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PASSING
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This bird flu may not be contagious!
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by
Sandeep Joshi
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Sukh
Ram meets Virbhadra
New Delhi, January 29
Weighing its options for the Lok
Sabha elections, the Himachal Vikas Congress has started talking to the
Congress about the possibilities of a tie-up. The HVC, which had
contested the last parliamentary election in alliance with the BJP and
continues to be part of the NDA, seems to be inching closer towards the
Congress now.
Talwandi
hospitalised
Ludhiana, January 29
A senior Akali leader and former
President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Mr
Jagdev Singh Talwandi, is reported to be seriously ill. He was admitted
to the Hero-DMC Heart Centre last night. Dr Gurpreet Wander, Director of
the centre, described his condition as critical.
Woman
molested, beaten up in public
Dhariwal, January 29
In a bizarre incident, henchmen of
a wine contractor today allegedly molested and beat up a woman in full
public view in the busy bus stand area here, which led to a complete
bandh in this border town.
Engg
college Director booked for graft
Patiala, January 29
The Punjab Vigilance Department has
registered a case of misappropriation of funds against former Director
of the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr M.P. Kapoor.
He recently took over as Director of the Punjabi University College of
Engineering.
Commission
agents cheat farmers
Lohian Khas (Jalandhar),
January 29
A large number of farmers of
villages in the Mand area and dependants of some NRIs have been left in
the lurch by certain commission agents, who have allegedly refused to
pay them for their produce and return the money deposited with them by
dependants of NRIs.
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Karunakaran
to form Indira Congress
January 29, 2004
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PM
recommends Lok Sabha dissolution on Feb 6
January 28, 2004
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Hurriyat ready to drop plebiscite demand
January 26, 2004
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NCP
splits
January 25, 2004
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Fire
at wedding kills 54
January 24, 2004
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Beant case accused flee
January 23, 2004
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Kashmir,
HP highways closed
January 22, 2004
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Gorshkov
deal clinched
January 21, 2004
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Krishna
Murthy to be new CEC
January 20, 2004
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