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New Governors for Gujarat,Assam
NEW DELHI: In a late evening reshuffle,Tripura Governor Kamala Beniwal was moved to Gujarat,Maharashtra Congressman D Y Patil was appointed Governor of Tripura and former Orissa chief minister J B Patnaik was made the Governor of Assam. Patnaik was appointed in place of Sibtey Razi. Beniwal has been asked to take charge as Governor of Gujarat,a post lying vacant since the death of D N DWIVEDI.
Reddy brothers to stay in ministry
BANGALORE: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has ruled out dropping Reddy brothers of Bellary from his ministry despite a committee appointed by the Supreme Court indicting them for illegally running mining operations in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. A situation has not arisen for dropping of these ministers, Yeddyurappa told reporters here on Saturday.
PPP in education okay within norms
NEW DELHI: Minister of State for HRD D Purandeshwari on Saturday said public-private partnership PPP model of education was welcome if it came with a regulatory framework. Addressing the National Consultative Meet on PPP in Education,Purandeshwari said,The government feels that the PPP model can augment in a big way a phase-wise expansion which,otherwise,cannot be ensured due to budgetary constraints and lack of capacity in the public sector. At the same time it is imperative that a regulatory framework is put in place so that there is no commercial commodification of education.
Narrow escape for train passengers
BAGHA Bihar: Passengers of a Muzaffarpur-Gorakhpur train had a narrow escape when alert gangmen stopped the train just before a broken track at Awsani halt station between Bagha and Balmikinagar in Bihar on Saturday. The driver applied emergency brake after he noticed a group of gangmen waving their red shirts and pointing to the broken track ahead,Rail Traffic Inspector Bagha Srilal Hansda told reporters here.
Naxal killed,11 held in Cgarh encounters
RAIPUR: A Maoist was killed in an encounter with security personnel in the Naxal-affected Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh and 11 Left extremists were arrested from different places in the state,the police said on Saturday. A Naxal was killed when security personnel were conducting a search operation in the forest near Gogunda village on Friday. In another encounter,seven Naxals were arrested from a forest near Pordem village. In a similar operation,four Naxals were arrested from the forests of Taroki in Kanker district on Friday.
Ancient idols of Jains stolen in MP
MORENA: Six ancient idols of Jain Gurus,believed to be nearly 700 years old,have been stolen by unidentified persons from Vareh village in the Morena,the police said on Saturday. The Jain idols,made of eight substances,were stolen on Friday night from an area under the Ambah police station. Three of these were Parshwanath Bhagwan idols,two were Mahavir Swami idols and one was a
Neminath idol,the police said.
Medicos call off strike in Bihar
PATNA: Over 1,000 junior doctors in Bihar,agitating for the past 11 days demanding increased stipend as promised by the state government,on Saturday called off their stir. The doctors at Patna Medical College Hospital and Darbhanga Medical College Hospital took the decision after meeting members of Bihar Health Service Association and IMA.
