Friday,
June 2,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Terror
at Nagpur Lashkar attack on
RSS HQ foiled; 3 ultras shot
Nagpur,
June 1
A major attempt to
attack the RSS headquarters here was foiled when three
heavily-armed militants were shot dead in an encounter
with the police while trying to enter the heavily-guarded
sprawling premises in the wee hours today.
A view of the site where an encounter took place between terrorists and the police that foiled an attack on RSS Headquarters in Nagpur on Thursday. — PTI
photo
Medicos
return to work New Delhi,
June 1
Resident doctors who
resumed work after days of hunger strike, much to the
relief of the government and patients, have cautioned that
though the strike has been called off, they will sustain
the anti-quota movement in the larger interest of the
society.
Left
threatens stir against petro price hike New Delhi,
June 1
Buoyed by the recent
triumph in the Assembly elections in West Bengal and
Kerala, the Left parties adopted a more aggressive and
interventionist strategy by warning the Congress-led UPA
government not to hike petro product produces.
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Strike
hits life in Kashmir Srinagar,
June 1
Normal life was
disrupted across the Valley today during a strike in
response to a separatists’ call to mourn the death of 19
schoolchildren and three staff members in the boat tragedy
near Watlab in Wular Lake on Tuesday.
A
securityman stands guard in Srinagar during a bandh on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Amin War
Take
out small farmers from farm sector, says panel Chandigarh, June 1
Urging the Punjab Government to
take hard decisions and bold initiatives, the Punjab State Farmers
Commission has recommended the taking out of small farmers, for whom
agriculture has become an unviable proposition, from the traditional
farm sector.
Govt
cautioned on Office of Profit Bill New Delhi, June 1
Constitution expert and former
Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha Subhas C. Kashyap has cautioned the
UPA government that if it tries to resubmit the Office of Profit Bill, then “it will be blatantly
violating the Constitution.”
Pranab
visits Lanzhou HQ New Delhi, June 1
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee,
as a part of his six-day visit to China, today paid a visit to the
headquarters of the Chinese Lanzhou military region — controlling the
country’s largest physical area compared to other military regions.
India
wants Pak to lift ban on films New Delhi,
June 1
India today
strongly raised the issue of Pakistan lifting ban on
Indian films and television channels and, on its part,
Islamabad pitched for telecast of Pakistani plays on
Indian TV channels.
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