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Congress
hears George’s speech, Left, RJD boycott
 New
Delhi, August 18
Defence Minister George
Fernandes’s speech during the Opposition-sponsored no-confidence
motion against the Vajpayee government was heard by the Congress but was
boycotted by the Left, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and other smaller
parties.
 Govt
will emerge victorious, says Vajpayee
AIADMK
to abstain from voting
Chandrashekhar
not to support no-confidence motion
Nation
page: Humour amidst heat and fury
Opposition
leaders stay away from RS
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IN
FOCUS
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In our series, State of Universities, Assistant Editor Nirmal Sandhu examines the functioning of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, on
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IN
PASSING
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No suspense, no thrill. It is better to close this episode.
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by
Sandeep Joshi
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Cops
held for looting train passengers
Uchhi Bassi (Hoshiarpur),
August 18
Government Railway Police officials
allegedly threatened and looted 13 migrant labourers travelling by the
Howrah-bound Jammu-Tawi Himgiri Express a couple of hours after they
boarded the train at Chakki near Pathankot, in the wee hours today.
Rush
for mobile phones forms
 Jammu, August 18
A
large number of persons seeking application forms for mobile telephone
connections turned up at the seven centres of the BSNL here this morning.
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video
(28k, 56k)
Women stand in queue outside the BSNL office in the heart of Srinagar on Monday to get forms for mobile telephones. — PTI
photo
Ex-OSD
to Badal is proclaimed offender
Kharar, August 18
A local court has declared Hardeep
Singh, former Officer on Special Duty to former Punjab Chief Minister Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, as a proclaimed offender. Orders to this effect
were passed by the Judicial Magistrate here, Mrs Baljinder Kaur Bhatia,
in connection with an August 14 application moved by the Punjab
Vigilance Bureau.
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Girl
bazaar thrives in Doaba area
Nawanshahr, August 18
The conviction of a truck driver
for trading girls from Bangladesh and West Bengal in Jalandhar district
and a recent case of the sale of three tribal girls in Nawanshahr, is an
indicator that the “girl bazaar” is flourishing in the Doaba region.
Haryana
page: Rescued
girls languish in Nari Niketan
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Battlelines drawn for no-trust vote
August 18, 2003 |
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‘Bought brides’ of Punjab face societal
wrath
August 17, 2003 |
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PM invites Pak for walk on peace road
August 16, 2003 |
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SC
bans capitation fee in private professional colleges
August 15, 2003 |
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2
killed, 50 hurt in Kashmir blasts
August 14, 2003 |
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Musharraf
proposes ceasefire along LoC
August 13, 2003 |
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27 feared dead in ONGC copter crash
August 12, 2003 |
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Vajpayee
throws quota ball in Congress court
August 11, 2003 |
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Govt
can’t be sacrificed for Ram temple: Advani
August 10,
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