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NOVEMBER 1

Education goes saffron in UP, Rajasthan
In many schools in Rajasthan, children know the Indian Ocean only as Hindu Mahasagar, the Arabian Sea as Sindhu Sagar, and the Bay of Bengal as Ganga Sagar. History textbooks reveal that Jesus Christ spent several days in the Himalayas and imbibed knowledge and inspiration for Christianity from Hindu sadhus.

Three more foreign militants killed in Kashmir
Four militants, three of them foreigners, and a special police officer were among 10 persons killed while 32 militants belonging to different banned outfits surrendered along with arms and ammunition before Director-General of Police Gurbachan Jagat.

ISI gives Indian Muslims a bad name: Farooq
The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister asked India's Muslim religious leaders to use their influence in Pakistan to stop violence in the country.

Jurists stress need to retain Article 356
The provision has brought states back from the bullet to the ballot and there is no question of abrogating it, say legal authorities.

Dissidents won't vote against Patel
Karnataka Deputy CM K Siddaramaiah said the difference of opinion within the ruling Janata Dal would not come in the way when the no-confidence motion against the J H Patel ministry is taken up.

CBI to probe issue of passport
to Dawood's mother

The agency will also investigate the alleged fraudulent possession of a helicopter by Romesh Sharma, said to be a front man for the gangster.

Advani to head Inter-State Council panel
The standing committee comprises six Union Cabinet ministers and eight chief ministers. The previous committee was discussing Article 356 and devolution of financial powers to the states.

Maharashtra opposition goes on strike
The protest was intended to highlight the state government's apathy to the plight of farmers and other serious issues.

Asia is defence world's biggest spender
Both the US and Russia are focussing on the continent because of its huge potential and the decline of spending elsewhere, an IDSA study says.

THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

Mulayam predicts government's fall after poll
The Samajwadi Party president said, however, that the Lok Sabha would not be dissolved and an alternative government would take over.

BJP ready for alliance in Rajasthan
Chief Minister B S Shekhawat said the party would decide about sharing seats with friendly parties like the Samata Party and Akali Dal after discussions with the central leadership.

Madhya Pradesh: Seat without a representative

THE REDIFF SPECIALS

'The Sisters struggled and screamed, but hands came down and clamped their mouths'
'Some of the NGOs who had been working in the area since 1958 said they had never come across an incident of rape. They felt the incident had been carefully planned and the daily habits of the nuns were carefully watched before striking.' The National Commission for Women, which studied the recent rape of nuns in Jhabua, finds a shocking tapestry of collusion, silence, ignorance, and insensitivity.

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'In social service, one roads leads to Parliament and the other to prison'
'Wasn't Anna Hazare imprisoned? So what if I was detained? The police in their efforts to nail me have gone as far as the Supreme Court, but they could not get a single conviction. I am really trying to devote myself to social service. These accusations are absurd and baseless.' Arun Gawli, Bombay's only resident don and the man against whom the police have filed 102 cases of extortion and intimidation this year, sings a different tune.

THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS

Clash of the Southies
'Deve Gowda's supporters are wary of voting against the government knowing fully well that the entire BJP contingent in the house as also MLAs loyal to Lok Shakti leader and Union Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde will bail it out. Capital Buzz. Political gossip from the Delhi Durbar.

We need a separate ministry for disinvestment
'Instead of a Cabinet minister, a minister of state can be put in charge. In fact, the government already has a department, programme implementation, which does not have much work. So why not convert it into a full-fledged ministry for disinvestment?' asks Rajiv Shukla.



Maharashtra: Salim Khan interrogated
Tamil Nadu: CID rules out sexual assault in Chitra case
Tripura: Six killed, seven abducted

THE WEATHER

Rain likely along the east coast
Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in the Nicobar Islands, coastal Orissa, and north-coastal Andhra Pradesh in the next 48 hours.

OCTOBER 31

India repulses another Pak foray into Siachen
The attack, this time on the southern glacier, came barely two days after the Pakistanis suffered heavy casualties in an unsuccessful attempt to capture a post on the northern glacier.

Two foreign militants killed in Kashmir
Militants fired upon a search party of the security forces at Brenwar village in Badgam district. The soldiers then took up positions and returned the fire. Two soldiers were injured in the shootout.

