Friday, October 17, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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VHP men to be allowed darshan
Lucknow/Ayodhya, October 16
In an apparent climbdown from its hardened stand, the state government today declared that it would facilitate the darshan of the idol of Lord Rama by Rambhakts at Ayodhya tomorrow.
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New Delhi, October 16
The 35-year-old Swiss diplomat, who was robbed and raped on Tuesday night inside her own car outside the venue of the International Film Festival here, today took the first available flight for Switzerland.

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New Zealand's Lou Vincent (L) is ecstatic after hammering a century on the first day of the second Test against India at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, on Thursday. Vincent scored a career-best 106 before falling to Kumble. New Zealand finished the day on 247 for one. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

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No interim protection for Daler Mehndi
New Delhi, October 16
Daler MehndiThe Delhi High Court today declined to provide any protection against arrest to Daler Mehndi in a “human trafficking” case without hearing the Punjab police and issued notices to the state government and the Delhi administration on his anticipatory bail petition.

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Cop wanted in case against Badals nabbed
Chandigarh, October 16
A key investor in the film ‘Hawayein’, UT police Sub-Inspector, Nirpjit Singh, alias Nippy Dhanoa, was nabbed by the immigration authorities at the Delhi airport last night while attempting to flee the country.

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Centre for consensus on right to strike
New Delhi, October 16
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said today that the government would amend the existing law for creating more job avenues and promised to sustain the reform process without sacrificing the interests of the working class.

Ashna withstood ordeal bravely
Jalandhar, October 16
It was in the wee hours of Thursday, 1.30 to be precise, when commandos of the Punjab police stormed the Adarsh Nagar house of advocate Ashok Kumar Sonik, thus ending a drama in which an armed man held seven-year-old Ashna hostage for 11 hours.
Ashna with her parents after the 11-hour hostage drama in Jalandhar on Thursday.
Ashna with her parents after the 11-hour hostage drama in Jalandhar on Thursday. — PTI photo
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