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Counter terror body: Patnaik wants review

Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 Describing the power vested in an agency India is setting up to counter terrorism as "an infringement on the powers of the states", Odisha Monday sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a review of the matter.

Police rescue 25 minor girls from Bihar fair

Patna, Feb 14 Police rescued 25 minor girls who were forced to dance naked at a theatre in a rural fair near the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar's Araria district and arrested 44 people under human trafficking charges during a raid, police Monday said.

Drunk man beaten up by police at railway station

Bhopal, Feb 13 A drunk man creating a ruckus was brutally thrashed by police at a railway station in Madhya Pradesh. A police official Monday assured action against the guilty.

Smashed windows, burnt car and barricades at blast site

New Delhi, Feb 13 Windows and mirrors shattered, its bonnet uprooted, engine burnt black and its colour unrecognizable... the Toyota Innova car of the Israeli embassy was badly damaged in a suspected bomb attack shortly after it left the embassy premises.

'More stringent laws against cartelisation needed'

Kolkata, Feb 13 Competition watchdog,he Competition Commission of India (CCI) is in favour of more stringent laws against formation of cartels as it affects consumers’ interest.

Shah Rukh agrees to be West Bengal brand ambassador

Kolkata, Feb 14 Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has formally accepted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s proposal to become the state’s brand ambassador.

Shiv Sena indestructible, says Bal Thackeray

Mumbai, Feb 13 Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday asserted that his party was "indestructible" and the Congress could not finish it off even if it had "seven more lives".

Green signal for Kerala high speed rail project

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 13 An all-party meeting Monday showed the green signal to the Kerala government's proposal to build a 560-km high speed rail link between Thiruvananthapuram and Mangalore in Karnataka at a cost of Rs.118,000 crore.

Man with weapons arrested in Mumbai

Mumbai, Feb 13 Three days before the civic polls, Mumbai police Monday arrested a man with seven firearms and 12 live rounds of ammunition from a railway terminus in central Mumbai, police said.

Bengal opposition leader holds press meet on road

Kolkata, Feb 13 Protesting against West Bengal assembly Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay’s decision to ban media conference inside the assembly premises when the house is not in session, Leader of Opposition Surjya Kanta Mishra Monday addressed journalists on the road outside the legislature.