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by
Sandeep Joshi
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Positive signals from
Pak
Information Minister arriving on IA
flight
New Delhi, November 8
Positive signals are emanating from Pakistan vis-a-vis a multilateral
forum like the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),
which may be indicative of a bilateral diplomatic thaw between New Delhi
and Islamabad.
Nation
page: Al-Qaidisation
of Pak worries US expert
Mumbai top cop
quizzed
Mumbai, November 8
Mr Ranjit Sharma, Mumbai’s Police Commissioner, is the latest police
officer to be quizzed in the fake stamp paper racket allegedly
masterminded by Abdul Karim Telgi. He was today summoned before the
Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the racket.
Challan against Badal
ready, says Pandey
Jalandhar, November 8
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has finalised the challan against the former
Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, for having assets
disproportionate to his known income sources. The challan would be
submitted in the court by the bureau sometime next week.
Sore over govt
apathy, residents, ‘Bridge Baba’
build road
Manko (Jalandhar), November 8
Perturbed over the alleged failure of the government to provide them
with a motorable road, panchayats and residents of about 10 villages,
NRIs and Sant Malkit Singh, also known as ‘Bridge Baba’ in the area,
joined hands to resolve the matter. The result of their efforts was a
stretch of 7-km of a well-built road and that too within a short period
of about two months.
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Mr Balwinder Singh
Minhas, Secretary, Ministry of Industries, Government of India, (left with black turban) inaugurates a 7-km-long stretch of road constructed by Manko village-based Baba Malkit Singh with the help of some NRIs, residents of 10 villages, and their panchayats. The road has linked 10 villages of Jalandhar district.
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Death
penalty for Sushil Sharma in ‘tandoor’ case
November 8, 2003
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19 hacked, burnt in tea garden clash
November 7, 2003
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Emergency in Lanka
November 6, 2003
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Lankan
Parliament suspended
November 5, 2003
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Sushil Sharma convicted
November 4, 2003
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3
killed, 40 hurt in Gujarat violence
November 3, 2003
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We’ll
test Pak sincerity, says PM
November 2, 2003
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India scalp Pak for hockey gold
November 1, 2003
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Kashmir-specific proposals rejected
October 31, 2003
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Pak accepts
proposals, but harps on Kashmir
October 30, 2003
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1 dead, 37 hurt in Srinagar CTO blast
October 29, 2003
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