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Pak spy arrested in Haryana, documents seized
Ambala: Haryana Police on March 26 arrested a Pakistani spy from Ambala Cant and recovered maps of several military installations in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, a senior police official said.
Advani briefs CCS about Haren Pandya's killing
New Delhi: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on March 26 briefed the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) about the information he had regarding the assassination of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in Ahmedabad earlier in the day.
Rastogi remanded to judicial custody in FERA case
New Delhi: Ravinder Rastogi, deported from Dubai to face trial in a CBI case was on March 26 produced in a Delhi court in connection with the $ 1.5 million FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act) violation case and was remanded to judicial custody till April 23.
R K Sharma granted 5 days' custodial parole
New Delhi: Key accused in the Shivani murder case R K Sharma, a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) official, was on March 26 granted custodial parole for five days by a Delhi court to allow him to attend his daughter's wedding scheduled for April 20.
Vajpayee expresses shock over Pandya's killing
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on March 26 termed as "dastardly and cowardly" the killing of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya and said his departure has left a void, which would be difficult to fill.
Haren Pandya no more, says Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president M Venkaiah Naidu said he has
received information that former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya was dead after being shot at by an unidentified gunman in Ahmedabad on March 26 morning.
KASHMIR
India, Pak troops exchange fire, civilian injured
Poonch (J&K): Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy firing and shelling along the line of control (LoC) and international border (IB) critically injuring a civilian in Poonch district on March 26, official sources said in Jammu.
CM admits security lapse, vows to protect Pundits
Jammu: Admitting security lapse in Nadimarg where 24 Kashmiri Pundits were gunned down by militants, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on March 26 said he has convened a high-level meeting in Srinagar to take a fresh look on the security situation in the state, especially in minority pockets.
Hurriyat seeks impartial probe into massacre
Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference on March 26 demanded an "impartial probe" into Nadimarg massacre and called for steps to restore the confidence of minority community in Kashmir valley.
No innocent will remain in jail: Mufti Sayeed
Jammu: Asserting no innocent would remain in jail, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on March 26 said his government would continue its policy to release prisoners not involved in serious crimes in the state.
Militants try to blast oil depot, 1 killed, 7 hurt
Jammu: Three days after the massacre of 24 Kashmiri Pandits, militants on March 26 made an unsuccessful bid to blow up a major oil depot in Jammu by triggering an improvised explosive device (IED) in an oil tanker, which killed one person and injured seven near Jammu railway station, official sources said.
NORTH
Ayodhya: ASI plea for extension of time rejected
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court, hearing Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits, on March 26 rejected the Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) plea for extension of time from one month to two-and-a-half months for completing the excavation work at the acquired land in Ayodhya, saying it was premature.
Seven small articles found during excavation
Ayodhya: Seven small articles were found during the excavation work that resumed at the acquired land on March 25 after a break on weekly-off day on March 24.
SOUTH
Six Greenpeace activists detained, released
Bangalore: Police on March 26 detained six "Greenpeace" activists who tried to storm the Monsanto Research and Development Centre in Bangalore demanding a stop to further genetic experiments of Bt cotton in Indian fields.
Central
Follow US policy and attack Pakistan: Togadia
Bhopal: VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) international general secretary Dr Praveen Togadia on March 26 advised the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government at the Centre to attack Pakistan for its terrorist activities in India, emulating the United States, which had attacked Iraq after bypassing the United Nations and its Security Council.
EAST
Kofi Annan urged to declare war on Iraq illegal
Kolkata: World Federation of United Nations' Associations President Hasim Abdul Halim on march 26 urged the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to declare the US-initiated war on Iraq as illegal.
Netaji probe Commission seeks one-year extension
Kolkata: The one-man commission probing the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose headed by Justice M K Mukherjee on March 26 said an extension of one year had been sought by it from the Centre beyond May 14 as certain hurdles had impeded the progress of the inquiry.
'Immediate evacuation of Indians not needed'
Patna: Notwithstanding the war raging in Iraq, there is no immediate need for evacuation of Indian expatriates from Kuwait, though a contingency plan has already been prepared to undertake the exercise, the Union Civil Aviation Minister, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, said in Patna on March 26.
'Prithvi' successfully test fired from Balasore
Balasore: The country's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-surface
missile 'Prithvi' was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 kms from Balasore on March 26, defence sources said.
WEST
Guj govt orders CBI probe into Pandya's killing
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on March 26 ordered a CBI inquiry into the "murder" of the former home minister Haren Pandya in Ahmedabad this morning.
Former Gujarat Minister Haren Pandya shot dead
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya was on March shot dead by
an unidentified gunman as he was returning from his morning walk at Law Garden
locality, about two km from his residence.
Haren Pandya dead, says senior BJP leader
Ahmedabad: Senior Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mayur Dave said former state Home Minister Haren Pandya, who was shot at by an unidentified gunman on March 26 morning, is dead.
Ex Guj Minister Haren Pandya shot at, wounded
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya was shot at and wounded near his house early on March 26 morning.
SENSEX rallies at early stages on global turnaround
Mumbai: The SENSEX opened moderately higher and later rallied further during morning trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on March 26 on fresh buying, prompted by a positive turnaround on Wall Street on March 25 night.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
NLFT, ATTF leaders visited Pak, Afghanistan: CM
Agartala: Extremist leaders of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), which maintains close relation with the ISI, have received training in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.
Militants kidnap German, demand huge ransom
Imphal: Suspected Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) militants have kidnapped a German
national from Maphou Dam area in Manipur's Thoubal district, about 20 km East of Imphal and demanded a huge ransom, official sources said.
Quake in Meghalaya, no loss to life or property
Shillong: An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the Meghalaya capital and its surrounding areas at 12.20 am on March 26, according to seismological observatory centre in Shillong.
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