Court refuses bail to Laloo, Mishra
The one-minute order reduced the two former chief ministers to an improvised jail at the Bihar Military Police guesthouse for the next couple of months.

Prime accused in RSS blast gets bail
TADA Judge S Tamilvanan granted Rafiq Ahmed's bail plea. The Central Bureau of Investigation had arrested 12 persons in connection with the bomb blast in Madras on August 8, 1993. One of them had got bail earlier.

Pokhran II exposed failure of CTBT seismic network, says Chidambaram
The network failed to detect small-yield explosions because of hardware limitations, and the incorrect estimation by some foreign seismologists of the yields of separated simultaneous explosions was because of software and analytical inadequacies, the AEC chairman said.

Karnataka opposition forces probe into riot
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has deputed a two-member team to assess the situation in Tumkur district where six farmers were killed in police firing.

Revolt against Naveen Patnaik cleaves BJD
The ten-month old Biju Janata Dal in Orissa, led by the Union minister for steel and mines, has received a jolt after its recent reorganisation.

Kalam's autobiography next month
The paperback, priced at Rs 200, contains 12 rare photographs and reveals what went into the making of A P J Abdul Kalam, the dreamer who achieved his dreams.

Karunanidhi promises third front in November
The Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK boss was talking to newsmen after meeting CPI-M general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet and CPI leaders A B Bardhan and D Raja.

Many victims of 1984 riots still to get compensation
A number of families of those killed have been denied the enhanced compensation on technical grounds, says H S Phoolka, member-secretary of the Justice R S Narula Committee. Moreover, not a single culprit has been executed.

Indian Navy may rethink Vikrant museum
No decision has been taken on the project almost two years after the carrier was decommissioned. Meanwhile, the vessel continues to bleed the navy.

RPI logs stiff opposition to presidential system
One of the 18 resolutions at the party's convention in Maharashtra said parliamentary democracy is far better than the presidential system as it encourages minority communities to participate in social and political movements.

THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

EC notifies elections in four states
Polling will be held for 70 assembly seats in Delhi, 320 in Madhya Pradesh, 200 in Rajasthan and 40 in Mizoram. An estimated 220 million voters are expected to exercise their franchise.

BJP to issue supplementary manifesto for Chhattisgarh
The party is banking on its promise to carve out a new state and set up a new railway zone to make a solid impact on the region.

Rajasthan: 5 nominations filed on first day

THE REDIFF SPECIALS

ASI to build an amphitheatre inside Khajuraho complex
The tourism departments of the central government and Madhya Pradesh want the popular Khajuraho Festival moved back inside the temple complex. But conservationists fear this will damage the World Heritage Site.

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'We are absolutely on schedule with our plans'
'I cannot see why there should be any confusion of identities... We are very blatantly a civilian programme driven by national needs. Frankly, though, we don't care too much what other countries think about our real agenda because we are clear about our objectives and are quite occupied fulfilling them.' ISRO Chairman Dr K Kasturirangan on the future of India's space programme.

THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS

Bombay's roads to nowhere
'Bombay has a unique public transport system in which no fewer than 86 per cent of the population travels by train or bus. However, instead of doing everything to strengthen these services, the Maharashtra government is augmenting its road network by erecting as many as 50 flyovers, which will primarily benefit private motorists,' says Darryl D'Monte.

Distance makes the heart less fond
'Fortunately or unfortunately, journalism in India revolves around two major centres -- Bombay for economic news and Delhi for almost everything else. Other places in India gain or lose importance in direct proportion to their distance from one of the two cities. Haryana is important because it neighbours the capital; Kerala is half-forgotten because it is at the other end of the subcontinent,' says T V R Shenoy.



Punjab: Exhibition-on-rails to celebrate 300 years of Khalsa
Tamil Nadu: The gods want to hear Tamil hymns, says Moopanar

TODAY'S WEATHER

Rains in coastal Orissa
Heavy rains are likely at isolated places in coastal Orissa, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Kerala in the next 48 hours.

OCTOBER 30

ISI subversion unabated, admits Advani
The home minister said a white paper on the Pakistani agency's activities will be tabled in Parliament's winter session.

