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Kochi, September 20: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasir Maudany’s wife Sufiya, an accused in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning case, Monday moved a petition for relaxation in her bail for two weeks to go and meet her husband, who too is in a jail in Bangalore.

She made the petition to the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here. The hearing will be held Wednesday.

The special NIA court, on two occasions in the past, relaxed her bail plea for going out of Ernakulam district to meet her husband who was then holed up at the PDP headquarters in Kollam.

Lucknow, September 20: In a surprise move, one of the three judges of the Allahabad High Court’s special Ayodhya bench Monday issued a dissenting note on the order issued by his two co-judges and allowed postponement of the verdict on the long-pending Babri Masjid/Ramjanmabhoomi row.

Justice Dharma Veer Sharma also disagreed with his co-judges of the Lucknow bench of the court — Justice S.U. Khan and Justice Sudhir Aggarwal — on the question of exploring an out-of-court settlement on the issue and rooted for mediation or conciliation.

Ahmedabad, September 20 (Siasat News): The silver jubilee of Gujarat Today’s Lok Hit Movement was celebrated with full pomp and show on 19th September in Ahmedabad.

The Gujarat Today daily is published by Lok Hit Prakashan Sarvajanik Trust and Al Amin Lok Hit Charitable Trust. Besides Mr. Zaheer Uddin Ali Khan, managing editor Siasat daily, the silver jubilee function was attended by leaders of various social, educational and religious fields.

Lucknow, September 20: Justice Dharam Veer Sharma of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday passed a dissenting order against the order passed by two other judges — S U Khan and Sudhir Agarwal — against postponing the Ayodhya case verdict, on September 17.

Sharma claimed that the two judges passed the order without consulting him and there is still room for exploring the option of an out-of-court settlement.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court had on Friday refused to defer its verdict on the title suit of the disputed site at Ayodhya.

Thiruvananthapuram: September 20: A young Muslim girl in the Indian state of Kerala has been receiving death threats for not wearing the burqa, and instead often opting for jeans. She is an aeronautical engineer by qualification striving to get into the country’s civil services.

For Rayana R Khasi, a resident of Kasargode, 600 km from state capital Thiruvananthapuram, her problems began after she returned from Chennai city last year after completing her engineering studies and coaching classes for the civil services exam.

Uttar Pradesh, September 20: At least 12 people lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh where flood situation continued in several districts due to rise in level of major rivers.

Six persons, including a mother-daughter duo, were killed in Hardoi district, while as many deaths have been reported from Bareilly, Pilibhit, Moradabad and Rampur in wall and roof collapse incidents since Saturday, officials said here.

New Delhi, September 20: The capital saw early morning showers on Monday, leading to waterlogging and traffic jams in few areas.

According to the weather office, more rains are expected in the day.

“The sky will remain cloudy with spells of rain, one or two may be heavy,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

Delhi recorded 59.2 mm of rain from Sunday morning till 8 a.m. Monday, the met office said.

Srinagar, September 20: Day curfew on Monday was lifted from border town of Poonch while it continued in violence-hit Mendhar town in Kashmir valley.

Curfew was clamped in both the places last week after violent protests over alleged burning of a holy book in the US.

“Curfew for the day has been lifted from border town of Poonch but night curfew will continue. However, curfew continues in Mendhar town”, District Development Commissioner (DDC), Poonch, Kuldeep Khajuria said,

Haryana, September 20: In view of the heavy rains in the hills of Himachal Pradesh and neighbouring Haryana, the in-flow of water at Hathnikund barrage in Yamunanagar district of Haryana has increased forcing authorities to release additional water in Yamuna river. Delhi faced fresh flood threats on Monday with nearly seven lakh cusecs of water being discharged into the Yamuna river from the Hathini Kund barrage in neighbouring Haryana.

West Bengal, September 20: Train services in the Kharagpur-Adra section in West Bengal were disrupted for over four hours on Monday after a tiffin box fitted with wires was found on the railway tracks in West Midnapore district.

A tiffin box with wires protruding from it was found on a railway track near Garbeta railway station in West Midnapore district on Monday morning, police said.

Mumbai, September 20: A Burqa-clad woman allegedly denied entry into Central Mumbai’s premier civic healthcare institution, the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Parel, found mention in the Indian Mujahideen’s email in which the group claimed responsibility for the attack on two foreign tourists in Delhi.

The incident was reported by an afternoon tabloid in Mumbai, the report accompanied by a photograph of 47-year-old Tanveer Fatima, who was allegedly denied entry after she refused to take off her hijab.

New Delhi, September 20: The gunmen who opened fire outside Delhi’s Jama Masjid Sunday, injuring two foreigners, surveyed the area at least four times, police said Monday after speaking to witnesses.

Doctors at Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital say the two Taiwanese tourists injured in the firing were now stable.

“Investigations are on,” a Delhi police official told IANS. “We are taking the investigation forward based on eyewitness accounts. We have been told that the attackers recced the area at least four times,” he said.

New Delhi, September 20: Sunday’s attack on tourists in Delhi just days ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi has put a question mark on the security preparedness of the city.

A new security risk assessment report has indicated that there is an eighty per cent chance that the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), beginning on October 3, will come under some form of terror attack, putting athletes and officials in the firing line.