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Indo-Pak
border, April 12
The fresh aroma of wheat
emanating from the mineloaded fields does not bring cheers on the
faces of farmers in the border belt comprising Amritsar, Gurdaspur and
Ferozepore. |
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A farmer harvests wheat in a border village of Amritsar district on the eve of Baisakhi. He is unable to reap the crop across the fence where mines have been laid.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma |
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IN
PASSING
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by
Sandeep Joshi
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HP
abolishes ST on fertilisers
Shimla, April 12
The 4 per cent general sales
tax on chemical fertilisers was today abolished by the Himachal
Pradesh Cabinet to benefit the farmers. The decision was taken by
the Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister,
Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal.
UCO
Bank looted
Jalandhar, April 12
In a sensational broad daylight
bank robbery, two unidentified robbers managed to slip off with a
whopping Rs 16.53 lakh from the extension counter of UCO Bank at
Model House locality here this afternoon. As the crime graph of the
city had been going up for the past fortnight, the robbery put a
question mark on the efficiency of the police and security
arrangements of banks in the city.
Chandigarh,
April 12
Tall claims of the
government on technical education and industrial training
notwithstanding, 10 ITIs and six polytechnics in Punjab,
completed three to five years ago, are being used only for
grazing cattle. |
A lone cow grazes on the campus of the ITI building at Shahkot in Jalandhar district. |
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Ban on LTTE to stay
April 12, 2002
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Ultras massacre five
April 11, 2002
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PM wants security framework for Asia
April 10, 2002
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7 villagers massacred
April 9, 2002
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BJP-BSP
tie-up in UP on cards
April 8, 2002
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CPI wrests Malout seat
April 7, 2002
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Vajpayee suggests more powers for panchayats
April 6, 2002
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Put end to violence: PM
April 5, 2002
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Five burnt alive in Gujarat
April 4, 2002
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Sikhism
favoured as separate religion
April 3, 2002
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Punjab,
Haryana CMs clash over water
April 2, 2002
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