Tuesday, March 4, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Stokes meets Sonia; CLP leader today
Shimla/ New Delhi, March 3
While Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the Congress President, will have the final word on the chief ministerial candidate, hectic activity is on in the camps headed by Mr Virbhadra Singh and Mrs Vidya Stokes to muster support of the newly elected legislators.

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HP, J&K face Indra’s fury
Snow jams highway, rain kills three
Srinagar, March 3
Hundreds of passengers remained stranded on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, as the Kashmir valley remained cut off from the rest of the country, following the closure of the highway for the second day today due to heavy snowfall and landslides.

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Suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed underwent a third day of interrogation today and analysts said US and Pakistani agents would concentrate on extracting details of plans for new Al-Qaida attacks.
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Urea price to dominate BJP meet
New Delhi, March 3
The issue of urea price hike is likely to dominate tomorrow’s BJP Parliamentary Party meeting with a large number of members determined to demand for a rollback on urea price hike even as Finance Minister Jaswant Singh virtually ruled out the possibility.

Nation: Walkout in LS over fertiliser prices

Sonia’s charge regrettable: Vajpayee
New Delhi, March 3
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today told the Lok Sabha that the government would seek a middle path on the Iraq issue and would make arrangements to bring back 40 lakh of its nationals from the Gulf region in case of a war.

BSNL slashes STD rates
New Delhi, March 3
The BSNL today opened up another front for competition by slashing STD rates by as much as 47 per cent for distances beyond 500 km, for calls made from fixed lines to fixed lines.

Maya ‘asks’ MLAs to give 2 lakh each
Lucknow, March 3
In a dramatic turn of events, the Samajwadi Party today presented a video cassette and a compact disc (CD) to the Governor, Mr Vishnu Kant Shastri, showing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati openly asking for money from her legislators for the party fund.

Cricket fans want PM to visit South Africa
New Delhi, March 3
The Prime Minister’s office has been inundated with telephone calls and letters that Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee should travel to South Africa to bolster the morale of Saurav Ganguly and his team after India’s runaway win against arch-rivals Pakistan during Saturday’s crucial league match.

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