PM arrives for CHOGM, Pak suspension on agenda Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on Thursday night to attend the summit of Commonwealth countries which has democracy on top of the agenda as their leaders face mounting pressure to suspend emergency-ruled Pakistan from the group.
Curfew lifted, Kolkata normal The eastern metropolis limped back to normalcy on Thursday with no report of fresh violence even as army jawans deployed overnight following largescale arson and violence over Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen's stay in India and atrocities in Nandigram, kept vigil in the vulnerable areas, officials said.
TASLIMA packed off TO RAJASTHAN In a tightly-veiled operation by a crack team of the city police, Taslima Nasreen was escorted out of her South Kolkata apartment on Thursday afternoon and made to board a Jaipur-bound flight, sources revealed.
Ultras wanted to garland Rahul with grenades Garlanding of Rahul Gandhi with grenades before kidnapping him to put up their demands was the "plan" of the three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants nabbed in Uttar Pradesh last week, interrogation of them has revealed, official sources said.
All for a one cause... Women members of parliament from all parties shout slogans during a protest at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Thursday. They were demanding reservation for women at the Parliament and State Assemblies. Congress President Sonia Gandhi assured them that efforts were on to secure reservation for women both in Parliament and State Assemblies. AFP
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