Protest against police incompetence in Amritsar

Amritsar, Oct 26 : Furious over police incompetence, locals in Amritsar vandalised public property worth lakhs on Friday.

Hu Jintao tells Sonia that China attaches great importance to its ties with India

Beijing, Oct.26 : Chairperson of the UPA and Congress party President Sonia Gandhi was today told by Chinese President Hu Jintao that Beijing attaches great importance to its ties with New Delhi.

Huge drugs haul in Dhaka, two arrested

Dhaka, Oct 26 : In the largest ever Yaba haul in Bangladesh, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Thursday recovered 130,000 contraband nerve stimulant tablets, and arrested two in this connection.

Yaba, the Thai word for "crazy medicine," is a tablet form of methamphetamine, a powerful stimulant.

Amin Huda and his close aide Ahsanul Haque Hasan were arrested at Huda’s Gulshan office with 130,000 Yaba tablets.

The elite force also suspects that Huda is one of the top barons of the drug business in Bangladesh.

The Rab also seized over 5,000 Yaba's alternative drugs ice pills, ice pill preparing chemical, foreign liquor, phensidyle, over Tk 46 lakh and currencies of six other countries.

Bangladesh’s anti-graft body finds 'no merit' in Khaleda Zia case

Dhaka, Oct 26 : Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided not to take into cognisance the corruption allegations against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, saying they “lack merit”.

The cases against Zia pertain to the compensation for Magurchhara gas field blow-out and leasing out Phulbari coal zone to Asia Energy.

As per the findings of the preliminary enquiry about allegations against Khaleda, the anti-graft body has taken the decision that the allegations have no merit.

Prime Minister flags of chariot procession to mark birth anniversary of Balmiki

New Delhi, Oct 26 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today flagged off a chariot procession from his residence to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Balmiki (a Hindu scholar, saint and writer of Ramay

Child rights commission expresses grief over death of Ahmedabad schoolboy

New Delhi, Oct 26 : Expressing grief over the death of a Ahmedabad schoolboy during a punishment given for being late, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) today wrote a letter to the Gujarat Chief Secretary asking as to what actions have been taken following the incident.

In the letter addressed to state Chief Secretary Dr. Manjula Subramaniyam, NCPCR Chairperson Shanta Sinha said: “In the light of the foregoing, the Commission is terribly upset and very sad to hear about the death of Milan Tanna, a class 12th student of Sree Narayana Guru School, who was punished for being late to school.”

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