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Ex-Minister seeks PCC chief's resignation over Deb's defeat
Former Union Minister and outgoing Congress member of the Rajya Sabha from Assam, Matang Singh on Friday urged party president Sonia Gandhi to immediately dismiss Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Tarun Gogoi for Santosh Mohan Deb's defeat in the Rajya Sabha polls. After the Rajya Sabha's declaration of election results, Singh told The Indian Express that Gogoi, as the APCC chief owed moral responsibility and should immediately resign.
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100 kg explosive haul in Chennai
The Chennai police recovered 100 kg of explosives from a house in the Arumbakkam area and arrested the owner of the house, Fathima Beevi, her husband Abubacker, daughter Khader Beevi and son-in-law Syed Hussain in an early morning raid yesterday.
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Terrorism, a political weapon
The police raids on the premises of some Islamic organisations here and the arrest of a few individuals, in the wake of the Coimbatore blasts, have once again raised the issue of terrorism as a political weapon. Even senior politicians among the minority communities feel that unless terrorism is countered, normal political activity will become difficult.
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Attempt to harass Benazir, says lawyer
Former Pakistani Premier Benazir Bhutto cannot be arrested and an arrest warrant against her is just another attempt to harass the Leader of the Opposition by the Nawaz Sharif regime, her lawyer claimed yesterday.
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