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opportunistic; will work for Hindutva: Kalyan
A
day after being openly snubbed by Samajwadi Party
(SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, rebel Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh said he
never had any intention to join the outfit and
signalled his desire to return to his parent party
by offering his services for strengthening "Hindutva".
Claiming he had been "politically exploited"
by the SP leader, Kalyan Singh expressed regret
for associating with Mulayam Singh's intention
to weaken the BJP and said he was ready to make
amends for it. "Neither did I ever accept
Mulayam Singh's offer to join his party, nor will
I ever do so for all times to come," Kalyan
Singh told media persons here.
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Latest in Rana-Headley puzzle: Visa racket in
India
Fresh
details are now emerging on how terror suspect
Tahawwur Rana operated. In the latest application
sent by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
to a court in Chicago, seeking an extension of
Rana's custody, the FBI says Rana was trying to
get people into the US using fake credentials
by exploiting a loophole in the immigration procedure.
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Punjab to set up 13 new government degree colleges:
Badal
Punjab
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday announced
that 13 new government degree colleges would be
set up at a cost of Rs.104 crore in educationally
backward districts of Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot,
Fatehgarh Sahib, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Mansa,
Moga, Muktsar,Nawanshahar, Patiala and Sangrur
on the recommendations of the University Grants
Commission.
Badal
was presiding over a function to mark the commemoration
of silver jubilee of Government College Mohali.
In order to boost the higher and technical education,
the Chief Minister said that the Central University
at Bathinda had already started its academic session.
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Essar buys Warid Telecom in Uganda, Congo
Ruias-owned
Essar group on Sunday announced acquisition of
majority stake in Dhabi Group's Warid Telecom
operation in Uganda and Congo, a move that would
further strengthen Indian firms' presence in South
Africa.
The combined enterprise value of Warid Telecom
Uganda and Warid Telecom Congo is estimated to
be USD 318 million. According to sources close
to the development, the Essar Group has acquired
51 per cent equity for about USD 160 million.
Essar investment in Warid Telecom in Africa is
part of its strategic plans to grow its businesses
in Africa.
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Maradona to face FIFA over profane rants at media
Argentina
coach Diego Maradona will face a FIFA disciplinary
panel on Sunday which has the power to ban him
from matches at next year's World Cup. Maradona
has been summoned to the headquarters of football's
world governing body to explain his expletive-filled
rants aimed at the Argentine media in a post-match
press conference minutes after his team clinched
its passage to the finals in South Africa last
month.
Under Article 58 of FIFA's discipline code, the
panel must ban Maradona from stadiums for at least
five matches if it finds he "(offended) the
dignity of a person or group of persons through
contemptuous, discriminatory or denigratory words."
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