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BSF jawans die in blast
Minister escapes unhurt in
grenade attack
Srinagar, August 7
A Jammu and Kashmir minister
escaped unhurt in a grenade attack in Baramula while two BSF jawans were
killed and seven others injured in another grenade blast in the busy Lal
Chowk here today.
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Two-wheelers lie on the road beside a BSF vehicle which was damaged in a grenade attack by militants at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Thursday.
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CBI
move in Ayodhya case challenged in SC
New Delhi, August 7
An application was filed in the
Supreme Court today challenging the CBI decision to drop the conspiracy
charge against Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, Union Human Resource
Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP MP Uma Bharti and five
others in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
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He was caught red-handed selling cold drinks near Parliament.
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Sandeep Joshi
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Liberhan
panel gives Kalyan 3 weeks to depose
New Delhi, August 7
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Kalyan Singh, during whose tenure the Babri Masjid was demolished at
Ayodhya, was today granted three weeks’ time by the Liberhan
Commission, probing the destruction, to appear before it.
Charge
sheet filed against Gupta, Bhardwaj
Chandigarh, August 7
The Central Bureau of Investigation
today filed a charge sheet against two judicial officers, including
Jalandhar’s District and Sessions Judge, Mr R.M. Gupta, and UT
Judicial Magistrate (First Class) S.S. Bhardwaj, in a corruption case in
a local court.
Norms
on water in colas to be reviewed
New Delhi, August 7
Taking note of the Centre for
Science and Environment report alleging presence of high level of
pesticides in soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola and Pepsico in India, the
Bureau of Indian Standards today said it would soon review
“voluntary” standards for potable water used in manufacturing
beverages.
 Nation
page: Drinks safe, claim Pepsi, Coke
Punjab
page: Discharge of soft-drink bottling plants
to be checked
Ludhiana
page: Coke, Pepsi sales plummet
Chandigarh
Page: Coke, Pepsi bottles seized
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Man,
3 sons get death sentence in revenge killing case
Bhasarke Bhaini (Amritsar),
August 7
A minor dispute over the collection
of ‘theh’ has led to a series of revenge killings in this village.
It has left 35 persons dead during the past 12 years and culminated in
the death sentence, confirmed by the Supreme Court, of Piara Singh and
his three sons.
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The house of Piara Singh in Bhasarke Bhaini village of Amritsar wears a deserted look.
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Govt staff can’t go on strike, rules
SC
August 7,
2003 |
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5 die in copter crash near
Srinagar
August 6,
2003 |
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PM
to quit rather than act under pressure
August 5,
2003 |
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PM: no change in stand on Ayodhya
August 4,
2003 |
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Advani: govt for simultaneous LS, Assembly poll
August 3,
2003 |
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PM, Advani vow to build Ram temple
August 2,
2003 |
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Babri tapes rock Parliament
August 1,
2003 |
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No
speech of Advani in Babri tapes
July 31,
2003 |
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Mayawati eats her words
July 30,
2003 |
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US
Gen to plead for troops
July 29,
2003 |
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