar: With just a day left for filing nominations for the second phase of
Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, 15 candidates, including National Conference
(NC) chief Omar Abdullah, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather and two NC rebels,
filed their papers from Srinagar and Budgam districts of Kashmir valley on September 4, official sources said.
Deputy commissioner of civic body held in MPSC scam
Mumbai: Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Thane civic body Vishwanath Kelkar was
arrested on September 3 night and produced before special court in connection with the multi-crore answer paper scam that rocked Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC).
SENSEX opens lower due to slide in global markets
Mumbai: Reacting to a sharp slide in global markets, the SENSEX opened lower and dipped further to a low of 3,126.75 at early stages on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on September 4 on increased selling by operators and retail investors.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Tripura CM alleges ex-insurgent aiding ultras in state
Agartala: Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has alleged that former insurgent leader and president of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) Bijoy Kumar Hrankhawl was extending support to insurgent outfits of the state.
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