Top company exec linked with Dawood
Police said V Balasubramanian, president of a leading private-sector company, came in contact with the gangster when he was extorting money from industrial houses.

UN dole eludes Indian victims of Gulf war
More than seven years on, 145,759 Indians who fled Kuwait and Iraq await compensation from the United Nations Compensation Commission.

BJP to support Congress motion against Patel
Both parties moved separate motions in the Karnataka assembly expressing lack of confidence in the Janata Dal government. But the chief minister is in no danger if the dissidents don't desert him.

THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

EC bans opinion polls 48 hours before voting
The Election Commission has directed all states where polling is to be held to implement the model code of conduct for politicians, candidates, and governments. The formal notifications are being issued tomorrow.

EC asked to explain disuse of I-cards
A division bench of the Delhi high court also asked the Election Commission to revise the capital's voter lists as there are instances of duplication of names.

RJP to ally with RLM for assembly elections
Shankersinh Vaghela wants to put up candidates in all the four states going to the polls next month.

CPI-M gives ticket to former CPI minister
Omar Ali is a surprise choice for the Marxists because he is a new entrant, having been expelled from the CPI in 1996.

OTHER STORIES

Surjeet, Mulayam see birth of third front
"We are talking to many political parties and things will take shape by next month," H S Surjeet said.

Laloo, Mishra to spend another day in custody
The special CBI court reserved its verdict for a day on the bail petitions by the two former Bihar chief ministers and six others in the fodder scandal.

Couple set afire by family in Ulhasnagar
The girl's family, opposed to the marriage, opted for an extreme solution.

Arms race will be expensive for subcontinent, say scholars
A scholars' conference to promote trust between India and Pakistan concluded that it could hit the economies and development in the social sector.

India, France conclude talks
The issues that were covered include non-proliferation and disarmament, the role of the UN, bilateral co-operation, and developments in Europe and South Asia.

Karnataka town tense
But police said Sira in Tumkur district, which witnessed large-scale violence yesterday, was peaceful.

Karunanidhi pleads for central aid
The Tamil Nadu chief minister called on Prime Minister Vajpayee and sought his intervention for the speedy clearance of pending projects.

SC censures UP on seniority list
The court passed strictures against the state government for its stand in a case relating to the seniority list of promoted and direct-recruit assistant engineers in the public works department.

Police chief predicts normalcy in Jammu
Rajouri and Poonch, currently the worst terrorist-hit sectors in Jammu and Kashmir, will be 'normal' by the middle of January, DGP Gurbachan Jagat said.

THE REDIFF SPECIALS

Karunanidhi's ode to Ravana has political significance
The Dalit-based Pudhiya Tamizhagam may not have won any seat in the recent Lok Sabha election, but it spoiled the chances of many candidates, especially those of the DMK. So it is possible that Karunanidhi is trying to woo the Dalits back by raking up the Aryan-Dravidian controversy all over again.

Tycoon accused of being a thief
Shaukat Sarkar was comfortably off with a Rs 5 billion empire including hotels, building complexes and a fleet of LPG tankers. And now he's been nicked for lifting cars

THE REDIFF INTERVIEW

'We have no leaders at all, we have no leaders in any field'
'We have a choice. But not in the ballot papers. There are people out there who can be good choices, but they refuse to come into the political arena. The standard Indian reaction is only complaining, he won't lift a little finger to rectify something.' T N Seshan cries for his beloved country.

THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS

Class action
'How DARE Murli Manohar Joshi put Hinduism in a position where its ancient scriptures faced rejection from pinko scum and minority-appeasing mongrels! How dare he take the step of proposing their study without knowing if it would be received with due respect! How dare he embroil the Vedas and Upanishads in a national tamasha! It's unforgivable. As far as I'm concerned, this man is persona non grata,' says Varsha Bhosle.

The wages of sin
'No one mentioned the fact that Salim Khan's farm had been, for over a year, in the custody of the very officers who are accusing him of breaking the law. Salim broke the law by giving shelter to stray animals. Just as we do for the sake of our conscience. We break the law because our heart tells us to. Because we know that the law is often stupid and unfeeling and we, as human beings, must rise above it,' argues Pritish Nandy.



