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by
Sandeep Joshi
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Contempt
notice to Haryana Chief Secy
New Delhi, October 28
Taking serious view of the Haryana,
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Governments’ failure to file replies
regarding inclusion of environmental studies in the school and college
curricula, the Supreme Court today issued contempt notices to Chief
Secretaries of these states, saying there was deliberate disobedience of
its order.
Liquor
vends spell doom on highways
Chandigarh, October 28
When a sozzled Bant Singh of
Khanpur village was hit by a scooter after coming out of a liquor vend
at Ganda Kherri on the Rajpura-Patiala stretch of National Highway 64
last week, he became just another addition to a list of 20,000-odd
people who are either injured or killed in road accidents in Punjab and
Haryana every year.
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Mr Bant Singh, a middle-aged farmer of Khanpur, is carried off National Highway 64 at Ganda Kherri, near Rajpura, after he was hit by a scooter outside a liquor vend.
This Tribune photo was taken by Karam Singh immediately after the accident. |
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Bride-to-be
crosses Wagah
Wagah, October 28
Burqa-clad Tahira Hazur waved the Indian Tricolour as soon as she
stepped out of the Sada-e-Sarhad that reached the joint checkpost from
Lahore on the eve of Ramzan this morning.
Maqbool Ahmed welcomes his fiancee Tahira at the Wagah border on her arrival from Pakistan on Tuesday by the Lahore-Delhi bus. — PTI
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Series of explosions rock Baghdad, 37 dead
October 28, 2003
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Pak
response to peace moves by next week
October 27, 2003
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Talks not at
cost of unity, says Advani
October 25, 2003
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Hurriyat
cautious
October 24, 2003
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Fresh
move to improve ties with Pakistan
October 23, 2003
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Govt
raises ceiling on poll expenses
October 22, 2003
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Militants
take eight villagers hostage
October 21, 2003
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Pope
beatifies Mother Teresa
October 20, 2003
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2 holed-up militants shot dead
October 19, 2003
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