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The Karnataka High Court quashed the decision of Tamil Nadu vigilance department to conduct further probe into the disproportionate asset case.

Jaya assets case: Court says no further probe

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed the decision of Tamil Nadu vigilance department to conduct further probe into the disproportionate asset case against TN Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Justice V Jagannathan directed the agency to stop further investigation into the matter to meet the ends of justice.

J-K interlocutors report before Oct 12

JAMMU: Ruling out any delay in submission of their report,the Centres interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir on Friday said they would submit it to the government before October 12. Our term comes to an end on October 12. The report will be handed over before October 12, said Dilip Padgaonkar,who heads the three-member team of interlocutors.

Nalanda lathicharge: Bihar cracks whip

BIHARSHARIEF: Two days after the police lathicharge in Nalanda,the Bihar government on Friday removed the SHO and five other police officers,besides 14 constables and 10 home guards posted in Noorsarai police station in the district.

Bharatpur: Curfew relaxed,toll 8

BHARATPUR: The situation in Rajasthans Bharatpur,which witnessed violent clashes between two communities over a land dispute,on Friday remained under control as the curfew was relaxed for three hours even as the death toll rose to eight.

Tibetan PM forms new Cabinet

SHIMLA: Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Friday constituted his Cabinet,inducting six ministers,two of them women. All of them were administered oath of office by Supreme Justice Commissioner Ngawang Phelgyal later in the day.

Shia cleric stakes claim to temple

LUCKNOW: Shia leader Maulana Kalbe Jawad has staked claim to Masonic Temple in Hazratganj area of Lucknow,saying the land where it stands belonged to the wakf in 1857 and was taken over by the British government. He has threatened to launch an agitation if the land wasnt given to the UP Shia Central Wakf Board. The district administration has refuted the Shia clerics claim.

Former BSP MLA disqualified

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LUCKNOW: Former BSP MLA Fareed Mahfooz Qidwai was disqualified as a member of the Assembly under the anti-defection law by Speaker Sukhdeo Rajbhar on Friday for joining the Samajwadi Party. The decision came a day after the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court had dismissed Qidwais petition,seeking directions to the Speaker to consider his resignation first.

12 trapped as building caves in

HYDERABAD: At least 12 persons were trapped under a five-storey apartment in Kakinada town which sank into the ground upto the second floor on Friday evening. Five persons were rescued by neighbours,police and fire fighters,said Kakinada SP C M Trivikra Varma.