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Vastanvi is sacked from Darul Uloom

Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi, 60, the vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom, Deoband, who landed in controversy for praising Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was finally removed from his post on Sund

Srikant Jena seeks CBI probe into mining scam

Union minister and senior Congress leader Srikant Jena on Sunday said the Orissa government should immediately order CBI probe into the multi-crore mining scam in the state to probe its “honesty.”

China ‘uniting’ anti-talk factions of N-E outfits

In what may have serious implications over the security scenario of trouble-torn northeastern states, the anti-talk factions militant outfits of the region have started joining hands at the behest of Chinese security agencies and decided to intensify their armed struggle in close coordination.

Jet Airways flight averts mid-air collision

A Jet Airways flight with 134 passengers on board narrowly averted a mid-air collision today, triggering panic aboard, passengers said.

Manipur rebels help Ulfa strike in Assam

The elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah has succeeded in pushing a group of 17 heavily armed rebels, which includes eight hardcore cadres of Peoples Liberation Army of Manipur, to create mayhem in Assam.
Disclosing that the joint operation group of Ulfa comprising 17 cadres is camping in bordering areas of Upper

New accord on Darjeeling signed

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A tripartite agreement between the Centre, the West Bengal government and the Gorkha Janmukti Mocha (GJM) for the formation of a Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), an independent and autonomous body to replace the existing Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC), was signed here at 3.43 pm on Monday.

RJD faces wave of discontent

With senior RJD leaders quitting the party, its supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav failing to get a central ministerial berth, and discontent among its leaders and supporters on a new high over Mr Yadav naming

Officials arrest man in Kishanganj

A multilingual man giving his name as Reazul Sarkar and carrying a diary written in Marathi was arrested in Bihar’s Kishanganj district early on Sunday for suspicious movement in the area close to the

Assam nabs train blast’s ‘mastermind’

In a major breakthrough, the security forces on Saturday arrested the main accused in last Sund-ay’s railway track bomb blast leading to the derailment of four coaches of the Guwahati-Puri Express near Rangia in Assam.

Mastermind of Assam rail blast held

In a major breakthrough, security forces on Saturday arrested the main accused of the recent bomb blast on a railway track leading to the derailment of Guwahati-Puri Express near Rangia in Assam.

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