National Indian News

• Mamata in favour of Women's quota, defends decision to abstian
Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday attributed her party's abstention from voting on the Women's Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha to a 'communication gap' and said she was committed to the Constitutional amendment.

• Charge of involvement in Lahore blast 'unthinkable': Krishna
"It is the most unthinkable accusation that anybody can make against India. It is a falsehood which is being spread. We deny any involvement in any blast, anywhere," S M Krishna said.

• Women's Bill row: MPs protest eviction of 7 Rajya Sabha members
Members of SP, RJD and JD(U) disrupted Lok Sabha proceedings over the forcible eviction of seven Rajya Sabha members opposing the Women's Reservation Bill. The Speaker finally adjourned the House for the day.

• Women's Bill: Mulayam, Lalu protest, Lok Sabha adjourned
As soon as the House assembled, Mulayam, Lalu and Sharad Yadav strongly protested the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha forcing the Speaker to adjourn the Lok Sabha.

• Anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar gets bail
A Delhi court has granted bail to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The leader appeared in court after being 'missing' for almost a month.

• Abandoned ammunition explodes, kills three children in HP
Three children were killed when abandoned ammunition exploded near an army firing range in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, police said.

• 'Pak state actors behind 26/11'
Opening its final arguments in the 26/11 trial on Tuesday, the prosecution blamed "state actors involved in the security apparatus of Pakistan" for planning and executing the Mumbai terror strike.

• Naxals set free abducted headmaster
"I did not do any wrong. I was abducted (by Maoists) based on wrong information. I was never linked to any party at any point of time, " said the abducted headmaster.

• Animal rights group sees red over Maoists' 'kill dogs' call
CPI-Maoists have now issued a diktat to kill all dogs in villages bordering Jharkhand and West Bengal. This has spurred animal lovers to appeal to the Maoists to spare the lives of dogs

• MNS men target cell co for not using Marathi
MNS supporters in Mumbai and Thane went on the rampage, targeting two stores of a leading telecom service-provider for not having Marathi as one of the languages in its pre-recorded messages for subscribers.

News from Major India Cities

• Goa police mull FIR against 'drug' cops
Goa police is planning to file an FIR against five policemen who were placed under suspension for their alleged nexus with drug peddlers in the state.

• Delhi: Heavy security around Chinese embassy
A day after Tibetan activists tried to storm the Chinese embassy, heavy security was deployed to avoid any untoward incident on the 51st anniversary of Tibetan uprising against China.

• 'Maoists may strike Kolkata before polls'
Maoists might strike in Kolkata some time on the eve of the 2011 assembly elections and have already started scouting targets, arrested Maoist military commander 'Telugu' Deepak has told police.

• Bangalore: Dog gives netas sleepless nights
Security at the legislators' home (LH) might have improved by leaps and bounds in the last few years, but a lonely walk at night on the premises can still be dangerous. And that's not because of miscreants, but a rabid dog.

• 500 Delhi cops held in past 3 yrs for crimes
Delhi Police may claim to be a "clean force" but figures tell a different story. Replying to a question in Parliament, the minister of state in the ministry of home affairs (MHA), Mullappallay Ramachandran, on Tuesday said 500 officers of Delhi Police had been arrested for various crimes in the past three years.

• Body scanner soon at IGI airport
Passengers looking forward to flying out of IGI's upcoming terminal (T3) can expect more than just exposure to global standards.

• A'bad docs make kidney transplant easy
A pioneering transplantation of a kidney through minimally invasive laparoscopy method was successfully completed by surgeons at the Institute of Kidney Disease and Research Centre (IKDRC) here.

• Kolkata: Widow strangled at home
A 56-year-old woman's body was found at her residence in Baguiati's Pratibeshipara area late on Monday. The body was lying on the floor of her bedroom.

• Mother ordered to give wedding gift to girl who eloped
In a dramatic turn of events, a woman was forced to give a wedding gift to her daughter in the courtroom after reconciling to her daughter's elopement.

• Case registered against Goa tourism minister
Ahead of the hearing in the illegal land filling case, involving tourism minister Fransisco "Mickky" Pacheco, at the high court of Bombay at Goa on Wednesday, the Colva police late Monday registered a case against Pacheco under relevant sections of the Town and Country Planning Act.

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