Wednesday, July 16, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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MiG-21 explodes
2 pilots die in crash near Srinagar
New Delhi, July 15
Two pilots were killed when a MiG-21 fighter aircraft exploded in a ball of fire while approaching Srinagar airport in Jammu and Kashmir for landing late Monday, officials here said today. “The MiG-21 trainer was on a routine night flying sortie when the accident occurred at about 10.25 p.m. on Monday,” IAF spokesman Squadron Leader Mahesh Upasni told IANS.


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Nitish adamant, crisis in Samata deepens
Nitish KumarNew Delhi, July 15
Railway Minister and Samata Party leader Nitish Kumar today ruled out taking back his resignation despite pleas by his party President and NDA Convener, George Fernandes in this regard.

Law on temple may figure at BJP meet
New Delhi, July 15
In an obvious attempt to please every possible constituency of the Ayodhya issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party today again hinted at taking up the issue of a parliamentary legislation for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya at its Raipur meeting of the National Executive beginning Friday.

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Terrorism is an issue, says Menon
Wagah (Amritsar), July 15
Shivshankar MenonDescribing cross-border terrorism as an issue, Mr Shivshankar Menon, India’s High Commissioner-Designate to Pakistan, crossed over to Pakistan through Wagah joint check post here at noon today.

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Wagah (Amritsar), July 15
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of the four-member Pakistani Parliamentarian delegation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, introduces his delegation members to the Akal Takht chief, Jathedar Joginder Singh VedantiFour-member delegation of the Mutahida-e-Majlis-e-Amal led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, secretary-general of the Jamat Ulema Islami (Fazlur), entered India through the Wagah joint check post here today.
 Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of the four-member Pakistani Parliamentarian delegation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, introduces his delegation members to the Akal Takht chief, Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti, at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Tuesday. 
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Maya seeks Amarinder’s sack
Chandigarh, July 15
 Mayawati Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today asked the Centre and the Punjab Governor, Justice O. P. Verma, to dismiss the Amarinder Singh government for “infringing upon the Constitutional rights” of the Dalits.

Badungar may offer to quit today
Kirpal Singh BadungarLudhiana, July 15
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President, Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, may offer to resign to pave way for the re-election of veteran Akali leader Mr Gurcharn Singh Tohra or his nominee as President of the SGPC, the apex body that controls most Sikh gurdwaras.

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Noor’s heart surgery a successA file photo of Noor with her mother
Bangalore, July 15
Two-and-a-half-year-old Noor Fatima, the Pakistani girl whose heart ailment has generated emotions across the Indo-Pak divide, today underwent a successful surgery for plugging holes in her heart in a city hospital.
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