Thursday, February 21, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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Maoists gun down four, burn engine
Bandh hits life in Jharkhand, Bihar
Ranchi, February 20
Maoist Communist Centre activists gunned down four persons, forcibly derailed an express train and burnt down a train engine and several vehicles in widespread violence during the 24-hour bandh called by the outlawed organisation disrupting train and bus services in parts of Jharkhand and Bihar leaving hundreds of passengers stranded.

USA, Russia eye Indian defence market
New Delhi, February 20
It could never have been better for the Indian armed forces with the USA, Russia and Sweden, all three defence equipment giants eyeing the Indian market.

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A model of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft is on display at the Defence Expo-2002 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Wednesday. A model of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft is on display at the Defence Expo-2002 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI photo

NICD to release plague alert
New Delhi, February 20
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases, NICD, here plans to bring out a communicable disease alert on plague in the coming week. NICD Director, Usha Baveja told TNS here today that the institute had started the process of compiling information for the 16-page bulletin on plague.

Final phase of UP, Manipur poll today
New Delhi, February 20
Uttar Pradesh and Manipur will go to polls in the final phase of Assembly elections tomorrow covering 186 constituencies along with the byelections to six Lok Sabha seats and seven assembly constituencies in various states.



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Cong objects to PM’s remarks
New Delhi, February 20
The Congress has “deplored” Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s remarks about BJP winning the Assembly poll in UP even without the support of Muslims, saying that the comments had dangerous implications.

Film actress Poonam Dhillon with Jaipal Reddy and Subbi Reddy after joining the Congress during a Press conference in the Capital on Wednesday. Poonam Dhillon joins Cong

Film actress Poonam Dhillon with Jaipal Reddy and Subbi Reddy after joining the Congress during a Press conference in the Capital on Wednesday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal
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ISI training ultras to shoot from mobikes
New Delhi, February 20
In a significant shift in operational strategy, Pakistan’s secret service “Inter Services Intelligence has started training terrorists to shoot from motor cycles though this has never been the preferred method.
In video: New Delhi today said that Islamabad's unwillingness to handover information related to terrorism in India indicated that Pakistan "had something to hide." (28k, 56k)

IT exemption limit may go up
Mumbai, February 20
The Union Government is contemplating to propose a hike in the income tax exemption limit from the current exemption limit of Rs 10,000 to over Rs 20,000 under Section 80 CCC (1) of the IT Act, 1961, in the forthcoming Union Budget.

Pbi varsity V-C gets stay on arrest
Patiala, February 20
The Vice-Chancellor, Dr J.S. Ahluwalia, today obtained a stay on arrest order till February 26 from the court of Sessions Judge S.N. Agarwal in face of the FIR lodged against him by Ms Saru Rana and moved an application for granting of anticipatory bail.

HPTDC hotels to offer herbal massage
Shimla, February 20
Traditional herbal massage is being introduced this summer in hotels of the HPTDC by the Ayurveda Department as a joint venture. This is part of the “panchkarma”, the age-old Indian medicinal system to purify the body, for which a Rs 3.25 crore pilot project will be launched in April.

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