Cornered, militants kill Major, hole up in mosque
A Major was killed and a soldier seriously wounded as militants holed up in a mosque and adjacent cluster of houses unleashed heavy gunfire on security forces in Handwara town in north Kashmir.



Russian presidential poll registers over 50 pc turnout
As the turnout from Russia's 89 regions, began to trickle in, at Central Election Commission's federal information centre, Commission head Alexander Veshnyakov told state-run television station ORT that initial figures indicated that the turnout would cross the 50% threshold required to validate the poll.



Chandraswami, aide to face trial in St Kitts case today
Self-styled godman Chandraswami and his aide K N Aggarwal alias Mamaji will face formal trial in the St Kitts case from Monday for allegedly forging documents to tarnish the image of former premier V P Singh.



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