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Sadhvi:
ATS made me see obscene CD
Mumbai, November
24
In a setback to Mumbai
Anti-Terrorism Squad in Malegaon blast case, a MCOCA court
here rejected the agency's plea for granting it the custody of
accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and
Ajay Rahirkar after they alleged physical torture and threat
to strip and kill them.
Beef
trouble for Navjot Sidhu
Narsinghpur (MP),
November 24
A case has been
registered against BJP MP and former cricketer Navjot Singh
Sidhu for allegedly inciting religious feelings of the people
through his speech at Kareli here on November 11, the police
said today.
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BACK FROM ADEN: Parents of freed hostage Santosh Patil welcome him at the international airport in Mumbai. Four of
the freed 18 Indian sailors aboard chemical tanker "Stolt Valor",
who were taken hostage around two months ago by Somali pirates, arrived in Mumbai in the
early hours of Monday. — Reuters
(Details in Nation
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18 lose sight in Rajasthan
Jupinderjit Singh
Tribune News Service
Jaipur, November 24
The state government has banned all eye camps after 18 elderly persons, including seven women, lost their vision while 38 others feared to become completely blind when they underwent treatment at a special eye camp in Suratgarh town of Ganganagar district on
Sunday. The patients were rushed to Jaipur SMS hospital last evening.
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“India’s economic growth outlook is fairly robust even as the global
recession deepens,” the finance ministry said today, highlighting the
strength of local consumer spending. The macro-economic impact of the
global financial turmoil has been muted due to the overall strength of
domestic demand, the ministry said in a report released ahead of the
Economic Editors Conference here.
Business page: US to inject $20 b to
rescue Citigroup
