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Jats reconsider plan to disrupt CWG
Haryana’s agitating jats said their would reconsider plans to blockade the opening of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi on October 3 if the state government formally assures them of calling talks on the
Separatists seek inspiration from Mandela, Dalai
Separatist Sikhs in Punjab have invoked references from Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf for inspiration to emerge as a legitimate political force and carr
Jats to disrupt supply of essential items during CWG
Even as the Haryana government claims to have brokered peace with protesters in the state seeking inclusion in OBC list, members of the Jat community on Thursday threatened to disrupt the supply of es
‘Game has taken a battering’
Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday said cricket has taken a “battering” with spot-fixing allegations against Pakistan team coming to light.
Yamuna rises higher, poses bigger threat
The Yamuna has swollen to an all-time high, breaking its 32-year-old record flow of 709,000 cusecs (in a day), in just two hours, flooding dozens of Haryana villages and posing an unprecedented threat
Flood alert as Yamuna swells again
Haryana has alerted Delhi and all districts along the Yamuna about abnormally high flood levels following a sudden upsurge in the river’s discharge on Sunday.
Amarinder to host Charles, Camilla at his palace
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles will be hosted for a night at Patiala’s Moti Bagh Palace when they arrive in India for the inauguration of the Commonwealth Games early in October.
Antony gives fresh hope to Capt. Kohli’s mother
Defence minister A.K. Anthony’s decision to institute a fresh inquiry into the mysterious death of Shaurya Chakra winner Capt. Sumit Kohli four-and-a-half years after the Army dismissed his demise as a “suicide” has given new hope to the officer’s widowed mother.
Big jump in voters sparks protests
An unexplained spurt in the enrolment of Sikhs as voters for the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee elections expected to be held sometime in 2011, has sparked protest within the community with some groups accusing Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal of registering large numbers of “bogus” voters.
‘Sewer check’ for Pak prisoner
The mysterious disappearance of a Pakistani internee from Amritsar’s high-security prison appears all set to snowball into another row between Islamabad and New Delhi with jail officials clueless even
