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Hurriyat leaders hold talks with Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Failing to make any breakthrough with the Centre on the Kashmir issue, the Hurriyat Conference on March 15 met Congress president and Leader of Opposition Sonia Gandhi and apprised her of the alleged harassment from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
C D Sahay appointed new chief of RAW
New Delhi: C D Sahay, special secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, has been appointed the new chief of India's external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), official sources said on March 15.
Petrol, diesel prices increase by upto Rs 1.51
Mumbai: Public sector oil companies have increased retail selling prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 1.39 to Rs 1.51 and Rs one per litre respectively with effect from midnight March 15 taking into account the current international prices.
'Britain ready to back US if 2nd resolution fails'
New Delhi: Notwithstanding a strong anti-war lobby and a possible UN veto, Britain on March 15 declared that it would go along with the US in case military attack became inevitable on Iraq "outside" the United Nations framework.
Hurriyat to hold meeting with Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: After adopting a hard line against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, the Hurriyat Conference will hold the first ever meeting with Congress president and leader of Opposition Sonia Gandhi.
KASHMIR
Two Kashmiri students held for links with JeM
Muzaffarnagar: Police arrested two more Kashmiri students for allegedly having
allegiance to the terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Shamli town, official sources said.
NORTH
War on Iraq would affect India's interests: Sinha
Patiala: External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on March 15 said any war on Iraq would go against the interests of India, including possible disruption of oil supplies.
Sinha lashes out at Pak, says accession of JK total
Patiala: Asserting that the accession of Jammu and Kashmir was "total and
irrevocable", External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on March 15 lashed out at Pakistan for demanding self-determination in the state, saying it was a crude attempt to bolster its agenda of "territorial aggrandizement" through terrorism against India.
Fresh excavation shows demolished mosque floor
Ayodhya: Excavation at three of the four new trenches at the disputed site in
Ayodhya on March 15 led to the floor of the demolished structure, forcing
archaeologists to ponder over the next course of action.
Muslims allege bias at Ayodhya excavation
Ayodhya: After a day's break for Muharram, excavation of the disputed site resumed for the third day on March 15 amid objections by the Waqf Board to the absence of Muslims among the archaeologists and labourers engaged in the exercise to ascertain whether a temple existed beneath the demolished structure.
SOUTH
Benefits of IT should reach rural areas: Kalam
Hyderabad: Emphasising the need for focussing Information Technology (IT) towards social causes, President A P J Abdul Kalam on March 15 said technological development should go with social development and benefits of advancement in science and technology should reach the rural areas.
NDA govt mortgaging nation, alleges Congress
Bangalore: Senior Congress leader Pranab Kumar Mukherjee on March 15 accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of mortgaging the nation and pushing it to a state of bankruptcy.
'Integrate traditional knowledge with technology'
Hyderabad: President A P J Abdul Kalam on March 15 called for strategic integration of traditional knowledge in healthcare system and modern technologies to create wealth and help the country emerge as a leading player in global herbal market.
Central
Bharti exhorts people to throw out Digvijay govt
Bhopal: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on March 15 exhorted the people to take a pledge to throw out the Digvijay Singh-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh in the Assembly polls in the state, due by the year-end.
BJP will fight MP polls under Uma Bharti: Advani
Bhopal: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on March 15 said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would fight the next Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh under the leadership of senior party leader Uma Bharti.
EAST
Marandi decides to face trust vote on March 27
Ranchi: Beleaguered Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on March 15 got into a fresh battle with rebel Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari with his Cabinet deciding to face a trial of strength in the Assembly on March 27 ignoring Speaker summoning the House on March 17.
'Speaker has no authority to reconvene Assembly'
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on March 15 questioned Speaker
Inder Singh Namdhari's authority to reconvene the Assembly adjourned sine die on March 13 and said he had called a Cabinet meeting to decide the date of a confidence vote he was asked by the Governor on March 14 night to hold on the floor of the House by March 31.
WEST
Gujarat govt constitutes POTA review committee
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on March 15 constituted a "review committee" for Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) cases, under the chairmanship of retired justice N B Patel of the state High Court.
Bomb blast near Mumbai, no casualties
Navi Mumbai: A minor blast occurred outside the "Vashi Plaza" commercial building at Vashi, near the Mumbai-Pune highway, on March 15, police said.
Gurudas Kamat appointed Mumbai PCC chief
Mumbai: Former MP Gurudas Kamat has been appointed president of Mumbai Regional Pradesh Congress Committee in place of Murli Deora, who resigned from the post stating that it was high time to "pass on the torch" to the new generation.
NSG Central team examines nature of explosion
Mumbai: A Central team of National Security Guards (NSG) arrived in Mumbai on March 14 night, undertook the study to ascertain the nature of the explosion that occurred in a local train compartment on March 13 night, claiming 11 lives, police said.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Tripura govt unveils policy to tackle insurgency
Agartala: The Left Front in Tripura, which had used the solution of the insurgency problem in the state as a poll plank in the run-up to the just concluded Assembly polls, on March 15 unveiled a new policy to tackle militancy.
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