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I swear, I am involved in several cases but I never played cricket in my life.
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By
Sandeep Joshi |
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False
cancer alarm for ear ailment
NAGPUR, June 16 — A plea for mercy-killing of a 10-year-old girl
suspected to be suffering from cancer, which was turned down recently by
the high court, proved to be a false alarm as the doctors attending upon
her at a local hospital found that she was suffering from an ear
ailment.
Kerala row over seats blows
over
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, June 16 — Crisis in the ruling Left
Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala over the sharing of Rajya Sabha seats
was resolved today with the principal partner, the CPM, deciding to
withdraw its candidate, Mr K. Chandran Pillai, in favour of the CPI and
RSP nominees.
Gill:
I-cards to be mandatory
CHENNAI, June 16 — The
production of photo identity cards (PICs) by people for casting votes
during the assembly poll in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and
Pondicherry would be made mandatory, Chief Election Commissioner
M.S.Gill said here today.
NC
may advance Assembly poll
JAMMU, June 16 — The ruling
National Conference leadership is said to be toying with the idea of
holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir a year ahead than
scheduled in case the Centre refused to restore to the state greater
autonomy which it enjoyed till 1952.
Dalit
woman stripped: report
AMRITSAR, June 16 — In
its three-page fact-finding report, the Association For Democratic
Rights (AFDR) has alleged that a poor Dalit woman was stripped by some
influential persons of her own Gillwali village in full public view. The
AFDR has indicted the police for framing a ‘weak case’ against the
accused.
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