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Maoists kill one of the cops held hostage
Patna, Sep 2 (UNI) Maoists today killed Inspector of Manikpur
police station Abhaya Yadav, one of the four policemen held hostage
by the ultras after last Sunday's bloody encounter with the police
in Lakhisarai district.
Avinash, who claimed to be a spokesperson of Maoists,
disclosed about the killing of Yadav.
However, police did not confirm about the killing.
Avinash informed a section of the media that the body of Yadav
would be handed over at around 2000 hrs today.
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Gadkari to visit Russia for clean drinking water
New Delhi, Sep 2 (UNI) BJP President Nitin Gadkari will be
visiting Russia from September 6 to 10 on an invitation from
the 'Water Freedom Revolution' (WFR) as part of his mission
to provide clean drinking water to the people.
The WFR is an international awareness movement dedicated
towards promotion of importance of clean drinking water.
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Arrest Syed Geelani immediately: Ram Jethmalani
Mumbai, Sep 2 (UNI) Legal luminary and BJP MP Ram Jethmalani today
accused 'hardline' Hurriyat Conference (HC) chairman Syed Ali Shah
Geelani of being on the payroll of Pakistan and demanded his
immediate arrest to put an end to the violence in Kashmir.
Talking to reporters at a Meet the Press programme at
the press club here, Mr Jethmalani said ''I will apologise to Mr
Geelani if he swears by the Holy Quran that he has not been on the
payroll of Pakistan at all relevant times....
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Kalraj demands Chidambaram's suspension on 'saffron terror'
Varanasi, Sep 2 (UNI) BJP Vice-President and senior leader
Kalraj Mishra today demanded the suspention of Union Home
Minister P Chidambaram from Union Cabinet on his 'saffron
terror' statement.
''Mr Chidambaram is motivating the dividing power within
and outside the country by passing such remarks. He is
misguiding people by issuing such false statements,'' Mr
Mishra told a press conference.
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MoEF slaps show cause to VAL for its expansion project
Bhubanewswar, Sep 2 (UNI) The Ministry of Environment and Forest
(MoEF) has slapped a show cause notice to the Vedanta Alumina
Limited (VAL) on the withdrawal of terms of reference for its
expansion projects and closure of the 1 MTPA Alumina plant
established at Lanjigarh with an investment of Rs 5000 crore.
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WREATHED IN SMILES: Congress President Sonia Gandhi with senior party colleagues from Uttar Pradesh while filling nomination papers seeking to retain her post as party President at her 10 Janpath residence in New Delhi on Thursday. UNI PHOTO
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