Andhra Pradesh: Naxalites kill one, blast government building
Assam: Sunken boat traced, child's body found 4 km away
Maharashtra: CM Joshi gives Jaymala Rs 25,000
Maharashtra: BJP announces candidates
Maharashtra: 60 pc medical colleges below par, says minister

TODAY'S WEATHER

More rains in Tamil Nadu
Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

OCTOBER 29

Centre gives in to Supreme Court on CVC ordinance
The provision making the Union personnel secretary an ex-officio member of the Central Vigilance Commission has been deleted. The 'single directive' that made the CVC's permission a must for an investigation against officers above the rank of joint secretary has also been dropped.

BJP falls back on Vajpayee's 'clean image'
"Our government at the Centre has done exceptionally well in the past six months. Therefore, the prime minister will take the lead in informing the electorate about its achievements," party vice-president Jana Krishnamoorthy said.

China isn't enemy, says India
All 'substantive' problems with China should be settled through dialogue, the prime minister's Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra has said.

Panel on presidential system after polls
The home minister, however, made it clear that he does not advocate a presidential system.

CJI's recommendation is invalid without consultation, rules SC
Holding that the recommendations of the Chief Justice of India for appointments and transfers in the higher judiciary are not binding on the executive if the consultation process is ignored, the Supreme Court prescribed a multi-judge collegium for the purpose.

Karnataka minister resigns
Minister of State for Labour B Satyanarayana resigned from the J H Patel ministry, alleging that his rivals in Sira had indulged in the politics of violence.

Congress plans no-trust move against Patel
The BJP, which the dissident Janata Dal legislators had accused of secretly supporting the chief minister, also made no bones about going all-out to seek dissolution of the assembly.

Indo-Pak talks will continue, says Fernandes
Recent incidents of firing from across the border and Tuesday's aborted attempt on Siachen will not stall the high-level discussion, the defence minister said.

Congress seeks TN government's dismissal
State Congress president Tindivanam K Ramamurthy said his party is prepared for a joint struggle with the AIADMK to get Chief Minister Karunanidhi out.

Security beefed up for Thevar Jayanthi
The Thevars will launch a new political party, Muvendar Munnetra Kazhagam, on the occasion.

The guns of Assam fall silent...
...and have been replaced by intense psychological warfare. Between the Union home ministry, army, State and ULFA.

India, France begin strategic talks
While Principal Secretary Mishra represented India, France was represented by Gerard Herrera, special representative of President Chirac. Herrera will meet the prime minister and defence minister tomorrow.

Laloo, Mishra in custody for a day
The special CBI court remanded the former Bihar chief ministers and four others to judicial custody when the hearing of their regular bail petitions in connection with the multi-million-rupee fodder scam remained inconclusive.

UN partial to Pakistan: Natwar Singh
The former external affairs minister said the UN had not taken up India's case on Kashmir properly despite New Delhi having been a "great supporter" of the world body.

Onions bring no tears to Kashmiri eyes
Let the price shoot up all it wants. Kashmiris aren't bothered. As long as the cost of mutton stays put...

THE REDIFF SPECIALS

War of the fourth estate
The Press Council of India and the International Press Institute are currently engaged in a war of words over the role and functions of the Indian watchdog.

Rampant gangland strikes terror in Bombay
Everyone from top businessmen to petty shopkeepers, with surgeons and general practitioners in between, is being targeted for extortion. Demands vary from Rs 5,000 to Rs 50 million. And refusal to pay can mean death.

THE REDIFF INTERVIEW

'Sonia was misled by certain elements'
'We, the dissidents within the Congress, as well as the MGP, the BJP and a few independents came together to end the corruption that had reached its peak during the Pratapsing Rane regime.' Wilfred de Souza, who led the coup against the Congress in Goa, lists his government's priorities.

THE REDIFF COLUMNIST

How you can educate India for a song
'The real insult to Hindu culture is not that some people objected to singing Saraswati Vandana. The real insult to Hindu culture, and in fact to all of India, is that education has been treated so flippantly over the years, that it continues to be treated that way,' says Dilip D'Souza.



