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This mask is in great demand here, you see!
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Sandeep Joshi
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Lawyers defy SC order, go on strike
New Delhi, December 18
Lawyers all over the country, except in Maharashtra and Goa, struck work today despite a Supreme Court order yesterday declaring their strikes “illegal”.
Lawyers go on strike
Editorial: Unfortunate lawyers’ stir
Modi invited to form govt
Ahmedabad, December 18
Gujarat Governor Sunder Singh Bhandari today formally invited designate Chief Minister Narendra Modi to form government.
PM
announces relief for farmers
New Delhi, December 18
In an attempt to minimise the hardships of farmers in drought-hit
states, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today announced the
government’s decision to completely waive interest for one year on
kharif loans taken by them.
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Nation page: Gere
opens Naz AIDS care home
Hollywood star Richard Gere with Anoushka Shankar, daughter of Pt. Ravi Shankar, during the opening of the
Naz AIDS care home in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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3
pc DA for Punjab staff
Chandigarh, December 18
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today announced 3 per
cent enhanced dearness allowance for its employees, pensioners and
government-aided educational institutions with effect from July 1. The
amount due from July 1 till December 31 shall be credited to the GPF
Accounts of the employees and it shall be treated as additional
subscription.
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2 Army officers
killed in encounter
December 18, 2002
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13/12
attack: four convicted
December 17, 2002
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Hindutva
wins 2/3rds in Gujarat
December 16, 2002
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2 Pak ultras shot
in Capital
December 15, 2002
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Anees freed on bail
December 14, 2002
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Heavy
voter turnout in Gujarat
December 13, 2002
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Day of
reckoning for BJP, Cong
December 12, 2002
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High-pitched
campaign ends
December 11, 2002
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HPCL,
BPCL to go on the block
December 10, 2002
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BJP ropes in
Mayawati
December 9, 2002
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In video (
New Delhi, December 18
