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Cauvery protests enter 26th day in Karnataka

Mysore, Mar 2 (UNI) Agitations and protests continued in the Cauvery basin districts of Mandya, Mysore and Chamarajanagar for the 26th consecutive day today following the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal pronouncing its verdict.

In the Cauvery heartland of Mandya, the agitation spearheaded by the Cauvery Hitarakshana Samithi continued. The Milk Producers Association and other organisations took out a procession in the town against the final award of the Tribunal. The relay hunger strike by the Samithi at Silver Jubilee Park continued and fasts were also organised at Srirangapatna, K R Pet and Pandavapura.

Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj submitted a memorandum in this regard to the Deputy Commissioner.

In Mysore, a mock court was held at K R circle, taking a dig at the ''injustice'' done to Karnataka by the Tribunal. Workers of the Government silk factory and Karnataka silk industries, Kodagu Gowda Samaja, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, activists of Mysore City Autorickshaw Association Action Committee and students of various schools joined the agitation.

In Chamarajanagar district, various religious heads, including Bishops and Imams, took out a padayatra in Kollegal town, urging the Union Government to intervene in the issue.

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BEL Pays Rs 24 Cr Interim Dividend

New Delhi, Feb 22 (UNI) Registering a hattrick, the defence public sector undertaking Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) today paid interim dividend to the Government -- Rs 24 crore this time. A cheque for Rs 242,758,400 -- as interim dividend for the current financial year 2006-07 -- was presented to Defence Minister AK Antony by BEL Chairman& Managing Director VVR Sastry here. BEL has declared 40 per cent interim dividend to its shareholders -- marking the third consecutive year that the mini-ratna.....

Four Maoist couriers arrested

Hyderabad, Mar 2 (UNI) Police today arrested four couriers belonging to the CPI (Maoist) party near Kamepalli village here. Police said on information, the special party of police arrested the couriers including one person who was very close to Maoist leader Ganesh. The couriers were allegedly involved in passing information on police activities and their movements to the Maoists. They also recovered maps showing the naxals were planning to blast Mahaboobabad police station. UNI.....

Transform Earth thru Development of Conflict-free Society:Kalam

New Delhi, Feb 22 (UNI) President APJ Abdul Kalam today called upon security experts to focus on transforming the planet into ''a peaceful, prosperous and happy place to live'' through development of a conflict free society -- a major turning point in human evolution. Towards this end, he suggested a dynamic model which called for transformation of the world community into a prosperous, peaceful and happy society through three major components: creation of enlightened citizens through education with value system;.....
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