Assam: Army divers fail to recover sunken boat
Delhi: Air force wives face inquiry
Orissa: Biju Janata Dal reshuffles district units
Punjab: Tohra sets at rest speculation over Sikh personal law demand
Tamil Nadu: Govt sets up village panels to end caste clashes

OCTOBER 28

Panicky BJP blames PM, Sinha
for rise in prices

Vajpayee had assured the party leadership and BJP members of Parliament in July that he would convene a meeting of chief ministers to discuss and take remedial measures to curb the soaring prices. He is yet to call that meeting.

India kills Pakistani bid on Siachen
At least five Pakistani soldiers were killed or wounded in the second attempt by them to take the glacier in the last eight days.

JDLP meeting only after assembly
session begins, says Kaldate

Karnataka Chief Minister Patel has prevailed in the first round after Deve Gowda and the dissidents backtracked and the party leadership accepted his plea that the JDLP cannot be convened before the state legislature meets.

For George the Bofors boomed!
At Deolali in Maharashtra, as the Union defence minister watched, the mighty howitzer opened up. Bang on target.

Cop's confession sparks controversy
over Naxalite's 'encounter death'

Constable Ramachandran's confession that he had shot Naxalite leader Varghese on the orders of his superiors has reopened a 28-year-old controversy.

Caste politics to the fore in Tamil Nadu
Immediate issues, not "isms", sell today. And in the absence of a convincing third force, the voter has been playing Russian roulette with the two Dravidian majors. It is this space for a "third force" that is being fought over.

Thief tosses girl out of running train
The railway police in Bombay have started a search on all Western Railway stations to catch the thief who threw a college girl out of a running train. Jaymala Asher, 23, lost both feet.

Urea scam accused gets out on bail
Malessam Goud, an employee of Turkish firm Karsan's Indian agent Sambasiva Rao, was remanded to judicial custody on January 12. He moved the high court after the trial court rejected his bail application thrice.

60 drown in Guwahati boat accident
The tragedy occurred early in the morning when two boats collided on the Brahmaputra near the Sukreshar temple.

Congress, Jharkhand parties plan agitation
The Rashtriya Janata Dal, Bihar's ruling party, suffered a setback when its Ranchi district general secretary resigned in protest against its opposition to the creation of a separate state.

Bihar inhuman to bidi workers
Over 100,000 workers die of tuberculosis, cancer, and brain tumour every year, says a survey.

Bangla troops alerted against ULFA reaction
The authorities fear the insurgents may retaliate against their secretary general Anup Chetia being sentenced to six years in prison by a Dhaka court.

THE REDIFF INTERVIEW

'We must do what is good for the poor.
They need our attention first'

'Giving farmers free power is just an extension of our commitment to farmers and the rural poor. The rural economy is going through difficult times. We need to lend it all help possible so that rural Maharashtra prospers. Without their prosperity, we will have further problems in the cities. In Bombay in particular.' Uddhav Thackeray comes out of the shadows.

'The housewife in Delhi has already
mentally replaced the BJP's election
symbol of lotus with the onion'

'The BJP's own political base is largely the trader community and therefore they do nothing to prevent black-marketing, profiteering and hoarding. We saw this even during the mustard oil adulteration racket last month. When the scam first broke in Delhi, the government was just loath to raid many of the big traders.' Brinda Karat, the CPI-M's iron lady, speaks her mind.

THE REDIFF COLUMNIST

Past Forward
'Every country, which is the modern equivalent of a civilisation, has an identity that is buttressed by the State. Doing so does not make the country concerned sectarian, insofar as none of the Western nations are exclusivist. They remain democracies with a strong Christian character, and yet secular. But when the same yardstick is sought to be applied in India, it becomes revisionist, as if the Hindu tradition is an essentially ugly one,' contends Saisuresh Sivaswamy.



Andhra Pradesh: 7 TDP men killed in CPI-Naxal attack
Bihar: Laloo, Mishra to surrender to CBI court
Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar bandh turns violent
Karnataka: Communal tension in Gulbarga
Kerala: Give up home, Antony tells Nayanar

TODAY'S WEATHER

Rains over Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
Downpour at many places, with isolated heavy falls, is likely in all districts of north coastal Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.

