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Sathya Sai Trust to pick chairman

PUTTAPARTHI: Trustees of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust on Thursday said Sai Baba did not have any successor on his mind and that a new chairman of the Trust might be elected next week,as they sought to put up a united front asserting there were no differences among them.

Aircraft crashes during test flight

BANGALORE/CHENNAI: An Intermediate Jet Trainer IJT prototype aircraft crashed during routine flight test in Tamil Nadus Krishnagiri district on Thursday,but both test pilots ejected to safety,police said. The IJT S-3466 was on routine flight testing.

Toll climbs to 4 in Dhanbad clash

DHANBAD: Indefinite curfew,imposed after a clash during an anti-encroachment drive,continued for the second day on Thursday,crippling mining activities here as the toll in the violence climbed to four with the death of an injured protester.

Yasin Malik held for police station attack

SRINAGAR: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik and his associate Shoukat Bakshi were arrested on Thursday for allegedly ransacking a police station in Maisuma area here and attacking personnel.

Orissa govt wont allow Bt Brinjal

BHUBANESWAR: A day after a team of experts invited by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee gave the go-ahead for the limited release of Bt Brinjal,the Orissa government on Thursday made it clear that commercial farming of any genetically modified crop would not be allowed in the state.