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Election Commission moves Supreme Court
NEW DELHI, JUNE 5. The Election Commission, which has been restrained by the Supreme Court from proceeding with the Rajya Sabha polls, today moved the Court with an application for lifting the stay. The Commission filed the application with a ...

Milon Banerjee is Attorney General
NEW DELHI, JUNE 5.The Union Government today appointed senior advocate Milon Kumar Banerjee as the next Attorney General of India. He succeeds Soli Sorabjee, who resigned following the change of guard at the Centre. Mr. Banerjee, 74, was ...

`Need for consensus in Nepal'
KATHMANDU, JUNE 5. King Gyanendra of Nepal and the External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh, have agreed that it is "essential to have a national consensus" on the political question in the Himalayan kingdom so that a timeframe could be worked out ...

11 labourers killed in Bihar
PATNA, JUNE 5.Twelve persons — a brick kiln owner and 11 dalit labourers — were killed and four injured in a shootout by criminals hired allegedly by a rival brick kiln owner in Venar village under the Sare police station of Nalanda ...

Dismissed
NEW DELHI, JUNE 5. The Government today dismissed a senior Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) officer, Ravinder Singh, missing for over a fortnight, for his alleged activities against the national interest. Mr. Singh, a 1978 batch R&AW officer, ...

Ministry expanded
BANGALORE, JUNE 5.The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) Ministry in Karnataka was expanded today by the Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, who inducted five Ministers each from his party and its partner, in a much-awaited exercise a week after assuming ...

`Raise interest rates on EPF'
NEW DELHI, JUNE 5.Trade unions today told the Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, to take steps in the coming budget to re-examine the pension scheme introduced by the National Democratic Alliance Government, retain the retirement age at 60, ...

One more held in Nadia case
MUMBAI, JUNE 5.The Railway Police today arrested one more member of film director Kaizad Gustad's team in connection with the death of the assistant director, Nadia Khan, who was hit by a train. Police went to a flat at Mira Road in the ...

Myskina claims title
PARIS, JUNE 5.Anastasia Myskina became the first Russian woman to claim a Grand Slam title, taking advantage of shaky play by compatriot Elena Dementieva to win 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday at the French Open. With unspectacular but steady tennis, the ...

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