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Mayawati issues threat to withdraw support to UPA

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Apparently peeved at Rahul Gandhi's espousal of the cause of drought-hit and poverty-stricken farmers of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday issued yet another threat to withdraw her party's support to the Manmohan Singh government....
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Rats nibble away dead infant's eye in Bengal hospital

As the family members of a newborn who had died went to the morgue of a hospital in West Bengal, they were shocked to see one of the eyes and a portion of the face had been eaten away by rats....
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Videocon warehouse burnt down in Kolkata

About 100 TV sets and refrigerators were destroyed as a warehouse of electronics goods manufacturer Videocon caught fire in Salt Lake, northeastern Kolkata Saturday afternoon....
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Fresh clashes in Nandigram, 8 injured

Ahead of the panchayat polls in West Bengal, at least eight supporters of anti-land acquisition forum Bhoomi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) were injured in a fresh clash with CPM cadres in Nandigram early on Saturday....
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More courts and judges needed to dispense justice effectively

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favoured a suggestion by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan to open more courts to deal with corruption cases involving government officials....
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Three killed in BSF firing near Cooch Behar India-Bangladesh border

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Three people, including a Bangladeshi national, died when Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire while they were allegedly smuggling cattle through the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Dinhata area...
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Hostile witnesses to be punished

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With more and more witnesses turning hostile especially in criminal cases, the Home Ministry has proposed to enhance punishment for perjury. Proposals have been made to insert new sections in the Code of Criminal Procedure and also to enhance the punishment for perjury to ensure reliability of witness during deposition in court. This was revealed by Minister of State for Home Affairs Radhika V Selvi in a written reply to the Lok Sabha earlier this week....
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BJP accuses CPM of assaulting its candidates

Barely a month ahead of the Panchayat polls in West Bengal, the state wing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) of attacking BJP nominated candidates in the Sonachura village of Nandigram in East Midnapore district of West Bengal....
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India takes up Sarabjit issue with new Pakistan govt

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Indian authorities have established contact with Pakistan's new government on the issue of its national Sarabjit Singh, whose execution has been deferred till May 1, and are hopeful that he will be shown clemency....
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