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President, Vice President greet people on Holi
President A P J Abdul Kalam and Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on March 17 greeted the people on the occasion of Holi saying that the festival of colour brings with it joy, hope and fulfilment for all.
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NATIONAL
Portugal sends LR for Salem; custody may extend
New Delhi: Portugal government has sent a Letter Rogatory (LR) to India seeking
details about the criminal profile of underworld don Abu Salem, main accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast even as authorities in Lisbon have moved a court for extension of his judicial remand which expires tomorrow (Mar 18).
CMG set up to cope with fallout of war on Iraq
New Delhi: Setting in motion its contingency plan, government has established a
Crisis Management Group (CMG) to take appropriate action in the event of a war on Iraq as Indian Embassy officials moved out of Baghdad to Amman.
I want an order, not a letter, retorts Digvijay
New Delhi: The tussle on the Bhojshala issue intensified on March 17, hours after the Centre shot off a letter to Madhya Pradesh with Chief Minister Digvijay Singh reacting angrily to it saying he wanted an order and not any letter.
PM to visit J&K to review progress of projects
New Delhi: Nearly a year after he visited Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will go to the border state in the middle of April to review progress of various projects and is also likely to lay the foundation stone for the first railway station in the Kashmir Valley.
Bhojshala: Centre asks MP to abide by its directive
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on March 17 suffered another setback with the Centre asking him to follow its recent directive allowing Hindus to worship full day on Tuesdays and Muslims to offer Friday afternoon prayers at the Bhojshala-Kamaal Maula mosque in Dhar.
Four Dawood associates arrested in New Delhi
New Delhi: Four associates of Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel were arrested from the South West part of the city on March 17 morning foiling their alleged attempts to commit a murder, police sources said.
Jogi rushed to Ranchi to keep party flock together
New Delhi: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi was rushed to Ranchi on March 16 night by Congress high command, apparently to keep the party flock together amid reports that the beleaguered Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi might attempt poaching.
KASHMIR
Six militants killed in fierce J&K encounter
Jammu: Six hardcore militants were on March 17 killed in a fierce encounter with police in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to official sources.
Two of four abducted JK cops escape from captivity
Jammu: Two of the four policemen abducted by militants after the attack on a police post in Udhampur district have escaped and returned safely, official sources said on March 17.
NORTH
Terracotta piece found during Ayodhya excavation
Ayodhya: Excavators digging the disputed site at Ayodhya on the fifth day on March 17 came across a five centimetre terracotta piece while the VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) urged the Muslims to give up their claims on the disputed site and the Wakf Board rejected the "enemy's counsel".
Centre has failed to control divisive forces: Sonia
Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan): The Congress on March 17 charged the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre with failing to control the forces dividing the Indian society on communal lines.
Singhal asks Muslims to give up disputed site
Ayodhya: Describing excavation as a "slow and time-consuming exercise", Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Ashok Singhal on March 17 appealed to Muslims to give up their claim on the disputed site in Ayodhya and demanded a Parliament Legislation to facilitate temple construction.
SOUTH
HC charges 11 publications with contempt of court
Bangalore: In a landmark order, Karnataka High Court on March 17 held that 11
publications have committed contempt of court regarding publication of reports about the alleged Mysore resort sex scandal involving three judges and framed charges against them.
Andhra HC permits VHP to hold public meeting
Hyderabad: Amidst high drama, Andhra Pradesh High Court on March 17 granted
permission for Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to hold its proposed public meeting at Anantapur town, hours after its general secretary Praveen Togadia was taken into preventive custody while he was on his way to attend the rally.
'Excavation would not help solve Ayodhya issue'
Bangalore: All India Muslim Personal Law Board on March 17 said excavation at
Ayodhya to determine whether a temple existed there or not would not solve the vexed issue but demanded "transparency and fairplay" in excavation work.
Praveen Togadia taken into preventive custody
Hyderabad: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) general secretary Praveen Togadia was taken into preventive custody on March 17 while he was coming to address a public meeting at Anantapur, according to deputy inspector general of police (Anantapur Range) A V Narayana.
Permission refused for VHP meeting in Andhra
Hyderabad: The police in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh have refused permission to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to hold a meeting to be addressed by its general secretary Praveen Togadia on March 17.
Central
VHP bandh in MP districts evokes poor response
Indore: The bandh called by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Dewas, Bhopal and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on March 17, to protest arrest of its senior leader Acharya Dharmendra, evoked a poor response.
VHP leader Acharya Dharmendra arrested
Indore: Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Acharya Dharmendra was arrested on March 16 night in Ujjain railway station in Madhya Pradesh on the charge of giving an inflammatory speech at Dewas.
EAST
BJP to stake claim to form govt in Jharkhand
Ranchi: BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) will stake claim to form a coalition government again in Jharkand.
Guard killed, 35 injured in train collision
Dhanbad: Guard of a stationary goods train was killed, 35 passengers were injured and five bogies derailed when the 1448 UP Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipunj Express dashed against the goods train late March 16 night near Dani station under Dhanbad division, railway sources said on March 17.
Governor asks Marandi to continue as caretaker CM
Ranchi: Jharkhand Governor M Rama Jois, who accepted the resignation of Babulal Marandi on March 17 morning, asked him to continue as caretaker Chief Minister till alternative arrangements could be made, official sources said.
Jharkhand Assembly adjourned till March 21
Ranchi: The one-day special session of the Jharkhand Assembly scheduled to take up the trial of strength of Babulal Marandi on March 17 was adjourned till March 21.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi resigns
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi resigned on March 17 ahead of the trial of strength in the state Assembly, following his inability to muster numbers in his favour.
WEST
Abu Salem's jail term in Portugal ends tomorrow
Mumbai: As underworld Don Abu Salem completes six months in a Portugal jail tomorrow (March 18), India still awaits response from Lisbon about its request for extraditing him to stand trial in the 1993 bomb blast case and several other cases of murder and extortion, official sources said on March 17.
SENSEX dips below 3100-level on war fears
Mumbai: Stock prices ruled distinctly weak with the SENSEX falling below crucial 3100-psychological level at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) at early stages on March 17 as war fears intensified after the US President held an emergency summit on Iraq.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
4 Buddhist devotees crushed to death in Tripura
Agartala: Four Buddhist devotees were crushed to death when a chariot carrying the body of a Buddhist priest ran over devotees at a funeral procession at Tilakpara village in Dhalai district of Tripura, police said on March 17.
Death toll in Assam bomb blast rises to seven
Guwahati: The death toll in the March 16 bomb blast triggered by United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in Goalpara district of Assam rose to seven on March 17 with one of the injured succumbing to his wounds, official sources said.
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