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'1st phase of JK polls went off better than ever'
Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh on September 20 said the first phase of polls in Jammu and Kashmir on September 16 went off "better" than even some of the elections before in the country.
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NATIONAL
Efforts being made to bring Salem to India: Advani
New Delhi: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on September 20 night said that efforts are being made at diplomatic level to ensure deportation of underworld don Abu Salem, who has been detained in Portugal, to India and a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team would be sent there shortly.
CBI confirms Abu Salem's arrest in Portugal
New Delhi: One of India's most wanted criminals, underworld don Abu Salem, has been arrested along with his companion Monica Bedi by the Interpol in Portugal nine years after he fled to Karachi in the wake of the Mumbai blasts in 1993.
No official confirmation of Abu Salem's arrest
New Delhi: Underworld don Abu Salem has reportedly been arrested by the Interpol in the Portugese capital of Lisbon but there was no official confirmation of this in New Delhi immediately.
India, Pak are one body and two lives: Pak CJ
Panipat: Chief Justice of Pakistan Sheik Riaz Ahmed on September 20 urged New Delhi and Islamabad to forget their differences and work unitedly for progress and prosperity of the region.
K'taka accuses Jaya of politicising Cauvery issue
New Delhi: Accusing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa of trying to politicise Cauvery waters issue, Karnataka government on September 20 said she is pressing for water release despite being aware it was stopped with the drying up of the reservoir.
Pak desperately trying to step-up infiltration: Army
New Delhi: Apparently unnerved by a fair turnout in the first round of polling in
Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan is making desperate attempts to step up infiltration into the state with the alert Army soldiers foiling a fresh bid at Dothlian on the line of control (LoC) in Baramulla sector early on September 20 killing three
militants.
Centre asks Karnataka to honour CRA's decision
New Delhi: The Centre on September 20 asked Karnataka to honour the decision of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) that directed release of 0.8 TMC feet of water to Tamil Nadu.
Poll reforms: SC issues notices to Centre, EC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on September 20 issued notices to the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) on a bunch of petitions challenging the August 24 Ordinance on electoral reforms aimed at preventing criminals from contesting polls.
Vajpayee to raise Pak issue during Maldives visit
New Delhi: Carrying forward the process of forging closer links with neighbouring countries, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will embark on a four-day official visit to Maldives from September 22 to further strengthen multi-faceted relationship and explore prospects of enhancing bilateral co-operation in various fields.
KASHMIR
Omar to resign as Union minister after J&K polls
Jammu: Minister of State for External Affairs and National Conference president Omar Abdullah has said that he would quit the Union Ministry after the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Farooq blasts Pak's attempts to disrupt JK polls
Gandarbal (J&K): Using an expletive, a livid Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on September 20 blasted Pakistan for its "coercive" tactics to disrupt the ongoing Assembly elections in the state.
'JK misgovernance; NC, BJP 2 faces of same coin'
Jammu: Terming the National Conference (NC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as two faces of the same coin, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on September 20 accused them for misgovernance in Jammu and Kashmir.
Another NC member gunned down, Mir under arrest
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on September 20 detained acting chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Javed Ahmed Mir even as militants gunned down another National Conference (NC) activist in downtown Srinagar on September 19 night.
NORTH
Sonia pulled up for remarks on J&K trifurcation
Raipur: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj on September 20
said that the trifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir is not a separatist or un-
Constitutional demand.
Centre to compare Cong's 40-yr rule against NDA's
Raipur: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government would bring out a
comparative report on the Vajpayee government with that of about 40 years rule of
Congress, on completion of its three years in office on October 13, Union
Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj said on September 20.
Pamphlets with inflammatory messages found in Delhi
New Delhi: A bunch of pamphlets containing inflammatory messages aimed at arousing religious sentiments have been recovered from South Delhi.
India wants Pak to reciprocate airspace use
New Delhi: Pakistan should reciprocate India's gesture of lifting restrictions on
the use of its airspace, before New Delhi could consider any further demands on the matter by Islamabad.
