Thousands of sugarcane farmers demonstrate in New Delhi on Thursday to demand higher prices for their crop. Traffic in central Delhi areas came to a standstill as farmers protested against the government’s sugarcane policy. PHOTO: AFP

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PAWAR SUGAR PILL SOURS

Nov. 19: The main Opposition BJP, the Samajwadi Party and RJD on Thursday attacked Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, charging him with helping sugar mill owners by issuing the Sugarcane Control Full story

IAF vice-chief Barbora lets fly again

Nov. 19: The vice-chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Marshal P.K. Barbora, on Thursday said that political wrangling between the government and Opposition affected the IAF’s modernisation plans and acquisitionsFull story

Pak current, ex-officers arrested in Headley plot

New York, Nov. 19: Some serving and ex-military officers are among five people arrested in Pakistan in connection with the LeT plot to carry out a major terror attack in India using American national David Coleman HeadleyFull story

Navy is puzzled by Maha village of Nepali fishermen

Nov. 19: A growing number of people of Nepali origin in the fishing villages of Ratnagiri, in Maharashtra, has put the Naval Intellig-ence Unit on alert. Some officers do not rule out the possibility of these Full story

PM-Obama dinner in a tent

Nov. 19: The Obamas will be holding their first state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, not in the White House’s State Dining Room but under a white marquee erected on the South Lawn. Former President Bill Clinton Full story

Punish the police, says Ishrat mom

Sept. 8: A day after the killing of Khalsa College student Ishrat Jahan was deemed a fake encounter by a judicial inquiry in Gujarat, her family demanded action against the policemen responsible. They also thanked Full story

Kasab mom to visit him

April 14: External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday that 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab’s mother was coming from Pakistan to visit him in jail in Mumbai. Full story

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