UK TERROR BID Australian Police fail to find evidence against Haneef "Police have been unable to find any evidence against Gold Coast Hospital terror suspect Haneef to justify charges despite executing several search warrants in a massive investigation over the past 10 days," The Australian Federal Police said. 'I am an innocent pawn': Haneef According to media reports, the medical practitioner has claimed himself to be an innocent pawn, wrongly deemed guilty by association and family ties to known British terror suspects. Haneef might be evicted for not paying rent
His wife thanks people, media Mohammed Haneef's wife Firdous expressed her gratitude to the Australian and Indian people and media for highlighting his unfair detention. “We are very thankful to the Australian people for taking up for a foreigner in such an assertive manner”, an elated Firdous said.
KARNATAKA
State to set up Anti-Terrorist Squad Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy briefed Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil about the developments and preventive measures taken by the state police and home department.
Dropout rate high in backward districts According to the census among 75, 75,220 children in the age group of 7 to 14, over 80,860 of them remained outside the school.
Eight under trials escape from sub-jail
The incident occurred past midnight when the under trials, using the handle of an iron bucket, dug a hole from the toilet of Barrack-6 in which 12 were lodged.
IT industry deficient in Engineering graduates The country during the last 15 years could produce only 1.6 millions engineering graduates. We need to produce another about 0.8 million engineers in another three years time to meet the demand.
Dabhol gets natural gas for power generation This is the first time since beginning operations in May 1999 that the Dabhol plant has received gas supplies from State-run gas firm GAIL (India).
Wakf property sale: BJP asks for CBI probe
BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandare says that the land was sold by the Wakf board at a rate of Rs 118 per square meter when the market rate was between Rs 500 to 700 per square meter.
US House votes for Iraq troop withdrawal The House voted by 223 votes to 201 to pass the measure, in defiance of President George W Bush, who has already vetoed a previous troop withdrawal timeline framed by the Democratic Party, and has pledged to do so again.
Is Abbas for an overhaul within Fatah? If it fails to change now, Fatah might collapse to leave a vacuum the Islamists could fill, Fatah officials, Arab and Western diplomats in the region say.
Jammu and Kashmir armed police reversal thier guns as they paying tributes at the grave of 1931 martyrs, who sacrificed thier lives fighting autocratic rule at Nashbandh Sahib Shrine, in Srinagar on Friday. PTI
Wigs off as Britain ends courtroom tradition Wing collars and bands can also be dispensed with in such cases according to the reforms, while judges will need just one gown in future, instead of a variety of colourful outfits currently required.
SPORTS
Kim Clijsters marries in secret dawn ceremony "Kim chose for the early hour because she wanted to conduct her nuptials with the American Brian Lynch within a small circle of people," said a statement in Dutch, posted on her site.
ENTERTAINMENT
Jagjit Singh, Anup Jalota launch music album The film is directed by ad filmmaker Prabhakar Shukla, who has made 300 ad films till date, while its lyrics are by Madan Pal who has given numerous hit songs like 'Aashiqui', 'Dil Ka Kya Kasoor' and 'Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman' to name a few. Change happens only when informed people speak out: Santoshi A common thread that runs across all the films directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi is the protagonist ''listening to the voice of his or her conscience'' to raise their voice against the prevailing norms or system. Big B, Ajay Devgan changed people's view of Bhojpuri films Of late, there has been a sudden boom of Bhojpuri films, in which Bollywood stars like Ravi Kishen, Nagma, Priya Gill and Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan have struck gold.
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His wife thanks people, media 
State to set up Anti-Terrorist Squad
Railways reduce ticket reservation period to 60 days
Dabhol gets natural gas for power generation
Is Abbas for an overhaul within Fatah?
Wigs off as Britain ends courtroom tradition
Jagjit Singh, Anup Jalota launch music album
