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Security beefed up in Mayurbhanj bordering Jharkhand

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), local police and CRPF have been intensified in all the naxalite-prone areas, he said adding that patrolling in Baripada town has also been intensified.

Meanwhile, security in the Baripada circle jail was adequately beefed up as it housed the high profile inmates like Dara Singh, the prime accused in the murder of the Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons and six hardcore naxalites, who were serving different terms of rigorous imprisonment awarded on them by a Fast Track Court at Baripada.

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Former Mumbai Sherrif Chandrakant Bakshi dead

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.....

IMA president criticises Baba Ramdev for maligning doctors

Patna, Mar 25: Indian Medical Association President (elect) Dr Ajay Kumar today (Mar 25, 2006) exhorted members of the medical fraternity to prevent people like Yoga guru Baba Ramdev from maligning the image of their profession."Unfortunately, Swami`s success of taking this art and science of rejuvenation has taken the matter a little too far and now he has not only started making tall claims of curing almost all the human ailments through Yoga and Pranayam but also started criticising the modern system.....

Daler Mehndi meets Sonia, urges her to withdraw resignation

New Delhi, Mar 25 (UNI) The "King of Punjabi pop" Daler Mehndi has joined the chorus of personalities who have urged Congress president Sonia Gandhi to take back her resignation. The singer, who met Mrs Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence yesterday, said that while her resignation had upheld her sense of morality, it had, at the same time, shocked the common people of the country. Accompanying Daler was the chairman of the All India Muslim.....
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