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Kalyan floats party
Changes stand on Hindutva
Kalyan SinghLUCKNOW, Dec 10 — Expelled BJP leader Kalyan Singh today announced the formation of a new outfit and categorically stated that he was dissociating himself from the RSS and the Ram Temple movement.

Mattoo case: CBI to move HC
NEW DELHI, Dec 10 — The CBI today decided to appeal to the Delhi High Court against the acquittal of the accused Santosh Kumar Singh in the Priyadarshani Mattoo murder case.		 line
Three Greenpeace activists attach their inflatable dinghy to merchant vessel

ALANG PORT: Three Greenpeace activists attach their inflatable dinghy to merchant vessel M.V. Clare to stop it from beaching at Asia's largest ship-breaking yard at Alang port in western India, on Thursday. The activists seek to halt the dumping of hazardous wastes. Greenpeace says industrialised nations, especially the USA, Germany and Japan, have been dumping hazardous waste in India by having old ships that contain such wastes broken up in developing countries such as India, China and the Philippines. — AP/PTI

HC recalls order on poll rolls
Haryana civic poll by Jan 15
CHANDIGARH, Dec 10 — With the Punjab and Haryana High Court recalling its order by virtue of which the panchayat and municipal elections in Haryana had been postponed, it has now become a constitutional obligation on the part of the state government and the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct these elections before January 15 when the term of the existing bodies expires.
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Electric shocks with naked wires
AMRITSAR, Dec 10 — "Some peripheral health workers give electric shocks to the patients by using naked electric wires applied on both sides of the head. The idea is simply horrifying and sends chills down the spine of everyone who hears it."

Wife finds man, kids dead
HISAR, Dec 10 — Mystery shrouds the death of a man and his three children, whose bodies were found last night at their residence. According to the police sources, Suresh Kumar Soni, a resident of Gandhi Colony in the Mill Gate area, was found hanging from a ceiling fan, while his three children, including two daughters, were lying dead on the floor.

India to build bunkers near Kargil
NEW DELHI, Dec 10 — In order to provide greater security to people living in the border districts of Kargil, the Centre had granted Rs 4 crore for the construction of bunkers.		 Three Bills passed
NEW DELHI, Dec 10 — Parliament today passed three Bills — the Indian Majority Amendment Bill, the Administrators-General Amendment Bill and the Notaries Amendment Bill with the Lok Sabha giving its approval.


Haryana, UP farmers clash
KAIRANA (Muzaffarnagar), Dec 10 — Tension between the farmers of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on the common border of the two states is mounting on the eve of the wheat sowing season.

Orissa cyclone: An appeal
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