http://www.telegraphindia.comThe Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Frontpageen-usMon, 08 Feb 2010 21:06:48 GMTMon, 08 Feb 2010 21:06:48 GMTThe Telegraph Webdeskttfeedback@abpmail.comttfeedback@abpmail.comFrontpageCopyright (C) 2010, The Telegraph. All rights reserved.http://www.telegraphindia.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://www.telegraphindia.comhttp://www.telegraphindia.com/1100209/jsp/frontpage/story_12083863.jspCalcutta, Feb. 8: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today announced a "policy decision" to reserve 10 per cent of government jobs for disadvantaged sections of backward-class Muslims in Bengal, prodded by allies to spring a potential vote-catcher ahead of key elections.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100209/jsp/frontpage/story_12083268.jspSrinagar, Feb. 8: Seventeen soldiers, including an officer, were killed and as many injured after an avalanche struck an elite army institute that imparts snow-warfare training in Kashmir's Gulmarg this morning.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100209/jsp/frontpage/story_12082627.jspNew Delhi, Feb. 8: The Centre hopes to ink an accord with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha at the next tripartite talks on Gorkhaland, the date of which will be announced after a meeting on Wednesday. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100209/jsp/frontpage/story_12083837.jspLucknow, Feb. 8: Uttar Pradesh police today claimed to have made the biggest Maoist catch since the arrest of Khobad Ghandy last year by taking into custody two top-rung leaders, one of them a PhD degree holder from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100209/jsp/frontpage/story_12083836.jspKathmandu, Feb. 8: A Nepalese media baron with alleged links to Dawood Ibrahim and blamed for the backlash against actor Hrithik Roshan in the Himalayan country 10 years ago, was shot dead yesterday afternoon in Kathmandu by gunmen suspected to be from a breakaway faction of the Chhota Rajan gang.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100209/jsp/frontpage/story_12083844.jspLondon, Feb. 8: The East India Company, whose brand name and controlling interests were acquired by diamond dealer Sanjiv Mehta in 2005, is to open a flagship luxury store in London's Mayfair.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100209/jsp/frontpage/story_12083227.jspGuwahati, Feb. 8: The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), has asked Dispur to provide adequate security personnel to prevent cheating in the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100209/jsp/frontpage/story_12083061.jspRanchi, Feb. 8: Chief minister Shibu Soren wants the Centre to share half the cost of completing pending railway projects in the state and is making every effort to convince railway minister Mamata Banerjee to announce the same in her budget speech.