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PWP leader Datta Patil no more

ALIBAUG: Former Leader of Opposition of Maharashtra Assembly and senior leader of Peasants and Workers Party,Datta Patil,passed away here on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 86. Patil,who represented the Alibaug constituency for 27 years,is survived by two sons.

Retd SC judge takes up Modi probe

GANDHINAGAR: Retired Supreme Court Justice M B Shah,whom Chief Minister Narendra Modi had appointed as head of the commission to probe the corruption charges made by the Congress against his government,formally took charge on Saturday.

DMK MLA held in land-grab case

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI: DMK MLA A Soundarapandian was on Saturday arrested in connection with an alleged land grabbing case,police said. The legislator from Lalgudi constituency in the district was arrested in the early hours near Samayapuram toll gate on the outskirts of the city.

2 held with fake notes in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Two persons were arrested at Mumbai airport for allegedly bringing fake Indian currency with face value of Rs 4.5 lakh from Bangkok. Airport officials intercepted and apprehended Sohilsha Mehbusha Diwan and Zamir Khan Pathan,who had arrived from Bangkok by a Jet Airways flight at the international airport here on Friday,officials said. Both were produced before Esplanade Metropolitan Court,which remanded them in judicial custody till September 9.