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SC upholds 27% quota to OBCs
The bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan excluded the creamy layer among the OBCs from the quota benefit. The court held that the Act does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.

CHRONOLOGY
Political parties welcome quota clearance
"It is a historic judgment. Thousands of OBC students will benefit. The government has already decided that it will not affect any other category of students," said Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, adding that percentage of seats would be increased.

KARNATAKA POLL
Congress seeks to strike caste balance
Party sources indicated that they had identified Lingayat as a dominant votebase in the state for being wooed to its side. This community was predominant in the Northern part of the state...

TIBET TURMOIL: PLOY TO PUT OFF PROTESTORS

Olympic torch hidden, route changed
The torch was reloaded onto the convoy as officials cancelled the official closing ceremony for the only North American stop on the global relay. The ceremony was replaced by another event...

Torch runners Andrea Vincent (left) and Ed Lee hold the torch Wednesday, during the Relay in San Francisco. With thousands of demonstrators and spectators crowding the city's waterfront, the Olympic torch was spirited away

without even a formal goodbye on its symbolic stop in the United States. AP
Young Tibetans emulate Gandhiji
They have never been to Tibet. But for young Tibetans born and living in India, the passion for their motherland endures.
Obama urges Bush to boycott Beijing
Activists are urging world leaders to stay away from the ceremonies to underscore concerns about China's human rights record, its handling of recent unrest in Tibet and its relationship with Sudan.

Nepalis queue for historic election
Polls opened at 7 am. to choose a 601-member special assembly, that is supposed to write a new constitution, abolish a 240-year-old Hindu monarchy and serve as a parliament for at least two years.

India to help modernise Iranian rail network Iran, facing UN sanctions, has sought India's expertise in upgrading its train operations, signalling system and electrical work besides training its personnel as part of its plans to modernise the railway system.


An elephant sprays water at tourists in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand. Reuters

Images of India fetch 5,12,000 pounds
A collection of photographic images of India from 1850s to 1940s owned by NRI businessman Kanwardip Gujral was sold for a record price of 512,000 pounds at the Bonhams Auction in London on Thursday.

Only I have the will to end the Iraq war, says Hillary
Obama only talks but would not end the war and presumptive Republican candidate John McCain would only continue the war, the choice is very clear, Hillary said.

Aamir to receive special Dinanath Mangeshkar award

South African cricketer Makhaya Ntini at the practice session at Green Park Stadium at Kanpur on Thursday. PTI

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TODAY'S PRINT EDITION

Front Page Stories

	Cong dangles seven carrots

	Lottery to pick 65,000 H-1B visas

	Woman kills 3 kids, hangs self

	City hospital powers a hearty tale

	Terror spin to Kanpur Test

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Tanuja, Kajol bereaved

Six injured in Assam market blast

Dubai's prince buys $2.7 million camel

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Two Krazzy4 songs a copy: Bombay HC
music composer Ram Sampath, had dragged Hrithik Roshan's father, his uncle Rajesh Roshan...

New constituencies:
poll profile

The poll-profile of Bangalore has changed. The number of assembly constituencies has gone up from 16 to 28.

CET forum in DH

Launching a new forum called 'Mission Admission', Deccan Herald attempts to make the testing days ahead a bit easier. This new forum will help candidates keep track of news and information on the CET, the Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) of COMEDK and key entrance tests thereafter.

SPORTS CAPSULE
INDIA-SA CRICKET TEST		DAVIS CUP TENNIS: INDIA VS JAPAN
India get tailor-made spinning track in crucial match The Indians, who received a humiliating drubbing in Ahmedabad, need to win the crucial match to level the three-Test series. Although the pitch has been designed to help the hosts, there is a risk that the ploy could boomerang as a strip with uneven bounce could be exploited by the South African pacemen who have proved quite a handful for.... Indian Captain Anil Kumble with spinner Harbhajan Singh (right) at Green Park stadium in Kanpur. Ishant declared fit; Anil Kumble gets till tomorrow		Indian Davis Cup team members (L-R) Mahesh Bhupati, Rohan Bopanna, captain Leander Paes and Prakash Amritraj Fit Bopanna to play first singles against Nishikori tomorrow Skipper Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will have a rare reunion to take on Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki in the doubles match as the veterans look to guide the team to the World Group playoff. THE SCHEDULE: April 11: Rohan Bopanna vs Kei Nishikori; Prakash Amritraj vs Go Soeda. April 12: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi vs Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki. April 13: P Amritraj vs Nishikori; Bopanna vs Soeda.
Bangalore Challengers have it all worked out Vijay Mallya paid $111.6 million to own the team for 10 years, but then spent a relatively meagre $3.6 million in the players' auctions. The team management thinks it has got a good deal and has its strategies all worked out. Bracken, Steyn and Zaheer Khan can bowl well in the death overs and that's ideal for the shortest version. Aussies don't mind giving up international careers for IPL: Survey According to the survey, 47 per cent of the national players and 49 per cent of the state players responded in 'yes' when asked if they were willing to give up international cricket for playing in the rival twenty20 leagues in India.