Sunday, August 3, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Advani: govt for simultaneous LS, Assembly poll
On board special IAF aircraft, August 2
The government is seriously thinking to either reschedule the poll timetable or, if necessary, make constitutional amendments for “restoring the synchronity’’ between Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani said today.

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Muslim Board takes exception to PM’s statement

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Gujarat may file petition in Best Bakery case
Narendra Modi Kancheepuram, August 2
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today indicated that his government may file a petition challenging the acquittal of all the accused in the Best Bakery case. “These (limitation period) 60 days are not over. Only 30 days are over and these 60 days are given to verify the case.

PM willing to hike pulses’ support price
New Delhi, August 2
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today promised more steps for the welfare of farmers and expressed his willingness to announce a one-and-a-half times increase in support prices of pulses and oilseeds provided farmers gave a boost to production to make the country self-reliant.
Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee gestures at a function organised by the BJP Kisan Morcha in New Delhi on Saturday.
Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee gestures at a function organised by the BJP Kisan Morcha in New Delhi on Saturday. — Tribune photo Mukesh Aggarwal

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United Nations owes India over $21 million
New Delhi, August 2
As the demand for Indian troops for peace-keeping missions abroad grows due to their professionalism and capability to easily adapt to any situation or terrain, it has come to light that the United Nations (UN), which organises all such mission in areas of conflict, owes India over $ 21 million in dues.

Suicide bomber kills 35 in Russia

Moscow, August 2
A suicide truck-bomb attack inside a military hospital in southern Russia killed at least 35 persons and wounded scores of others, with the authorities blaming Chechnyan separatists for the act.

Emergency workers search the site of a bomb blast at a military hospital in the town of Mozdok in Russia’s Caucasus on Saturday
Emergency workers search the site of a bomb blast at a military hospital in the town of Mozdok in Russia’s Caucasus on Saturday. — Reuters

India condemns terror attack in Russia

Arunachal Govt voted out
Itanagar, August 2
The Mukut Mithi-led Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh was today voted out of power through voice vote.

Back from jaws of death
Yoginder Gupta The Tribune Special Correspondent Yoginder Gupta was on his way to Hardwar with Haryana Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda and seven others when a flash flood in the seasonal Peeli river swept them off the road. While seven of them were rescued, one is still traceless.

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