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Security heightened for  Orissa churches 
BHUBANESWAR: A threat by the Dara Sena on Saturday prompted the Orissa police to further strengthen security measures in and around major churches in the two tribal dominated districts of Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar.   

Mystery fever stalks Himachal again 
CHANDIGARH: A mystery fever is stalking the hill state of Himachal Pradesh for the third consecutive year. The fever has claimed 12 lives so far this year and sent over 60 others to hospital.  

Tourism meet to promote Goa-Badami-Hampi triangle 
PANAJI: The Goa Tourism Meet which is to focus primarily on Goa as a global destination, will promote a travel circuit that involves Karnataka’s heritage sites of Hampi and Badami. 

Navy chief to head Integrated Command
NEW DELHI: Vice-Admiral Raman Puri will be appointed the new Chief of Integrated Service Command (CISC) to head the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) after Lt General Pankaj Joshi retires shortly.

TN to appeal against bail for Gopal
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Government has decided to move the Supreme Court against the order of the Madras High Court granting conditional bail to Nakkeeran bi-weekly editor R R Gopal who was arrested last April in connection with the murder of a police informer by forest brigand Veerappan and was later 

HC orders retrial of Dharmapuri  bus burning case 
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Friday prevented the sensational Dharmapuri bus burning case from going the Best Bakery case way by scrapping the on-going trial in a Krishnagiri court and ordering a retrial in a Salem court.   

Centre plans income insurance for farmers 
NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to introduce an income-cum-insurance scheme for farmers to protect them against adverse price and yield fluctuations. 

A family looks at a photographic display, part of the World Press Photo Exhibition in New Delhi, on Saturday. The travelling exhibition which was opened 19 September, by Finance Minister Jaswant Singh, shows the 2003 winners of the annual global photographic contest which this year will be exhibited in some 80 venues in 40 countries. AFP

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