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The police security cover of three Shiv Sena leaders, who protested against the Congress General Secretary, Mr Rahul Gandhi's recent Mumbai visit, has been withdrawn without informing them.
Elvis Presley did it. But when a jailor decided to rock the jailhouse by taking it a step further by organising a dance by a semi-clad woman on Republic Day in an Orissa prison, he was suspended.
There will be no approval for the commercial release of Bt Brinjal in India till independent tests are carried out, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh declared on Tuesday.
The central government on Tuesday reiterated its offer for talks if Maoists halted violence, but warned the Left-wing guerrillas that "slow and steady" operations against them would continue if they did not pay heed to the appeal.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday gave one more week to veteran Congress politician and former Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari to file his response on a paternity suit filed by a youth claiming to be his biological son.
Amid speculation about China's keenness to join the tri-nation pipeline that involves Iran, India and Pakistan, the Iranian envoy Tuesday said Tehran "can't wait indefinitely" for New Delhi to join the pipeline project.

Indian farmers trample tomatoes after strewing them on a road in Ranchi on Tuesday. The farmers were protesting the non availability of cold storage facilities for their bumper yield. — PTI
Three Nigerians, who were illegally staying in India and cheating internet users on the pretext of online lottery, were arrested in east Delhi, the police said on Tuesday.
Renowned wildlife activist Rajendra Kerkar has been named by the Goa forest department as an abettor in the killing of a tiger. However, Kerkar denied the charge.
The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta (ombudsman) has started fresh investigation against the IAS couple, Arvind and Tinoo Joshi, whose official residence was raided by the income tax sleuths last week yielding over Rs 3 crore in cash and documents pertaining to huge investments and assets, officials said on Tuesday.

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