Thursday, October 2, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Naidu injured in mine blast
Tirupati, October 1
Chandrababu NaiduAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today escaped a bid on his life by suspected Naxalites who set off a series of powerful landmine blasts at the foothills of Venkateswara Temple in which he received injuries on the nose, chest and collar bone.
The mangled bulletproof car of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
The mangled bulletproof car of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. — PTI photo

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Bharat Shah gets 1-yr RI, but will stay out of jail
Bharat Shah
Mumbai, October 1
Diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah, who was sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment for his alleged links with the underworld Wednesday, will not go to jail as he has already spent 14 months in prison.

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Arrest Togadia, demands BJP minority leader
New Delhi, October 1
A prominent member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Morcha Salim Khan today asked the NDA government to arrest senior VHP leader Praveen Togadia for his anti-national, minority-bashing and ‘filthy’ utterances that did not even spare the Prime Minister or the Supreme Court.

Naidu for amending POTA
Defends Modi on Best Bakery case
New Delhi, October 1
Faced with continuing criticism on the misuse of POTA, BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu today strongly favoured amendment to the law for introducing sufficient safeguards, ruling out its outright repeal in view of the prevailing security scenario in the country.
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Gandhi Peace Prize for Havel
New Delhi, October 1
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has been selected for this year’s prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for ‘’his outstanding contribution towards world peace and upholding human rights in the most difficult situations’’.

A civic worker washes the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
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A civic worker washes the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

Atal’s name mooted for Nobel Prize
New Delhi, October 1
The local International Awakening Centre has recommended, for the second time, the names of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, US President George W. Bush and British Premier Tony Blair to Norwegian Nobel Peace Research Institute for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

Agitating farmers lathicharged
7 cops among several injured; BKU leaders held
Bhai Bakhtaur (Bathinda), October 1
More than 12 farmers were seriously injured when the police resorted to a lathicharge as the farmers were trying to stage a dharna at a level crossing on the Bathinda-Delhi section to lodge their protest.
Editorial: No ‘rasta roko’, please
Student activists of various kisan unions being lathicharged near the Bathinda Civil Hospital on Wednesday after the death of one farmer in the Tuesday rail roko agitation. Student activists of various kisan unions being lathicharged near the Bathinda Civil Hospital on Wednesday after the death of one farmer in the Tuesday rail roko agitation. — Tribune photo Kulbir Beera

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