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Noida: A man who claimed to be a lawyer and politician attacked a television journalist with an iron rod in a case of road rage in Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
The incident took place around 11.30pm on Thursday at Sector 44 near the Amity University police post close to the Indian capital. Police identified the journalist as Chandra Prakash of NDTV.
Superintendent of Police Rakesh Gautam said Prakash was returning home in his car at Sector 93. While he was taking a U-turn, another car hit his car.
When Prakash objected, a man from the other car - later identified as Nand Nandan, a resident of New Delhi's Pandav Nagar - took out a rod from his car and started beating the journalist.
On hearing his cries for help, a passing police patrol rescued him. Nand Nandan was allegedly drunk.
Nand Nandan told the police that he was an advocate and a "politician of repute".
The police arrested him and filed a case against him. They said his claims were false.
Kozhikode (IANS) A faction of an extremist Left group in Kerala has decided to merge with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) that heads the state's ruling coalition.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist Red Flag (CPI-ML Red Flag) faction led by K.T. Kunhikkannan took the decision at a meeting yesterday.
Kunhikkannan, a former state committee member of CPI-ML Red Flag, and two other leaders were expelled from the party on April 3 for anti-party activities. They were accused of trying to take the party closer to CPM.
Addressing a convention of his followers yesterday, Kunhikkannan said in the present circumstances it was important for them to join the CPM, which is leading the Left politics and the working class in India.
Bhopal (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh will today lay the foundation for the country's first tribal university in Madhya Pradesh.
Called the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, it will be located at Amarkantak in Shahdol district. The union Cabinet decided this on June 15 last year.
Besides having affiliated colleges, the university is expected to set up its regional centres in tribal areas.
Sources in the tribal development department said there will be at least one school in every regional centre to serve as a model for the region.
Tribal students from these schools will go to affiliated colleges or the university. It will be funded by the University Grants Commission and will be a central university.
The university will be customised to cater to tribal education needs and it will aim at promoting studies and research in tribal art, culture, tradition, language, medicinal systems and forest-based economic activity. The institution is likely to attract students from tribal areas in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
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