Person with arms arrested

Saturday, March 25, 2006, 19:33 [IST]

Diphu, Mar 25 (UNI) Police today arrested one Sukleswar Daimary carrying two AK-47 rifles and about 30 rounds of ammunition at Khagarijan under Bokajan police station.

Police sources informed that the arms consignment was brought from Dimapur with an intention to cause disturbances during the coming elections.

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Special Lok Adalat disposes 180 cases

Saturday, March 25, 2006,19:33 [IST]

Patna, Mar 25 (UNI) A Special Lok Adalat organised at Patna civil court under the aegies of District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) today disposed off 180 cases relating to bank loans. The cases of the bank loans worth Rs 95 lakhs were settled in the special lok adalat in which 24 branches of the State Bank of India participated. About Rs 18 lakh loans were realised on spot in the lok adalat. Patna District and sessions.....

Security beefed up in Mayurbhanj bordering Jharkhand

Saturday, March 25, 2006,19:34 [IST]

Baripada, Mar 25 (UNI) Security has been beefed up in Naxal-prone areas of Mayurbhanj district situated in close proximity of the neighbouring Jharkhand following the pre-dawn swoop of the ultras' in the R Udaygiri town in Gajapati district yesterday police said. Mayurbhanj Superintendent of Police Ravi Kant told newsmen that the district's border adjoining Jharkhand's CPI(Maoist) hub have been put on ''high alert''. Night patrolling by security forces, including Orissa State Armed Police (OSAP),.....

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R Udayagiri attack: Red alert sounded in South Orissa

Saturday, March 25, 2006,19:34 [IST]

Berhampur, Orissa, Mar 25 (UNI) Red alert has been sounded in the entire south Orissa following yesterday's attack by the Maoists in R Udayagiri in Gajapati district.The sleepy town has now virtually turned into a police camp and the borders of Gajapati with Andhra Pradesh have been sealed.The police have sounded red alert in Ganjam, Kandhamala and Boudh. A thorough checking of vehicles entering these districts was being conducted, official sources said.The Police have.....

SBI is focussed on overseas acquistions: Purwar

Saturday, March 25, 2006,19:34 [IST]

Mumbai, Mar 25 (UNI) India's premier banking major, State Bank of India (SBI) is open to domestic acquisitions but ''presently our focus is on overseas acquisitions'', chairman and managing director A K Purwar said here today. Speaking to journalists, he said two overseas acquisitions in Kenya and Indonesia ''can happen any time now,'' adding the bank's foreign banking operations are on track. Mr Purwar said the bank would offload some of its stake in its.....

Former Mumbai Sherrif Chandrakant Bakshi dead

Saturday, March 25, 2006,19:35 [IST]

Ahmedabad, Mar 25 (UNI) Noted Gujarati litterateur, columnist and historian Chandrakant Bakshi died at his residence here today after a massive heart attack. He was 74. He is survived by his daughter Reeva. His wife Bakula had died four years ago. According to his family members, it was his third heart attack. Born on August 20, 1932 at Palanpur (Gujarat), he did his M A in History and LL B. He tried his hand in textile.....