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Governor sends MLA plea to EC

Bhubaneswar: The political storm over alleged horsetrading during last years Rajya Sabha polls gathered momentum on Monday after Orissa Governor Muralidhar Bhandare sent MLA George Tirkeys petition to the Election Commission,demanding that legislators involved be disqualified.

Student helps avert train accident

Bardhaman: The presence of mind of class I student Subhankar Biswas saved lives of hundreds of railway passengers when he detected a crack on the tracks and informed his mother who,along with the boy,waved a piece of cloth to flag down the train which was about to pass by.

Crash victims bodies to be back today

Kathmandu: Bodies of eight Indians,who were among the 19 killed in a plane crash in Nepal while returning after aerial viewing trip to Mt Everest,will be flown home on Tuesday with the relatives of the victims identifying them on Monday.

Hegde: Wont be Goa Lokayukta

PANAJI: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde Monday said he was not willing to be Goa Lokayukta,even if that office was offered to him. No, he said,without elaborating on the issue.