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Rabri gives additional portfolios to Cong ministers
In an apparent bid to mollify the Congress, coalition partner of Rashtriya Janata Party (RJD) led Bihar government, Chief Minister, Rabri Devi allocated additional portfolios to the three disgruntled Congress ministers who had sought to resign.
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NATIONAL
Al-Qaida: Advani surprised over Bangla reaction
New Delhi: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani took exception to Dhaka's sharp reaction to his statement expressing concern over the growing activities of al-Qaida and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in Bangladesh.
Wakf Board buries bodies of slain LeT militants
New Delhi: Bodies of the two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists, shot dead in an encounter with police at Ansal Plaza, were on November 9 buried by the Wakf Board following Pakistan's refusal to take them.
'Delhi encounter pre-meditated to discredit Pak'
Islamabad: Taking full advantage of the controversy surrounding the killing of two Pakistani terrorists in Ansal Plaza shopping complex in Delhi, Pakistan on November 9 charged India with having "pre-meditated murder to discredit" Islamabad.
Shourie to take charge of Commerce Ministry too
New Delhi: Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie has been given additional charge of Commerce and Industry Ministry in the wake of prolonged illness of Murasoli Maran who is being flown to the United States for treatment.
India rejects US intelligence agency report on AIDS
New Delhi: India has rejected a US intelligence agency report, which projects that the country will have over 25 million people living with AIDS by 2010 even as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) charged that the report was aimed at exploiting Indian market for AIDS drugs and vaccines.
Delhi Wakf Board to perform militants' last rites
New Delhi: Six days after the Ansal Plaza shootout, post-mortem was on November 9 conducted on the bodies of the two Pakistani terrorists killed in the encounter with police.
Delhi encounter eye-witness summoned by police
New Delhi: Delhi police on November 9 summoned Hari Krishna, an alleged eye-witness who claims the Ansal Plaza encounter was fake, for questioning.
KASHMIR
Mufti quits as PDP chief, Beig is acting president
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on November 9 resigned from the post of president of J&K People's Democratic Party (PDP), a spokesman said.
Farooq, Azad set to be elected unopposed to RS
Jammu: Former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, state Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz and Kisan leader Trilok Singh are poised to be elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir as their nominations were found valid after scrutiny on November 9.
NORTH
EC stays RS poll scrutiny on Nanda's complaint
Lucknow: Amidst confusion and high drama, the Election Commission stayed the scrutiny process for the Rajya Sabha elections on the complaint of arms dealer, Suresh Nanda.
Health sector reforms slackening: Shatrughan Sinha
Kolkata: Union Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha on November 9 admitted that the pace of health sector reforms in the country had slackened in recent times and the Centre was not fully aware of initiatives taken by state governments in this direction.
Rebel candidate allegedly roughed up by BJP leader
Lucknow: Arms dealer Suresh Nanda, put up by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dissident Legislators for Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly roughed up by BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, also a candidate for an Upper House seat, and his supporters inside the room of the returning officer.
SOUTH
3 TN ministers out, 5 in as Jaya effects reshuffle
Chennai: In a major reshuffle of her Cabinet, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on November 9 night dropped three of her colleagues and inducted five more, of whom two staged a comeback.
Mandya ryots serve ultimatum, to intensify stir
Mandya: The District Farmers' Action Committee on November 9 gave an ultimatum to the government that if by November 15 it did not fulfil the demands put forward by the farmers, the ongoing Cauvery agitation would be intensified.
Jaya charge on sharing of info baseless: Kharge
Bangalore: Home Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on November 9 described as "far from the truth" Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's reported charge that the state government was not sharing information on the issue of Nagappa kidnap crisis with her government.
Explosives unearthed from ultras in Bangalore
Bangalore: Striking in a big way, the city police have unearthed the biggest-ever cache of explosives in Bangalore and seized 2,170 detonators and chemicals used for Improvised Explosive Device from five unidentified militants.
Oppn to protest delay in securing Nagappa's release
Bangalore: Expressing displeasure over what they termed as "indifferent attitude" by the government, the Opposition parties in Karnataka on November 9 decided to stage dharna on November 12 to protest the delay in securing the release of abducted Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader H Nagappa from the clutches of forest bandit Veerappan.
Maran to be shifted to US hospital for treatment
Chennai: Union Industries and Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran, who is undergoing treatment at the Apollo hospital, is to be shifted to a hospital in Houston in the United States for further treatment in a couple of days.
EAST
No plans of ceasefire during Ramzan in J&K: Fernandes
Guwahati: Defence Minister, George Fernandes said there was no plan to offer ceasefire to militants in Jammu and Kashmir during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan.
'It's up to Priyanka, Rahul to decide on politics'
Mount Abu: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on November 9 said that it was for her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Vadra to decide whether to join active party politics or not.
BJP rebel Nanda withdraws RS polls nomination
Lucknow: In a surprise development, arms dealer Suresh Nanda, fielded by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dissidents for Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh, on November 9 said he was withdrawing from the contest.
'Cong is open to ties with like-minded parties'
Mount Abu: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on November 9 said her party has an open mind on alliances with like minded secular parties but its primary objective is to strengthen the party to come to power on its own.
NDA govt has neither foreign nor domestic policy: Cong
Mount Abu: Congress on November 9 slammed Vajpayee government's foreign policy saying "the standing of India among the world community has been lowered".
Indo-Bangla border fencing to be completed by 2007
Siliguri: Fencing of 1,100 km of Indo-Bangla border in North Bengal is scheduled to be completed by 2007, commissioner of Jalpaiguri division Debaditya Chakraborty said.
Govt to introduce anti-tobacco Bill in Parliament
Kolkata: Union Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha on November 8 said the Centre would soon introduce an anti-tobacco Bill in Parliament to further its campaign against the addictive to prevent cancer.
WEST
Cong not to upset UP govt apple cart, says Sonia
Mount Abu: Asserting that her party was not in the game of dislodging the Bahujan Samajwadi Party-Bharatiya Janata Party (BSP-BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on November 9 said that the party's strategy would be decided once the government falls on its own.
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