Moscow, March 31 – The group responsible for Wednesday’s suicide bombings in the Russian semi-autonomous republic of Dagestan was also behind Monday’s terrorist attacks in Moscow’s subway, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. Wednesday’s attacks killed at least 12 people and Monday’s suicide bombings claimed 39 lives and wounded dozens of others. ‘We believe that these attacks were aimed against Russia,’ the Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.
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Mumbai, March 31 – A special court here Wednesday set May 3 as the date for pronouncing the final judgment in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case. Ajmal Amir Kasab is the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist who was caught during the attack and has been facing the trial in the special court. According to Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, the final arguments in case, involving Kasab, ended here Tuesday, after which Special Judge M.
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Dhulikhel (Nepal), March 31 – Yoga guru Ramdev is a symbol of friendship between Nepal and India because he is using Indian yoga to bridge the divide between the two nations, Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal said here Wednesday. ‘Yoga guru Ramdev is a symbol of friendship between the two South Asian countries. He is bridging the divide between Indian and Nepal and helping the historical ties scale new heights with spiritual and cultural exchange through yoga and ayurveda,’ Nepal told a packed gathering at Dhulikhel, 35 km from the capital city of Kathmandu, where he arrived in the morning to inaugurate a new Patanjali Yog Peeth centre.
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Agartala, March 31 – Tripura has decided to fill up 4,712 government job vacancies in one go to tackle growing unemployment in the state, a minister said here Wednesday. ‘The school education department has issued 4,712 job offers in the past one week,’ School Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty told reporters. ‘We will offer several hundred government jobs in May for the unemployed youths.’ Currently, Tripura has 550,000 registered (matriculation and above) unemployed youths.
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Manchester, March 31 – Indian pair of Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal entered the final of the women’s doubles defeating top seeded Jenny Duncalf and Allison Waters of England 6-11,11-8,11-4, in the International Doubles squash championship here Wednesday. In the quarter-finals, they upset Dominic Lloyd Waters and Laura Briggs also of England 11-4, 11-9. In both the matches, the Indians were crisp in their drives.
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Bhubaneswar, March 31 – A fast track court in Orissa Wednesday sentenced five people to two years’ imprisonment in a Kandhamal riot case. Janala Pradhan, Krushna Pradhan, Nata Pradhan, Ashok Mallick and Udayanath Pradhan from Raikhala-Gadiapada village were accused of torching and destroying the house of Birendra Naik of the same village during the 2008 Kandhamal riots. They were booked under several charges.
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New Delhi, March 31 – Gen V.K. Singh Wednesday took charge as the 26th chief of the 1.13 million-strong Indian Army from Gen Deepak Kapoor. Singh, 59, will hold the post for the next two years.
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Hyderabad, March 31 – Were the communal riots in Hyderabad pre-planned and if so who was responsible for it? These questions have cropped up in people’s minds as wild allegations are being made by a section of leaders within the ruling Congress party. While party leaders from Telangana have pointed fingers at their colleagues from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, saying it was a conspiracy to weaken the movement for separate statehood, a Congress MP from Andhra has blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Islamabad, March 31 – Twenty terrorists were killed and 30 injured when Pakistani security forces repulsed an attack on their check post in the restive tribal region in the country’s northwest bordering Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday. ‘A group of 80-100 heavily armed terrorists, with explosive-laden vehicles, attacked a security forces check post at Jansi in the Khyber Agency Tuesday night but the security forces repulsed the attack,’ an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said. ‘Security forces effectively responded and repulsed the attack.
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