Wednesday,
October
22,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
After 61 yrs, a Line of Commerce Salamabad (Uri), October 21
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N Vohra today flagged off a convoy of 13 mini trucks carrying goods to Chakoti across the LoC on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road to mark the beginning of the cross-LoC trade.
Raj
in jail, his men riot Mumbai, October 21
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief
Raj Thackeray who was arrested early today in connection with an attack
by MNS activists on outstation candidates appearing for a railway
examination on Sunday was remanded in two-week judicial custody by a
court here.
India heads for the moon today Chennai, October 21
It has been raining heavily in Sriharikota from where Chandrayaan -1, India’s first lunar satellite, is slated to be launched at 6.22 am tomorrow with the help of the indigenously developed polar satellite launch vehicle.
Blast
in Imphal, 13 dead Guwahati, October 21
At least 13 persons (17 according
to PTI) were killed and nearly 30 others injured when militants
triggered a powerful explosion in the Ragailong area in Imphal this
evening.
PM arrives in Japan
Tokyo, October 21
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today arrived here on the first leg of his five-day visit to Japan and
China. Singh and his entourage touched down at 5 pm in Japan.
1857
The First Challenge Special supplement
to mark the 150th anniversary of India’s
first War of Independence.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets journalists upon his arrival with his wife Gursharan Kaur at the Tokyo International airport on Tuesday.
— AFP
Katara
expelled from Lok Sabha New Delhi, October 21
Disgraced BJP MP from Gujarat
Babubhai Katara was today expelled from the 14th Lok Sabha after the
committee looking into misconduct of members declared him guilty of
grave misconduct.
Jail
birds fail to tunnel out Ambala, October 21
The jail administration of Central
Jail, Ambala, thwarted a jail break attempt of prisoners undergoing
death row by discovering a tunnel being dug up by them in the jail here
today.
Oz handed crushing defeat Mohali, October 21
India completed the formalities handing Australia a humiliating defeat in the second Test to forge 1-0 ahead in the four-Test series. Their second innings folded sooner than expected - at paltry 195 - as the visitors lost the match by whopping 320 runs.
(Details in Sports page)
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