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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 28 February 1998   CBI to probe Cogentrix The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged kickbacks in the setting up of the Rs 4200 crore coal-based power plant by Cogentrix Engineering at Mangalore.   Poll-eve blast rocks Srinagar booth Militants attacked a polling booth with a grenade disrupting normal life in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir valley on the eve of polling, an official spokesman said here on Friday. Chetia case referred to Bangladesh SC A petition seeking stay on Bangladesh high court's order rejecting an application challenging a reported move by the government to hand over arrested United Liberation Front of Assam leader Anup Chetia to India was today referred to a full bench of the supreme court's appellate division for hearing on March four. Butler to work `hand in glove' with head of UN arms team An international diplomat who was shortchanged by his own country Sri Lanka has been chosen to head the special team that will inspect sensitive Iraqi sites, under the deal clinched by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.   Bhansali gets bail C R Bhansali, CRB Capital Markets' chairman and managing director was today released on Rs 5,000 bail by Special Sessions Judge R S Dalvi. He was held in connection with a Rs 2.43 crore cheating case involving the Bank of Baroda. US waives sanctions against Colombia Citing gains in Colombia's war on drugs, the US Government has decided to waive two-year old sanctions against that country, government officials said today.     Li Peng goes, Zemin set for re-election   Star TV's czar spikes Patten's memoirs to please Chinese government   Pentagon devises fresh plans to neutralise Iraq   Yeltsin, Chernomyrdin at odds over cabinet reshuffle   Worried Thais prepare for the end of the world   Sean Connery frowns at row over knighthood   UAE cool to money-laundering probe   Policeman injured as Naxalites fire   Hectic meteorite activity sets Denver abuzz   Dump anti-tribal parties   Gujral's tryst with TV gives sleepless nights to Noida police   Kashmir's nowhere men scamper for cover   Al-Umma issues legal notice to TN Govt   Poll & pachyderm play hide `n' seek in Ranchi   Reprieve for Benazir in foreign accounts case   CIA perturbed over anti-US fatwas   Last of Chakmas return home to Bangladesh   Bail after two years in jail   HSC practicals deferred to April 1   Mumbai notes   Rumour mills go into overdrive, but Mumbaiites remain calm   Quicktakes   Starr is probing the probe   For the love of Saddam