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Bihar
Bedlam in Bihar Assembly
PATNA, JULY 8.The morning session of the Bihar Assembly was disrupted today with the chair adjourning the House following a verbal clash between the ruling RJD and the principal Opposition BJP over various issues. The RJD leaders were up in ...

`Politicisation of exam in Bihar'
NEW DELHI, JULY 8. "Why is the BJP described as a communal party?'' This question, reportedly asked in an examination paper of the Bihar Public Service Commission, has angered the BJP. The party spokesperson, Arun Jaitley, said this was ...

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`PM can overrule decision on rly. bifurcation'

Gujarat
Tension after arrest of temple mahant
AHMEDABAD, JULY 8. Tension prevailed for some time in areas under the Kanbha police station on the outskirts of the city after a group gheraoed the station, demanding release of a temple "mahant", arrested along with his driver for possessing ...

1 killed in police firing
AHMEDABAD, JULY 8. One person was killed in police firing and at least 15 were injured in a communal riot in Chhota-Udepur town of Vadodara district in Gujarat. The riot was sparked off by a quarrel between two boys of the same community. One ...

Advani trying to exonerate Modi Govt., says CPI(M)
NEW DELHI, JULY 8.The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today criticised the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister, L. K. Advani, to Gujarat and reiterated that rehabilitation of the victims of violence should have the "top-most priority'' for the ...

Jammu & Kashmir

Cong. for J&K polls under President's rule
SRINAGAR, JULY 8. Maintaining that free and fair elections were not possible under the Farooq Abdullah Government in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress today demanded imposition of President's rule. A resolution was passed at a one-day convention ...

Geelani remand extended
NEW DELHI, JULY 8. A Delhi court today further extended the judicial remand of Iftikhar Geelani, son-in-law of the Jamaat-e-Islami leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, till July 12 in connection with the alleged violation of the Official Secrets Act. ...

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`Poonch victims were locals'

Compromise package on J&K sought

Orissa
3 ex-Ministers in Orissa chargesheeted
BHUBANESWAR, JULY 8. The Orissa State Vigilance Department today chargesheeted three former Ministers in the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government, under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption ...

Sikkim
Inventory process at monastery
GANGTOK, JULY 8. A Reserve Bank of India team today began taking inventory of the wealth of Rumtek monastery in Sikkim, the global headquarters of the Karma Kagyu sect of Buddhism headed by a Karmapa, amid tight security. The six-member team ...

West Bengal

Jyoti Basu turns 89
KOLKATA, JULY 8. The former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Marxist leader, Jyoti Basu, turned 89 today with people from different walks of life felicitating him at his Bidhannagar residence. Children gifted him flowers, chocolates, cakes ...

Controversy surrounds death of excise inspector
KOLKATA, JULY 8. Mystery shrouds the death of the central excise inspector, Abhijit Sinha, who was recently arrested in Midnapore for his alleged links with the People's War Group (PWG). The son-in-law of an officer of the State intelligence, ...