IN
PASSING
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Shall we ask General Musharraf what we are going to do tomorrow?
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by
Sandeep Joshi
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3
members boycott interview
Sore at PPSC Chairman’s
functioning
Patiala, February 14
Three members of the Punjab Public
Service Commission today abstained from the interview held to select
Block Development and Panchayat Officers to protest against the
‘’manner’’ in which the PPSC was being run by its Chairman
Ravinderpal Singh Sidhu.
Country liquor to cost less in Haryana
Chandigarh, February 14
Country liquor will become cheaper in Haryana as the new excise policy of the state, approved at a meeting of the Cabinet here today held under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, brought down excise duty on such liquor from Rs 21 per proof litre to Rs 11. An official release said that the duty was reduced “to minimise smuggling from neighbouring states”.
Bonfires
of cards mark Valentine’s Day
New Delhi, February 14
Eight Shiv Sena activists were
detained even as hundreds of them opposed the Valentine’s Day
celebrations in the Capital today by lighting bonfires of greeting cards
and distributing handbills urging people not to celebrate the “western
festival” of love.
Creating
artificial wombs
London, February
14
Doctors are developing
artificial wombs in which embryos can grow outside a woman's
body. The work has been hailed as a breakthrough in treating
the childless. Scientists have created prototypes made out of
cells extracted from women's bodies. Embryos successfully
attached themselves to the walls of these laboratory wombs and
began to grow.
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Violence marks polling in Punjab
February 14, 2002
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Flag marches in Punjab on poll eve
February 13, 2002
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No
referendum on govt: PM
February 12, 2002
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Temple
construction from March 15
February 11, 2002
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Ansari
held in UAE, brought to Delhi
February 10, 2002
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No deal on N-subs
February 9, 2002
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Defence
scams insult to soldiers: Sonia
February 8, 2002
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Don’t rake up coffin issue: PM
February 7, 2002
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We’ll
fulfil vows: Sonia
February 6, 2002
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Holed-up ultras
surrender
February 5, 2002
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PM’s no
to convert LoC into border
February 4, 2002
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