Wednesday, January 28, 2004, Chandigarh, India
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PM recommends Lok Sabha dissolution on Feb 6
New Delhi, January 27
In a decision without parallel in Independent India, the BJP-led Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government has recommended to the President that the Lok Sabha be dissolved on February 6 even before the Vote-on-Account has been adopted by Parliament.

Sangma, Pawar squabble over symbol, flag
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Nation page: Cong seeks help of secular forces to expose BJP
Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance possible: Amar Singh. (28k, 56k)

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Foreign Secretaries to meet in Islamabad
New Delhi, January 27
India and Pakistan today simultaneously announced dates “to commence the process of the composite dialogue” as the two countries agreed to hold Joint Secretary-level talks in Islamabad on February 16 and 17 to be followed by a one-day meeting of Foreign Secretaries on February 18.
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Centre ready for talks with anti-terror groups 
India seeks greater international cooperation to fight terrorism. (28k, 56k)

Vajpayee’s kin thrown out of train, dies; probe ordered
Agra, January 27
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s grand nephew Manish Mishra was killed when he was thrown out of a speeding train for protesting eve teasing by drunken youth near Kosi Kalan in neighbouring Mathura district on Saturday night.

Editorial: Killers on the train
Nation page: Probe begins into murder of PM’s kin

An NCC cadet on horseback carries the Tricolour during the Prime Minister’s rally
Rahman performs for children on Republic Day.
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An NCC cadet on horseback carries the Tricolour during the Prime Minister’s rally in New Delhi on Tuesday. 
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Tunnel dug  with electrical gadgets
Chandigarh, January 27
The three terrorists who escaped from Burail Jail, possibly dug the tunnel using an electrical machine. And the walls of the tunnel may have been plastered with some substance mixed with mud to make the structure stable.

Map helped accused to dig tunnel
Escape from Burail: red corner alert sounded

HC refuses to defer framing of charges against Bhattal
Chandigarh, January 27
The Punjab Government apparently suffered a setback after the Punjab and Haryana High Court today rejected its plea for deferring the framing of charges against Deputy Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.

Israeli defence consignment for India
Jerusalem, January 27
Israeli defence electronics company, Elbit Systems Limited is to supply India with thermal imaging day/night observation systems for various military and security applications in a deal worth $ 53 million, sources said.

Amritsar’s first electric train flagged off
Amritsar, January 27
The Union Minister for Railways, Mr Nitish Kumar, flagged off the first electric train from here on Republic Day yesterday. Showing the green flag to the Amritsar-Moori Express at about 7.45 p.m. the Union Minister announced that a new daily inter-city electric train between Chandigarh and Amritsar would become operational soon.
Union Railway Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurates the electrification of Amritsar-Ludhiana rail section by flagging off Amritsar-Moori Express from Amritsar railway station Union Railway Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurates the electrification of Amritsar-Ludhiana rail section by flagging off Amritsar-Moori Express from Amritsar railway station on Monday. 
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