C-DAC trying to retrieve data from Kafeel's PC The expert team is deciphering the hard disk at an undisclosed location. "We have asked the team to even trace files which Kafeel might have deleted from his personal computer at any point of time to destroy evidence," official sources said. From Down Under... Three foreigners entered Haneef's residence at Frazer Town, reportedly presented themselves as Australian police and quizzed the family members.
Was the Glasgow attack planned in B'lore? Kafeel who holds a master's degree in aeronautical engineering worked as a design engineer in the outsourcing company in Bomanahalli on Hosur Road.
Vice President need not be a politician: Karat "We have said that the candidate need not have a political background. According to us, it should be someone who has made a contribution," Karat said.
FCI top boss killed in ULFA-Police encounter FCI top boss P C Ram died in an exchange of fire between ULFA and police forces near Kamalpur, at the outskirt of the city, early today.
State retracts decision on PGCET Karnataka Government has withdrawn its earlier decision to hold Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions into Post Graduate Courses in the Universities of the State. Government mulls privatising agricultural colleges "The government is contemplating privatising education concerning the agriculture sector, on the lines of medical and engineering courses," Home Minister M P Prakash said.
INTERNATIONAL
US leads the race for OCI card The Union government's much- publicised Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) certificate scheme has evoked a lukewarm response with only 1.40 lakh people of Indian origin (PIO) opting for it since the scheme was launched one and half years back. Al-Qaeda urges Pak to revolt against Prez Al-Qaeda urged Pakistanis to revolt against President Pervez Musharraf following the storming of the Red Mosque in Islamabad, in an audiotape posted on the Internet.
Pakistanis dig graves for the dead militants of the radical Red Mosque at a graveyard in Islamabad on Thursday. Pakistani authorities examined the bodies of 73 militants killed in a raid on Islamabad's Red Mosque in a bid to discover if any wanted insurgents were among the dead, prior to their mass burial in the capital of Islamabad. AFP
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