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Parties demand inquiry into the Gavit issue

New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) The All-Party meeting convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today unanimously demanded a probe into the alleged conversation between Union Minister of State for Home Manik Rao Gavit and Uttar Pradesh mafia don Sunder Singh Bhati.

According to BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra, there was total consensus that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should look into the matter and bring out the truth.

Mr Gavit had denied that he had spoken to the don to help solve a land dispute for his son-in-law.

Mr Malhotra said the parties were also of the unanimous opinion that there should be regulations for the sting operations. Many countries had such regulations, he said.

The BJP leader said if it was not a sting operation it must be investigated who was doing the surveillance.

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Team India safe, no pullout, security beefed up: BCCI Secy

Chennai, Aug 18 (UNI) BCCI today played down security threat in Sri Lanka and said all the Indian team members were safe and there was no chance of pulling out from the tri-series following the bomb blast in colombo. Talking to UNI, Board Secretary Niranjan Shah said he spoke to the Team Manager about the bomb blast that rocked Colombo, a couple of kilometres from the hotel where the team was staying. ''The players.....

Blast rocks Sri Lanka capital after orphanage raid

COLOMBO, Aug 14:  Tamil Tigers killed seven people and injured 17 in an attack on a Pakistan embassy convoy today, the military said, just hours after a suspected rebel front threatened to start bombing civilians in the capital.A blast took place a kilometre away from hotel Taj Samudra where Indian Cricket Team is staying. However, the players are safe and were not even aware of the incident.The blast, less than a mile from Sri Lankan President.....

Thousands of displaced head back to south Lebanon

SIDON, Lebanon, Aug 14 (Reuters) Several thousand displaced Lebanese headed for south Lebanon today shortly after guns fell silent in line with a UN-brokered truce to end five weeks of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah. Hundreds of cars jammed a bomb-ravaged highway leading south from the port city of Sidon. Most roads and bridges to south Lebanon were hit by Israel during the conflict. ''I'm going to make sure my house is okay,'' Adel Abbas, from.....
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