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Bihar
What have you done to stop kidnappings, HC asks Govt.
PATNA, JULY 28. The Patna High Court today directed the State Government to apprise it of the steps taken to contain kidnappings and extortions within one week, even as the recent spate of abductions had its echo on the streets, the banking ...

Gujarat
NBA asks Gujarat Govt. to halt dam construction
AHMEDABAD, JULY 28. The Narmada Bachao Andolan has asked the Gujarat Government to immediately stop all construction activities at the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river and to reduce the water mass in the dam by opening the sluice gates. ...

13 die in Kutch flash flood
GANDHINAGAR, JULY 28.At least 13 persons were feared killed in a flash flood in a small rivulet, Khari, on the outskirts of Mehsana town in north Gujarat. According to an official spokesman here today, a tempo carrying them was crossing the ...

My husband was killed in `cold blood', alleges witness
AHMEDABAD, JULY 28.A middle-aged Muslim woman of Shahpur locality in Ahmedabad city today accused police of "cold-blooded murder" of her husband during the communal riots in Gujarat last year. Appearing before the Nanavati-Shah Judicial ...

Jammu & Kashmir
Forcible recruitment by militants triggers migration of families
THANNA MANDI (RAJOURI), JULY 28. Several people living in the remote hamlets of Pir Panjal have migrated from the hills to the low-lying areas fearing that their children might join the militant ranks. The militants rule the roost in this part ...

Maharashtra

'Kumbh Mela' site inundated
NASIK, JULY 28. The "Ram Kund", on the banks of the flooded Godavari, venue of the Kumbh Mela scheduled to start on July 30, has been inundated following incessant rain in the last two days. The weather office has predicted more rain, causing ...

State 'in no hurry to restructure loss-making PSUs'
MUMBAI, JULY 28. Maharashtra, saddled with many loss-making public sector undertakings (PSUs), has not been following the recommendations of the Maharashtra Board for Restructuring State Enterprises, on restructuring at least seven companies. ...

New Delhi
New Master Plan guidelines for flexible land use
NEW DELHI, JULY 28. With only a few months to go for the Delhi Assembly elections, the Union Ministry of Urban Development today issued "policy guidelines'' to the Delhi Development Authority advocating use of mixed residential and commercial ...

Boys bludgeoned to death
NEW DELHI, JULY 28. In a gruesome incident, a four-year-old boy and his nine- month-old brother were done to death allegedly by their uncle at Rajouri Garden in West Delhi today. Though the accused has been arrested, the motive behind the ...

Uproar in Assembly over Sheila's remarks
NEW DELHI, JULY 28. The Delhi Assembly today witnessed uproarious scenes leading to a walkout by the Opposition BJP after the Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, charged the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, RSS and the BJP with not only trying to divide ...

A day of privilege motions
NEW DELHI, JULY 28.First it was the turn of the ruling Congress to move a privilege motion against the Leader of the Opposition, Jagdish Mukhi, for misleading the House on the issue of controversy over the re-naming of the road at Rani Bagh in ...

Some hope now for street children
NEW DELHI, JULY 28.Street children and working children living on the premises of the Capital's three major railway stations and subjected to abuse and exploitation by their employers now have a chance to return home. Their rescue and ...