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Goa
minister caught taking $10m out of country
Mumbai,
April 2
Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate, the controversial minister for
education in the government of Goa was today caught by Mumbai customs
and immigration officials while attempting to take out $10 million on a
flight to Dubai, according to sources here. In addition to foreign
currency, a sum of more than Rs 1 lakh was also recovered from his
possession, sources said. (Details
on Nation page)
13
rebels killed in coalition air strikes
Defiant Gaddafi rejects
conditional
ceasefire offer
Tripoli, April 2
A coalition air strike killed at least 13 rebels near the key oil town
of Brega today as fierce fighting raged between Muammar Gaddafi’s
troops and pro-democracy forces with the defiant Libyan leader rejecting
their conditional ceasefire offer. NATO said it was ascertaining reports
that a coalition warplane hit a rebel position on the outskirts of Brega
in the midst of heavy fighting with Gaddafi’s forces. (Details
on World page)
State
population up by over 13 pc: Census 2011
Chandigarh,
April 2
The detailed census for Punjab conducted during 2011 will be released
officially sometimes next week. Some trends are, however, available and
the provisional population data released for the 2011 census suggests a
13.73 per cent growth in population figures over the last decade. This
has raised the density of population in Punjab to 550 persons per square
kilometre that makes it the 13th most congested state in the country.
Sources in the Department of Census said that the data for the state was
being tabulated and was expected to be complete sometimes in this coming
week. (Details on Punjab
page)
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India, Sri Lanka chase history
April 2, 2011
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India
is now 1.21
billion strong
April 1, 2011
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India
win Pak battle, Lanka next
March 31, 2011
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Battle
of nerves
March 30, 2011
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CRICKET
MANIA SWEEPS Chandigarh
March 29, 2011
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Gilani to join PM at Mohali match
March 28, 2011
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Sheila,
One more
ice-breaker
March 27, 2011
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Sheila,
Tejender indicted in CWG probe report
March 26, 2011
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India
storm into semis, to meet Pak
March 25, 2011
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WikiLeaks: PM leads the govt charge against BJP
March 24, 2011
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The tears were not from soft players, castigated and
criticised, blasted for being too poor, too complacent or too obstinate. They were from men, men who fought together, at times fell together. In the end, they emerged on top of the cricketing world, champions who are human enough to cry with joy.
The World Cup win is for Sachin Tendulkar, an emotional Gautam Gambhir
said tonight after the historic victory in World Cup finals against Sri
Lanka. "We wanted to win it for Sachin Tendulkar."
The CBI today filed the first chargesheet against former Telecom Minister A Raja and eight others, including Unitech, Swan Telecom and Reliance Communications, for causing a loss of Rs 30,984 crore to the government in the 2G scam involving corruption, cheating, criminal conspiracy and forgery.
