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CBI told to provide closure report to Aarushi’s parents

GHAZIABAD - A special CBI court here adjourned hearing in the Aarushi murder case till Jan 21 and asked the probe agency to provide all documents, including its closure report, to the victim’s parents even as the CBI said her father Rajesh Talwar had no “locus standi” to argue.

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Cold weather kills more in northern India

LUCKNOW — Near-freezing temperatures have killed more than two dozen people in northern India in recent days despite government efforts to distribute blankets and medicine to the poor, an official and a news report said.

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Sad to lose Pathan, happy to have Gilchrist: Priety

Kings XI Punjab co-owner and Bollywood star Priety Zinta said she was disappointed to lose all-rounder Irfan Pathan but glad to buy former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist in the first session of auction for the fourth leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday.

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India ruling party losing public support

NEW DELHI - India’s ruling Congress party is losing voter support and would lose over 40 seats if an election were called tomorrow as billion dollar scams and corruption allegations take their toll, a poll showed.

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22 die in India bus crash

DEHRADUN — At least 22 people including six children were killed when their bus plunged into a gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, a police officer said on Thursday.

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Hearing on Bofors closure tomorrow

NEW DELHI — India’s premier investigative agency again sought withdrawal of the case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors payoffs scam citing lack of evidence, even after a tax tribunal sensationally ruled that illegal commissions were indeed paid in the Rs15-billion gun deal of 1986. A Delhi lower court hearing the matter deferred the decision for Thursday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and advocate Ajay Agarwal, who is challenging the CBI plea, made their observations.

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