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Modi says happy b’day to Manmohan Singh

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi conveyed well wishes to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his birthday on Thursday. Modi wished the PM a healthy and long life.

Mazaar caretaker beaten to death

Sitapur: The caretaker of a mazaar (tomb) on Thursday was beaten to death allegedly over land dispute in Khairabad area in the district, police said on Thursday. Chottey Mian (55) was assaulted by some persons in Takpurva village and he later succumbed to injuries in hospital, they said. Police said a case has been lodged against Chandrika, Mohan, Maujilal and Baraithey, besides two women Ramkali and Kusuma, with whom Chottey was having land dispute.

PIl seeks report on probe in Adarsh scam

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the Central Bureau of Investigation on a public interest litigation seeking status report of the probe in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Petitioner, former journalist Ketan Tirodkar has sought in particular a report on investigation into ‘benami’ transactions in the purchase of flats in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in south Mumbai.

SeemAndhra concerns important, says AP CM Hyderabad: Defying the Congress leadership once again over its decision to carve out a separate Telangana State, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has said the concerns of people of Seemandhra are more important than the party. As the Union Home Ministry is drafting a resolution on Telangana for putting it up to the Cabinet before sending it to the Andhra

Pradesh Assembly, the CM

said it would be very difficult

to go ahead without addressing the concerns of the people.