Maoists blow up two rail tracks in Orissa
Maoists blew up two rail tracks between Bhalulata and Bishra in Orissa's Sundergarh district early on Wednesday, an official said.
Chavan threatens to withdraw Uddhav's security
Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan has ordered Shiv Sena activists to "behave themselves" after they attacked several cinema halls that would screen Shah Rukh Khan's latest film. Chavan also threatened to withdraw the security provided to the party's executive president Uddhav Thackeray.
SRK film row: miffed with CM, Uddhav to give up Z-level security
The row over the release of Shah Rukh Khan’s new film My Name is Khan has blown up into a political war between the Shiv Sena and the Congress, reports Rajendra Aklekar.
    Protest intensifies
    Scared by Sena, Mumbai cinema stops booking for SRK flick
    Rattled by Shiv Sena threats over Shahrukh Khan's film, Cinemax film theatre has stopped advance bookings for My Name is Khan even as over 1000 Sena activists have been detained. The party has stepped up its protest against the film over the actor's remarks favouring inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in IPL.
      7700 couples tie the knot as part of TTD kalyanamastu
      Seven thousand seven hundred couples tied the knot across Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as part of the "kalyanmastu" programme being conducted by the Tirumala Tirupati Devstaham (TTD).
      Boy dies of dropsy in UP, 9 of family ill
      One boy died; while nine members of the same family have fallen seriously ill due to dropsy-a fatal condition which arises after consuming adulterated mustard oil mixed with deadly argemone mexicana seed.
      Love marriage joins two Kashmiris
      Four years after the cross-Line of Control (LoC) bus service, Carvan-e-Aman, was started between two parts of divided Jammu and Kashmir, it achieved its goal -- to strengthen bonds between the two parts -- last week when Ejaz Mir married Kounsar Jabeen.
      Hansraj College shut after student's death
      A day after a 23-year-old visually challenged student of Hansraj College in Delhi University was found hanging in his hostel room, the college administration Wednesday called a meeting of the hostel committee to look into the matter. The college was closed Wednesday.
        Andhra to challenge high court order on Muslim reservation
        The Andhra Pradesh government today decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the verdict of the high court quashing a legislation for four percent reservation to Muslims in education and jobs.
          Assam school children devise urine battery

          You can now beat load-shedding by… er… shedding some load. Three Class VIII students have devised a urine battery that they claim would go a long way in countering power cuts in rural areas. They study in Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya at Tingrai in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district.

            Foreign Minister SM Krishna with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith in New Delhi.
            German President Horst Kohler and his wife Eva Luise Kohler pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi.
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            WB announces reservation for Muslims in Govt jobs
            WB announces reservation for Muslims in Govt jobs

             
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