Airport project gets fresh lease of life
The controversial international airport project at Devanahally, near Bangalore, received a new lease of life on Monday with the signing of a fresh memorandum of understanding (MOU) to implement it, following the Tata-led consortium's decision to back out of the proposal.

CBI arrests two in Staines' murder
The CBI has arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stewart Staines and his two sons in Keonjhar district of Orissa.

SC refers Karnataka proposal on Almatti to constitution bench
The Supreme Court yesterday referred a proposal by Karnataka to impound 155 TMC feet water at Almatti dam on Krishna river to a five-judge constitution bench, which is already seized of the dispute on sharing the river water.

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  Vinod Sharma interrogated
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  MSEB takes load off cricket fans
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  Farooqui joins as SSP
  Pay, get a roll number
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  PGI nurses protest
  Demand to raise medical allowance
  Telecom staff begin hunger strike, hold demonstration
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  UT, Tagore Theatre issued notices on staging of play
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  Sandhu takes over as Punjab Health director
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  Five shops demolished in Salatwada
  Orientation camps for tribals launched
  GEB to electrify over 4,000 wells in State
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  SSG comes under decorator's scalpel
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