SOUTH
K'taka govt pleads helplessness on water release
Bangalore: Battling the Cauvery crisis, Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna on
September 20 indirectly asked Tamil Nadu to understand the state's position on water release in view of lack of rainfall, saying that it might help in finding a
solution "to some extent" to the vexed issue.
Dreaded Mumbai gangster arrested in Chennai
Chennai: In a pre-dawn swoop in a city locality, police arrested Imran
Mahandi, a gangster wanted by the Mumbai police in connection with 12 cases
including five murders.
ISRO upbeat over METSAT images of earth
Bangalore: The first images of the earth taken by the very high resolution
radiometer (VHRR) on board India's first exclusive meteorological satellite, METSAT, are of excellent quality, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on September 20.
Cauvery: K'taka to hold all-party meet tomorrow
Bangalore: Karnataka government would decide on the Centre's appeal to resume
release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu, after consulting Opposition leaders at the all-party meeting in New Delhi on September 21, Law Minister D B Chandregowda said on September 20.
DMK to boycott all-party meeting on Cauvery issue
Chennai: The Opposition DMK on September 20 decided to boycott the all-party meeting convened by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, on September 20 evening on the Cauvery waters issue.
Drought: Naidu proposes Ganga, Cauvery link project
Hyderabad: In the backdrop of river water disputes erupting with unfailing regularity bedevilling relations between states, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has proposed an ambitious Ganga-Cauvery link project as a permanent solution to drought in various states.
Phaneesh will not be re-instated: Infosys chief
Bangalore: Following reports to the contrary in certain sections of the media, Infosys chairman and mentor Narayana Murthy denied that he ever made a statement that Phaneesh Murthy, former member of the board of the company would return to Infosys after the case with Reka Maximovitch comes to a conclusion, according to an official press release.
EAST
BSF apprehends 20 Bangladeshi infiltrators
Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended 20 Bangladeshi infiltrators from the Haridaspur border in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
Weak tracks cause of derailment, claims Mamta
Kolkata: Former Railway minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamta Banerjee said on September 20 that her partymen, who had reached the site of the derailment of the Sealdah bound Teesta-Torsha Express at Mahipal on September 19 night, had informed her that none of the coaches had overturned.
Alert railway porter averts train tragedy
Kolkata: The Eastern Railway averted a major accident when three missing fish plates on its Grand Chord section in Dhanbad division were detected minutes before the 2815 Up Neelachal Express was to pass.
Teesta-Torsha Express derails in Bengal
Kolkata: Six coaches of the 3142 DN New Sealdah-bound Teesta-Torsha Express jumped the tracks at Mahipal Road station in Murshidabad district in North Bengal at 23: 45 hours (IST) on September 19 night.
WEST
Bhujbal welcomes reports about Salem's arrest
Mumbai: Without confirming the arrest of gangster Abu Salem in Portugal, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on September 20 said if such reports were true then it was good news for city police, businessmen and the film world.
Six injured in Gujarat violence, police opens fire
Vadodara: In a fresh communal flare-up in the city, six persons were injured when
police opened fire on September 20 to disperse two groups indulging in violence as idols of Lord Ganesha were being taken for immersion.
Curfew continues in tension-gripped Guj town
Ahmedabad: Indefinite curfew imposed in Borsad town of Anand district on September 17 following group clashes and police firing, that claimed one life, continued for the fourth day on September 20 as tension prevailed in the town on the day of the Ganesha immersion.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Naga Home Minister resigns in protest against CM
Kohima: Nagaland Home Minister Neiphiu Rio on September 20 resigned from the S C
Jamir-led Congress ministry.
Kalam to inaugurate Imphal power project on Oct 5
Imphal: President A P J Abdul Kalam will pay one-day visit to Manipur on October 5 and inaugurate the 36 MW-Leimakhong heavy fuel power project in Imphal, official sources said.
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