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Dont have son? Buy a new wife
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Gurgaon/Faridabad, August 31
Nearly a month after the police busted a human trafficking racket in Hathin block of Faridabad district, the trade in sale of girls continues unabated in this region of the state.
Sixteen-year-old Sabeena Begum who was sold off to Hanif of Chaiyyansan village in Hathin block of Faridabad for Rs 5000 last month.
Photo by writer
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Secretary tampered with Taj
files, says
CBI
New Delhi, August 31
The Secretary in the Union Environment and Forest Ministry,
K.C. Mishra, has been accused by the CBI of tampering with files pertaining to start of work at the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor project at Agra.
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World
page
 Russia
backs UN force under US control
Najaf (Iraq), August 31
US Forces has said that three persons had been detained over a
bombing that killed a top Iraqi cleric and scores of followers, as
Russia backed sending a UN-sponsored force to Iraq even under
US Command.
Editorial:
Blast
in Najaf
Iraqis attend the funeral of Muslim Shia leader Ayatollah Mohammad
Baqer al-Hakim in Baghdad on Sunday. According to hospital
officials, over 100 persons, including the Shia leader, were
killed in a car bomb attack in front of a mosque in the Iraqi holy
city of Najaf after Friday prayers. Reuters photo |
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Steep hike in prices of petrol, diesel
New Delhi, August 31
In one of the steepest hike in one go, national oil companies today increased petrol and diesel prices by up to Rs 2.28 and Rs 1.49 per litre, respectively, saying that it was in line with the global market.
Pak to release 16 Sikh youths on Sept 6
Islamabad, August 31
In a goodwill gesture aimed at improving the bilateral relations between the neighbours, Pakistan will release tomorrow 269 Indian fishermen, arrested for illegal entry into its territory, while 16 Sikh youths would be released on September 6.
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India to take up case of its national on death row in Pak
Bhikhiwind (Amritsar), August 31
| The Government of India has decided to take up the case of Sarbjit Singh, a resident of this border town who has been awarded death sentence by the supreme court of Pakistan for a crime which he did not commit.
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| Mr Sital
Kaler, case coordinator of the South Asian Human Rights Group of Canada, shows the documents of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to the family of Sarbjit Singh of Bhikhiwind (Amritsar) who has been awarded death sentence due to mistaken identity on Sunday.
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Tyre industry outlook positive, says Onkar S. Kanwar, Chairman and Managing Director of Apollo Tyres, in an exclusive interview which appears on
the Business page.
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Mastermind of Parliament attack Gazi Baba killed
August 31, 2003 |
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582-cr package for J&K
August 30, 2003 |
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Article
356 to be used only with safeguards
August 29, 2003 |
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39
killed in Nashik stampede
August 28, 2003 |
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Mayawati resigns, Mulayam
stakes claim
August 27, 2003 |
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Mumbai
panics as twin blasts kill 46
August 26, 2003 |
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Mufti for
opening of border posts
August 25, 2003 |
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Centre
clears new pension scheme
August 24, 2003 |
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Sushma Swaraj clears the air
August 23, 2003 |
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Sushma Swaraj gives clean chit to
colas
August 22, 2003 |
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