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From left to right: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is greeted by Parliamentary
Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj; Mrs Sonia Gandhi arrives and Shiromani Akali Dal MP Sukhbir Badal is all smiles on the opening day of Parliament’s monsoon session
in Delhi on Monday.
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7 killed, 42 hurt in twin blasts
Jammu, July 21
In the first major strike on
Vaishno Devi pilgrims, militants tonight launched two grenade attacks in
quick succession killing at least seven devotees, including a child, and
injuring 42, 10 of them seriously, at Banganga, 2 km from Katra, on way
to the Vaishno Devi shrine, police sources here said.
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Amarnath pilgrims killed in mishap
Kelly
death probe to be public
 London,
July 21
The head of an inquiry into the
suicide of a British Government scientist embroiled in a vicious row
over the Iraq war said today that he would make his own decision on the
extent and scope of the investigation.
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NDA Convener and Defence
Minister George Fernandes with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee at a Trinamool Congress rally in Kolkata on Monday to observe “martyrs day” to remember 13 Youth Congress activists killed in police firing 10 years ago.
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SC
rules strike not basic right of government staff
New Delhi, July 21
Asking the Tamil Nadu Government
to show magnanimity in reinstating its sacked 1.70 lakh employees for
striking work on the dispute over withdrawal of certain pensionary
benefits, the SC today observed that the government employees across
the country did not enjoy the fundamental right to strike.
Amritsar
hospital faces closure
Govt withdraws medical staff
 Amritsar, July 21
The
newly built multi-crore Jallianwala Martyrs’ Memorial Civil Hospital
may face closure as the Civil Surgeon today directed the Deputy
Medical Commissioner to relieve all the doctors and medical staff.
This is the recently built multi-crore Civil Hospital, Amritsar, which faces closure as the Civil Surgeon has directed withdrawal of doctors and para-medical staff.
— Tribune photo Rajiv Sharma
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Tying
nuptial knot in four religious ways
Panchkula, July 21
Amidst cheers, a
Panchkula couple today tied the nuptial knot in four different
ways. As relatives and friends stood up to applaud, the bride
and the groom promised to live together, for better, or for
worse, according to Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian rites.
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BJP to make Sonia’s origin poll issue
July 21,
2003 |
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BJP tries to please Sangh Parivar
on Ayodhya
July 20,
2003 |
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BJP targets Sonia’s foreign
origin
July 19,
2003 |
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BJP to mend fences with VHP
July 18,
2003 |
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150 feared washed away in Kulu
cloudburst
July 17,
2003 |
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MiG-21 explodes
July 16,
2003 |
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No Indian troops for Iraq
July 15,
2003 |
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Musharraf has vested interest in
instability: Gujral
July 14,
2003 |
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India rejects Pak terms for
resuming air links
July 13,
2003 |
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Peace journey begins
July 12,
2003 |
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