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Fierce
battle between troops, holed-up militants on
One jawan dead, 12 injured in
encounter
Kathua, September 3
Twelve persons, including nine Army
and police personnel, were today wounded in an encounter with the
holed-up terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Toiba in Ghatti village of Kathua
district where they had infiltrated from Pakistan yesterday afternoon.
Jugraj
injured in car accident
Chandigarh/Jalandhar,
September 3
Hockey star Jugraj Singh (20) was
injured seriously in a road accident at around 10.30 pm last night. The
Zen, No PB-A-63-0063, driven by Jugraj, hit the divider on the
Phagwara-Jalandhar GT road near Paragpur, and dashed against an
electricity pole as he tried to save a rickshaw-puller who was trying to
cross the road.
Video (28k, 56k)
Jugraj Singh after a day-long surgery at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari
Govt
to bear Jugraj’s medical expenses
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Punjabi
varsity teaching from Sept 5
Students block traffic at
Bathinda
Patiala, September 3
Punjabi University today decided to
resume teaching work in a phased manner from September 5 with the
opening of its University College of Engineering.
Custodial
death accused ASI gets ‘VIP treatment’; IG orders probe
Amritsar, September 3
The Assistant Sub-Inspector who was
declared proclaimed offender in connection with the ‘custodial
death’ of 17-year-old school boy Pardeep Singh of Yamarai village in
Tarn Taran was allegedly given ‘VIP treatment’ in the office of DSP
(D), Majitha, who was directed to conduct the inquiry on the direction
of the Punjab Human Rights Commission.
Orders
reserved in Ayodhya case
Lucknow, September 3
A special CBI court in Rae Bareli
has reserved its judgement till September 12 on formal framing of
charges against Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani and others,
including Union HRD Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, in the Babri mosque
demolition case, official source said here today.
Lunar
mission in 5 years, says ISRO chief
Thiruvananthapuram, September 3
The country’s first lunar mission
would be accomplished within five years, the ISRO’s new acting
chairman G Madhavan Nair said today.
Punjab
may harvest bumper paddy crop
Chandigarh, September 3
The prospects of a bumper paddy
crop appear good so far, given the normal rainfall in Punjab. There has,
however, been some damage to cotton and maize, where water had
accumulated in low-lying fields. Even as the agitating farmers who have
been here since Monday prepare to return home tomorrow, the paddy
procurement blues haunt them, given the strict specifications for
purchase by the agencies concerned.
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State
of universities
The Tribune
has a close look at the state of universities in Punjab,
Haryana and
Himachal Pradesh
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Day of terror in J&K
September 3, 2003
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SC
refuses to stay Babri trial
September 2, 2003
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Five
arrested for Mumbai blasts
September 1, 2003 |
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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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