Monday, December 23, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Modi back in saddle
PM attends glittering swearing-in ceremony
Ahmedabad, December 22
Mr Narendra Modi, who steered the BJP to a landslide victory in elections last week, was today sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the second time in a public ceremony attended by thousands of persons, including Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, top BJP leadership, its allies and new-found friend Jayalalithaa.
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishan Advani wave with newly sworn-in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on Sunday. In video (28k, 56k)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishan Advani wave with newly sworn-in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
— Reuters photo

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Punjab puts off civic poll
Chandigarh, December 22
The elections to 87 civic bodies scheduled for January 23 next have been postponed and the same will now be held in March along with the remaining eight municipalities not later than March 15 next.

’84 riots: verdict today
New Delhi, December 22
After 18 years of the registration of FIRs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases in which senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is an accused along with 16 others, a Delhi court will pronounce its final judgement tomorrow.

D-Company empire Rs 7,000 cr: reportDawood Ibrahim
New Delhi, December 22
From being a street urchin in Mumbai in the seventies, don of ‘‘Bhai-dom’’ Dawood Ibrahim has come such a long way that his ‘D’ company runs overt or covert businesses in over a dozen countries.

CBI sends Anees’ extradition plea
New Delhi, December 22
Notwithstanding the deportation of underworld don Anees Ibrahim by the Dubai authorities to Pakistan to India’s dismay, the CBI has sent extradition request highlighting the role of Anees as one of the main conspirators of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.

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Punjab an ‘orphan’ state: Gujral
Failure to pursue waiving Rs 5800 cr central loanInder Kumar Gujral
Jalandhar, December 22
Terming Punjab as an “orphan” state, a former Prime Minister, Mr Inder Kumar Gujral, today accused both the Shiromani Akali Dal chief, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, and the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, of ignoring the interests of the state.

8 die as jeep falls into gorge
Shimla, December 22
Eight persons were killed when a jeep carrying them rolled into a 300-foot-deep gorge at Kemachandroli, 34 km from Chopal, in Shimla district last evening, the police said today.
A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) plays the bagpipes on the 63rd anniversary of the force in New Delhi on Sunday. CRPF band performs on India Gate lawns



A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) plays the bagpipes on the 63rd anniversary of the force in New Delhi on Sunday. — Reuters photo

Rift in Punjab CMO to the fore
Chandigarh, December 22
The “doubtful” veracity of the reports appearing in the media about the alleged immoral conduct of certain Punjab ministers in Gujarat notwithstanding, the squabbles between two power groups within the Chief Minister’s Secretariat have now come out in the open.

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