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Mansingh, Shah, others receive Padma awards
Noted Odissi danseuse Sonal Mansingh, Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, senior journalist Prabhu Chawla and well known actors Aamir Khan and Naseeruddin Shah on April 3 received Padma awards from President A P J Abdul Kalam who set aside protocol and walked up to present the awards to seven others because of their poor health.
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NATIONAL
'More and more people being affected by SARS'
New Delhi: World Health Organisation (WHO) on April 5 said that the number of people affected by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was still increasing globally though in some areas the epidemic was "even showing a decrease".
US demand for talks with Pak 'insensitive': Sinha
New Delhi: India has termed as "insensitive" the US and British demand for resumption of a dialogue with Pakistan in the wake of the Nadimarg massacre of Kashmiri Pandits and asserted that it will not talk to Islamabad till it stops cross-border terrorism.
Legendary PR guru Drobis to visit India next week
New Delhi: David R Drobis, chairman of Ketchum PR and a legendary PR (public relations) guru, will be in India next week, according to a press release.
Call about terror attack on Parliament creates panic
New Delhi: Three days before the Budget session of Parliament resumes after a three-week break, alarm bells went ringing in the security establishments on April 4 following a distress call from within the high-security complex about a terrorist attack.
War on Iraq: Illegal and immoral, rule jurists
New Delhi: Describing the US and its allies' military action against Iraq as "invasion for oil", several noted jurists in New Delhi on April 4 said the war was "illegal, unethical and immoral" in the absence of any sanction from the United Nations Security Council.
KASHMIR
Three of family among five killed in Kashmir
Srinagar: Three members of a family and an Army jawan were among five persons killed in overnight violence in Kashmir valley, where security forces recovered 50 kgs of explosives from a hideout, a police spokesman said.
NORTH
Cleaning new trenches' surface begins in Ayodhya
Ayodhya: Eight articles were recovered during excavation, even as cleaning of the surface of three new trenches began in the acquired land in Ayodhya on April 5.
CBI arrest three more persons in DDA scam
New Delhi: CBI on April 5 arrested three persons after registering a fresh case against former DDA (Delhi Development Authority) Vice Chairman Subhash Sharma and absconding accused Dharam Bir Khattar for allegedly showing undue favour to a private group in the capital.
Ayodhya: Stone pedestal of deity recovered
Ayodhya: About a dozen articles, including a stone pedestal of a deity, seven pieces of tiles, moulded terracotta pieces, round coin-shaped earthen pieces and decorated stone pieces were found in the excavation in the acquired land Ayodhya on April 4, sources said.
SOUTH
Naidu the longest serving CM hopes for a hat-trick
Hyderabad: Ruling out advancing the Assembly elections, TDP (Telugu Desam Party) supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said he would prefer to go to polls as per schedule in September 2004 and exuded confidence that his party would pull off an electoral hat-trick on performance plank.
Central
Govt must make Pak pay for abetting terrorism: BJP
Indore: The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) on April 5 said the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government must act in a manner that Pakistan pays a "price" for its continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism while it maintained the US has not been able to rein in Islamabad.
BJP still to inspire confidence in people: Advani
Indore: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on April 5 admitted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was still to inspire confidence in the people that it was different from other parties in respect of idealism and values and to prove that it could overcome the "weaknesses, which the power politics breeds".
Vajpayee asks BJP to reach out to minorities
Indore: Declaring that the outcome of coming Assembly elections would prove decisive and set the direction for the country's future politics, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on April 5 said the performance of the government would be the ultimate barometer and asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to reach out to the minorities and weaker sections.
LeT behind Pandya killing, JK massacre: Advani
Indore: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on April 4 said Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Toiba was behind the killing of Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya, Nadimarg massacre and the Mumbai train blast.
EAST
CBI submits charge-sheet against Laloo, Mishra
Patna: The CBI on April 5 submitted charge-sheet against former Bihar Chief Ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Dr Jagannath Mishra after Governor V C Pande gave his nod to the agency's proposal for prosecuting them in yet another case relating to the multi-crore fodder scam.
Bihar Governor gives nod on prosecuting Laloo
Patna: Governor V C Pandey has given nod on prosecution of former Bihar Chief Ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Dr Jagannath Mishra in yet another case relating to the multi-crore fodder scam.
Murder has assumed industry status in Bihar: HC
Patna: The Patna High Court on April 4 expressed its dissatisfaction at the law and order situation in Bihar, saying loot, kidnapping and murder had become the order of the day with the state machinery failing to check the rising crime graph.
WEST
Sharad Pawar hospitalised, condition stable
Nasik: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar, who was admitted to a local hospital on April 4 evening after he complained of giddiness and uneasiness during a function, has been shifted to Mumbai by air on April 5 morning for further treatment at Breach Candy Hospital in the state capital.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
NSCN-IM rules out surrender of arms
Kohima: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim – Issac/Muivah (NSCN-IM) has ruled out surrender of arms ahead of the next round of dialogue likely to be held abroad between the NSCN-IM leadership and the Centre's special emissary K Padmanabhaiah later this month.
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