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Terror
strikes Delhi
The blasts that rocked
the national capital killing at least 20 people
and injuring 98 others failed to dampen the spirits
of Delhiites, who continued with normal life on
Sunday. City hospitals like RML, Jasaram, Lady
Hardinge, Ganga Ram and LNJP, where the injured
were admitted, saw a hectic activity overnight
and in the morning as relatives of the victims
came to visit them.
Some people at RML and
LNJP hospitals were seen worried as they were
not able to trace their relatives since the blasts
last night. "I am trying to locate my brother
Raju who went to Connaught Place last evening,"
a frenzied looking Vivek said as he left RML hospital
without a clue.
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High alert in Maharashtra
A high alert has been issued
in Mumbai and across Maharashtra following serial
blasts in New Delhi, Director General of Police
A N Roy said. "We have all high
security in place for the final day of Ganeshotsav
immersions on Sunday and we have issued an alert
across the state in light of the blasts,"
Roy said.
Police personnel across
the state have been alerted and high security
will be maintained throughout the state, he said.
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Zardari for new dialogue to tackle terror
Highligting
the need for launching "a new dialogue"
to tackle terrorism, Pakistan President Asif
Ali Zardari has said that he would seek an international
conference on the issue at the UN General Assembly
later this month.
"Whatever
medicine we've been using it hasn't ended the
poison, it's made it worse," Zardari said,
ahead of his visit. It was earlier supposed
to be a private visit to take his daughter Bakhtawar
to Edinburgh University to begin her degree
course. But now, he will hold meetings with
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Foreign
Secretary David Miliband.
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Astra` test fired
2nd time
Astra',
the indigenously developed beyond visual range
(BVR) air-to-air missile was successfully test
fired from the integrated test range (ITR) at
Chandipur in Orissa for the second consecutive
day on Sunday. The
anti-aircraft missile, capable of ducking radar
eyes and attacking enemy targets up to 110 km,
was test fired from launch pad number 2 of the
ITR complex at about 11.47 am, defence sources
said.
The
test was conducted after an analysis of the
data generated from yesterday's flight trial
in order to further validate all major parameters,
they said. 'Astra'
is a futuristic missile and will inetrcept the
target at super-sonic speeds of mach 1.2 to
1.4, Defence Research Development Organisation
scientists said.
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Saina wins gold
Saina
Nehwal wins gold in Chinese Taipei Open Grand
Prix in Sinjhuang City, Taiwan today. The Indian
scored a thumping 21-8, 21-19 victory over unseeded
Li Ya Lydia Cheah of Malaysia. Earlier, Saina
Nehwal quelled the challenge of Pia Zehadiah Bernadet
of Indonesia to waltz into the final of the Chinese
Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold Championship on Saturday.
In the
process of achieving the rare distinction of becoming
the only Indian woman to reach two GP finals,
the Indian ace pulverized her opponent in style.
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