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All missing Cobalt-60 pencils recovered

New Delhi, May 5: Scientists have recovered all the missing Cobalt-60 pencils auctioned to a scrap dealer by Delhi University a month after a radiation leak led to the death of one person and injuries to eight others in Delhi’s Mayapuri area.

More Pak arrests in NY bomb plot

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Islamabad, May 5: Pakistani security agencies raided various parts of the country to arrest the accomplices of Pakistani-American (Kashmiri by ethnicity) Faisal Shahzad, arrested for trying to detonate a bomb in New York’s Times Square.

Telgi faked narco test, says ex-DGP

Bengaluru, May 5: Abdul Kareem Telgi, kingpin of the multi-crore fake stamp paper racket, “faked” his narco-analysis tests, was conscious when these were done and aware of what answers he was giving investigating officers, claimed former Karnataka DGP R. Srikumar, who headed the SIT on the racket before the case was handed over to the CBI.

Russian in burqa triggers air scare; it’s a false alarm

Kolkata/New Delhi, May 5: A sky marshal aboard a New Delhi-Kolkata SpiceJet flight on Wednesday morning triggered an alert, indicating a possible hijack, after seeing the “suspicious activities” of two passengers, later identified as a Russian couple.

Gill might send official to IOC, bypass Kalmadi

New Delhi, May 5: The government reacted strongly on Wednesday to the objections raised over their controversial guideline to limit the tenure of office-bearers of the Indian Olympic Associations and National Sports Federations and offered to depute a senior official to resolve the issue with the International Olympic Committee.

Pawar, govt made parties in IPL case

Mumbai, May 5: The Bombay high court directed Wednesday that the Centre and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar be made parties to a public interest litigation case on the levy of entertainment tax on Indian Premier League matches.

MCC may change cricket catch law

New Delhi, May 5: It may be acrobatics, or even gymnastics, but for the Marylebone Cricket Club, it is certainly not cricket.
Spurred by athletic dismissals from the likes of David Hussey and Dougie Bollinger in Indian Premier League-3, the venerable

Out of the Woods

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Tiger Woods and his caddie Steve Williams talk about hole placement on the 16th green during practice for the Players Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on Tuesday. PHOTO: AP

NY plot: 1 held in US, 2 in Karachi

New York, May 4: As the Pakistani-born suspect in the failed Times Square bomb attack was due to appear in a New York court on Tuesday, Pakistani intelligence officials arrested two men in Karachi. Pakistani sources told Adnkronos International that US officials

Qureshi to contact Krishna on talks date

Islamabad, May 4: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said he would contact his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna this month to suggest two sets of dates for a meeting to work out modalities for the resumption of dialogue between the two countries.

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