Saturday, February 1, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

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Columbia crashes over Texas
Kalpana Chawla among 7 astronauts feared dead
Washington, February 1
The space shuttle Columbia today broke up on return to earth from a 16-day mission with a crew of seven, including Indian Kalpana Chawla, amid fears that all aboard had been killed.

Srinagar-Jammu highway reopened
Fresh snow, rain lash region
Srinagar, January 31
The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which was closed to traffic due to heavy snowfall yesterday, reopened this afternoon. A traffic police official said the highway was thrown open after the snow and debris were cleared by the Border Roads Organisation.

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Virbhadra men dominate list
New Delhi, January 31
Loyalists of former Chief Minister dominate the list of Congress candidates cleared by the party’s Central Election Committee yesterday. Sources said the list, which is to be approved by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has recommended names of 61 candidates. The decision has been kept pending on seven seats.

“Tampering” of HP list
AICC shocked, action likely
New Delhi, January 31
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has taken a serious note of ‘tampering’ with the records of the scrutiny committee meeting on issuing of party ticket in Himachal Pradesh by some leaders of the Pradesh Congress Committee. She is likely to take action in the matter after the completion of electoral process in the state.

BJP poll drive from Feb 12
PM likely to address four rallies
New Delhi, January 31
As in Gujarat, the BJP will launch its formal election campaign in Himachal Pradesh on February 12 in a big way with top Central leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, addressing 10 rallies simultaneously in various regions of the state.

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	NATION: Panel recommends restructuring of ICAR
	WORLD: War on Iraq ‘likely’ after Feb 20
	SPORTS: Kiwis not to play in Kenya

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EC issues formal notification for
Assembly poll
New Delhi, January 31
The process for electing new representatives in Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura began today with the Election Commission issuing formal notification for the one-day poll.

India plays Central Asia card
Forges strategic ties to counter Pak
New Delhi, January 31
External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today completed a crucial visit to two Central Asian nations, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, at the end of which New Delhi clinched a much closer strategic cooperation with this region, which Pakistan has been using as its strategic hinterland against India.

India, Thailand discuss treaty on extradition

Bangkok, January 31
Expressing deep concern over global terrorism, India and Thailand today declared that the ongoing cooperation between them on security issues needed to be institutionalised and given legal sustenance by finalising treaties on extradition and other issues.

Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani shakes hand with Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Government House in Bangkok on Friday. Mr Advani is on a four-day visit to Thailand. — AFP photo

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Pak laying mines in Indian territory
New Delhi, January 31
Security forces along the international border with Pakistan in the Punjab sector have detected several instances of Pakistani forces sneaking across to lay mines in the Indian territory in the past 10 days.

HIV-positive man conceals illness, marries
Ludhiana, January 31
The only son of a family from Moga, allegedly an HIV positive case, married a girl of Chakra village in Jagraon subdivision of this district. This fact came to light today after a high-level inquiry into the case was conducted by the Jagraon police.

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THIS ABOVE ALL: Surviving yet another cold war
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EARLIER TOP STORIES

	Bathinda Refinery to be speeded up January 31, 2003
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	Congress splits in UP January 29, 2003
	Question mark over Bathinda refinery January 28, 2003
	Fresh threat to Bathinda refinery January 26, 2003
	India, France sign extradition treaty January 25, 2003
	Pak expels four Indian staffers January 24, 2003
	Four Pak Mission staffers expelled January 23, 2003
	Nod to jail term for insulting Tricolour January 22, 2003
	Pak cops harass diplomat again January 21, 2003

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