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Delhi Imam Syed Bukhari arrestedGHAZIABAD: Imam of Delhi Jama Masjid Syed Abdullah Bukhari along with seven others was arrested here on Satu...

Delhi Imam Syed Bukhari arrested

GHAZIABAD: Imam of Delhi Jama Masjid Syed Abdullah Bukhari along with seven others was arrested here on Saturday while proceeding to Lucknow, where his entry was banned after sectarian violence broke out there last year, police said. They have been kept in the PAC guest house and will be produced before the magistrate on Sunday.

Clinton Vs Jones

WASHINGTON: The most powerful man on earth, United States President Bill Clinton, was forced on Saturday to come face-to-face with a workaday American woman Paula Jones, who has accused him of sexual misconduct.

WTO fiat

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PARIS: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has formally asked India to amend its patent laws for pharmaceutical and agro chemical products as per the international agreements, thus making it mandatory for New Delhi to make changes, officials said.

Fugitives nabbed

LONDON: One pig who fled from a slaughterhouse was nabbed by police, after his partner in escape was captured by a tabloid newspaper. The two 5-month-old Tamworth boars escaped from slaughterhouse last week in Malmesbury, 145 kms west of London.

Tata project

MUMBAI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on Saturday cleared the proposal of Tatas to start an airline in India with a 40 per cent foreign equity holding.