OCTOBER 27

Deve Gowda backtracks, Patel gets breather
The week-long crisis in the Janata Dal in Karnataka appears to have blown over with the former prime minister telling the party's national leadership that the issues raised by the dissidents are being sorted out.

Deve Gowda shows who calls the shots
The drama served an important purpose: Deve Gowda has reminded the Dal that he is an important political leader with a large support base. This posturing will ensure a good bargaining position for next year's assembly election.

Puri shankaracharya hits out at VHP
Swami Adhochchanand has accused the organisation of indulging in cheap politics in the name of religion. The Ram Janmabhoomi issue is purely religious and should be left to religious leaders, he said.

Mamata Banerjee criticises BJP's rule
"People are beginning to question our party for the failures of the BJP-led government," she said.

Pakistan doubts India's sincerity
Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz said New Delhi's desire to improve trade between the two countries is a ploy to give the world the impression that everything is fine.

TN parties suggest ban on casteist rallies
The parties, through another resolution, recommended a ban on provocative posters and wall writings, and stern action against those responsible.

Former TN EC blasts anti-casteism move
Accusing Chief Minister Karunanidhi of being anti-Thevar, Malaisamy said the move to prevent IAS officers from joining caste-based organisations is aimed at immobilising him.

Sonia accuses BJP of failing to contain Pokhran fallout
Kicking off the Congress campaign for the Rajasthan assembly, Gandhi said her party had defeated the BJP's first attempt to "destroy" secularism by changing the education system.

Joshi feels sorry for opponents of Saraswati Vandana
The Union HRD minister also denied that the government is trying to rewrite history.

Bollywood heroines summoned for sexy songs
Bombay Chief Metropolitan Magistrate M N Gilani wants Karishma Kapoor, Pooja Bhatt, Juhi Chawla, Mamta Kulkarni, Madhuri Dixit, Raveena Tandon and Tabu before him on November 6.

Expert warns of a Latur in MP
An earthquake could occur in Pandhana in Khandwa district, renowned geo-physicist Dr Janardan Ganpat Negi has cautioned. The region has experienced 900 underground rumblings, including one of intensity three on the Richter scale, in the last 45 days.

CBI bites the dust in Sister Abhaya case
India's premier investigation agency has failed to solve the murder case that rocked Kerala's Christian community six years ago. It now plans to close the case as 'untracked'.

Bangladesh jails ULFA chief for six years
Anup Chetia, arrested in Dhaka on December 21, pleaded guilty to illegal immigration. "There was no place safe for me in India. That's why I had to come to Bangladesh in the hope of getting political asylum,'' he said.

Bali Hindus resent minister's 'insult'
Hindus on the island have threatened a strike unless Indonesian President Habibie fires Food Minister A M Saefuddin who was quoted as saying that opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri does not deserve to be president because she is a Hindu.

THE REDIFF SPECIAL

Educating Murli Manohar Joshi
'It may be laudable to review the study of Sanskrit, but to force it down the throat of unwilling pupils across the country is wholly unacceptable. Similarly, none should cavil at the proposal to introduce the teaching of ancient scriptures that are rooted in Indian soil rather than Hindu religion -- but this cannot be done overnight by an official fiat,' writes Virendra Kapoor.

THE REDIFF INTERVIEW

'Regarding Hindu values, what is wrong with them? After all, 85 per cent of Indians are Hindus'
'The Communist Party of India (Marxist) put a communist angle to the books after they came to power in West Bengal. The BJP has no hidden agenda. In fact, it is very open about its agenda, its ideology and philosophy. And it is keen to spread this ideology.' Businessman P D Chitlangia, who was booed out of the recent education conference by non-BJP politicians, presents his worldview.

THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS

The buck stops here
'The importance of the Sanjay Dutt case was that the rules were reversed -- perhaps he suffered too much because he was rich and powerful. Until it can be demonstrated that the Salman Khan case is a similar exception, nobody will feel sorry for him. On the contrary, they will reckon that he has got away too easily,' says Vir Sanghvi.



Jammu and Kashmir: 11 militants surrender
Kerala: BJP wants to prosecute Nayanar
Kerala: Controversial golden domes consecrated
at Sabarimala

TODAY'S WEATHER

Rains in the Andamans
Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the next 48 hours.

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