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Monday, August 21, 2006, Chandigarh, India
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Quota Bill likely to be cleared today
27 pc reservation for OBCs in IITs, IIMs
New Delhi, August 20
Coming under pressure from its allies, the Union Cabinet is likely to take up the Bill providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes in government-aided institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management and clear it for parliamentary approval.

Pakistan risk Test in ball-tampering row
London, August 20
The fourth Test between England and Pakistan descended into total farce on Sunday as first Pakistan, and then the umpires, refused to return to the field after tea on the fourth day following a ball-tampering storm.

Sports page: Shoaib named in one-day squad
Sri Lanka series finally called off

Four Hizbul men held at Madhopur
Gurdaspur, August 20
The police here has arrested four persons allegedly linked with the Jammu and Kashmir terrorist group Hizbul Mujahadeen. The police has recovered 4.5 kg RDX, 2 AK-47 rifles, four magazines and .32 bore pistols from militants hideout in Madhopur.

Nation page: Centre aware of militant activities: Pranab

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CBI to investigate Gavit’s links with mafia
New Delhi, August 20
The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry to ascertain the authenticity of a TV news channel's report about a purported conversation between Union Minister Manikrao Gavit and a gangster in Uttar Pradesh.

Nation page: BJP for probe into train fire

Firefighters try to extinguish the flames in a train coach at Secunderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, on Sunday. Five bogies of a Hyderabad-bound express train from Chennai caught fire on Sunday morning but no casualties were reported as the passengers had alighted at Secunderabad station due to an hour's delay in reaching the last stop. — PTI photo

Marriage registration to be compulsory
in Punjab
Chandigarh, August 20
In an attempt to save young men and women of Punjab from being fooled into marriage by already-married NRIs and also to prevent child marriages, the Punjab Government is all set to make the registration of marriages compulsory in the state.

Drug racket busted, 4 held
New Delhi, August 20
In a major breakthrough, the Delhi police today claimed to have smashed an international drug racket with the arrest of four persons and seized 100 kg of ephedrine and 3 kg of hasish worth nearly $5million from their possession.

Canadian citizen of Indian origin Girdish Singh Toor (second from left) and Kailash Chand Jindal after they were arrested by the Delhi police with some 100 kg of drugs in New Delhi on Sunday. — AFP photo

Nepal govt withdraws fuel price hike
Kathmandu, August 20
The Nepal government today withdrew the recent fuel price hike after two days of violent protests in Kathmandu and other parts of the country which left six people injured in clashes.

Walks won’t be for free on GND varsity campus Amritsar, August 20 Outsiders visiting the serene and pollution-free campus of Guru Nanak Dev University here for morning and evening walks will now have to pay an annual fee. University’s Public Relations Director R.P. Sobti said morning walkers would have to pay token fee of Rs 120.