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Chowdhary hails SC verdict on JSCA

Jamshedpur, Sep 22 (UNI) Jharkhand State Cricket Association(JSCA) president Amitabh Choudhary today hailed the verdict of the Supreme Court allowing the JSCA and Bihar Cricket Association (BCA), headed by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, to cast vote in the coming elections of the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI).

In an interim order, a three-judge bench of the SC, headed by Justice B N Agrawal on Wednesday allowed two warring assoctions JSCA and BCA gave the voting right for the September 27 elctions of the BCCI.

Talking to the media persons here at the JSCA office,a beaming Choudhary said''Right to vote is merely indicating that we are an integral part of the BCCI.'' He also welcomed the SC's decision to give voting right to the BCA.

Choudhary said the separate verdict of the HC and SC to recognise the JSCA had reinstated our position.

The members of the JSCA had accorded a warm welcome to Mr Choudhary after his arrival from Ranchi.

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Hizbollah chief emerges for first time since war

BEIRUT, Sep 22 (Reuters) Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah emerged in public today for the first time since the war with Israel, waving to a sea of his supporters thronging southern Beirut for a ''divine victory'' rally. Flanked by burly bodyguards, Nasrallah appeared on stage to a rapturous welcome and waved to the crowds. He was expected later to address the crowd of hundreds of thousands of people waving flags, balloons and Hizbollah banners flooding.....

US denies entry to Egyptian Muslim clerics

CAIRO, Sep 22 (Reuters) The United States has denied entry to four Egyptian Muslim clerics sent to Florida to officiate at religious events during the approaching fasting month of Ramadan, Cairo airport officials said today. The last of the four, Zain el-Abdin Mohamed el-Sayed, returned to Cairo today after US immigration authorities refused to let him enter the country. The others flew home over the past two days, said the officials who asked not to.....

White House not US policy to threaten Pakistan

WASHINGTON, Sep 22 (Reuters) The White House said today it was not US policy to threaten Pakistan and former US diplomat Richard Armitage denied warning Pakistan's president the United States would bomb his country after September 11. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview with CBS News' magazine show ''60 Minutes,'' to air on Sunday, that after the September 11 attacks, Armitage had told Pakistan's intelligence director, ''Be prepared to be bombed......
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