Wednesday, July 25, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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J&K killings are not jehad: PM
New Delhi, July 24
India today sent out a clear signal to Pakistan to end its sponsorship of cross-border terrorism and said the killings of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir could not be “glorified” as “jehad”.

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"Bandit Queen" Phoolan Devi shot dead 
NEW DELHI, July 25 - India's former "Bandit Queen" Phoolan Devi was shot dead in New Delhi on Wednesday, police said."She was shot outside her house. She was brought to hospital...where she was declared dead," senior police official Suresh Roy told Reuters.

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LTTE men destroy 13 planes

Colombo, July 24
In a deadly pre-dawn operation, LTTE suicide bombers attacked the military airbase here and nearby international airport triggering a fierce fighting with the security forces that left 13 rebels and five security personnel killed and 13 military and civilian aircraft either destroyed or damaged.

Airmen inspect the remains of a Sri Lankan Airlines airbus destroyed in the pre-dawn attack on the airport by Tamil Tiger rebels on the 18th anniversary of the country’s ethnic war in Colombo on Tuesday. Airmen inspect the remains of a Sri Lankan Airlines airbus destroyed in the pre-dawn attack on the airport by Tamil Tiger rebels on the 18th anniversary of the country’s ethnic war in Colombo on Tuesday.
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SC orders takeover of ex-PM’s ashram
New Delhi, July 24
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court in a significant order passed today directed the takeover of 500 acres of land by the Haryana Government at the Bhondsi Ashram gifted to former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar earlier by the Bhondsi Gram Panchayat and approved by the state.

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10 bus passengers electrocuted
Victims were on way to INLD rally
Kurukshetra, July 24
Ten persons were killed and seven injured when a private bus (DL IP 1532) came in contact with electric wires on the outskirts of Diwana, village 42 km from here today. The bus occupants, a majority of them farmers and farm labourers, were on their way to Bhiwani to participate in a state-level “progress day rally” of the INLD.

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USA reviewing sanctions: Rocca
New Delhi, July 24
Nuclear non-proliferation issue continues to be the dominant US policy for South Asia, the Assistant Secretary of State (South Asia Affairs), Ms Christina Rocca, said while indicating that Washington was reviewing removal of sanctions imposed on India following the Pokhran two tests in May, 1998.

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Cops, BKU(E) men hurt in clash
Maisarkhana (Bathinda), July 24
As many as 15 activists of the BKU (Ekta) and 12 policemen were injured, some of them seriously, in a bloody clash here this morning.

Punjab CM visits accident site
Announces relief; 15 bodies fished out

Ropar, July 24
The Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today visited the accident site, where the ill-fated truck fell into the Anandpur Sahib canal yesterday and expressed sympathy with the kin of the victims. Mr Badal, who arrived at Kiratpur Sahib at about 4 p.m. also announced a grant of Rs 50,000 each to the kin of those killed in the accident.

A relative (left) bids a tearful adieu to one of the deceased in the truck accident tragedy at Kiratpur Sahib on Tuesday.
A relative (left) bids a tearful adieu to one of the deceased in the truck accident tragedy at Kiratpur Sahib on Tuesday. — Photo Pankaj Sharma
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