Wednesday, January 29, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Congress splits in UP
Speaker recognises breakaway faction

Lucknow, January 28
The Congress in Uttar Pradesh today split with eight of its 23 MLAs breaking away and forming a new group, which was granted recognition as a separate party by Speaker Kesari Nath Tripathi. The new group has been named Akhil Bharatiya Congress Dal.


Nation page: Cong for disqualification of 8 UP MLAs

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Refinery PM’s commitment: CM
Amarinder meets Sonia on HP poll
New Delhi, January 28
Amarinder SinghPunjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said today that the Bathinda Refinery was Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s “commitment’’ to the people of Punjab and his government was pursuing the case with the Centre.

Punjab page: Badal to take up refinery issue

Snow, rain bring cheer
Shimla, January 28
Widespread snow and rain broke the prolonged dry spell, bringing cheer to farmers and fruit growers, who had been reeling under a drought like situation in the region.

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Tourists enjoy the season’s first snowfall
Tourists enjoy the season’s first snowfall near Manali on Tuesday. 
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14 schoolchildren go missing
29 mates found from farmhouse
Pojewal (Nawanshahr),  January 28
As 14 of the 43 students of the local Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, who had “left” the school under mysterious circumstances on January 25 night are still missing, their worried parents have started flocking the school to enquire about their wards.

Cabinet reshuffle today
New Delhi, January 28
A reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers, with some inductions and exclusions, is going to take place tomorrow evening in which former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel may be inducted.

Cong sweeps panchayat samiti poll
Chandigarh, January 28
It was a cakewalk for the Congress in the elections to the posts of chairman and vice-Chairman of 140 block samitis in Punjab today. 


Block samiti poll: infighting in Congress
Samiti chairman’s election deferred
Congress sweeps samiti poll

Dhaka urged to hand over 88 insurgents
New Delhi, January 28
The Government of India has urged Dhaka to hand over 88 Indian insurgents, who are currently living in Bangladesh, including key insurgents like Sanjit Dev Burman of the All-Tripura ‘Tiger Force, Anup Chetia and Paresh Barua of the ULFA.

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Playing with Punjab’s archival records
Patiala, January 28
In its bid to recreate the grandeur of the princely raj of yore, the Patiala Development Authority is playing with the archival records of erstwhile Patiala, Nabha, Faridkot, Malerkotla, Jind, Kapurthala, Nalagarh and Kalsia states. Archival records stacked in the State Languages Department building
Archival records stacked in the State Languages Department building in Patiala. — photo Subhash

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