IN
PASSING
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Ever since they launched India shining campaign it has been raining.
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by
Sandeep Joshi
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holed-up militants shot in valley
Srinagar, January 31
Three militants, who had taken
shelter in a village mosque, were killed today by Army troops after
nearly a seven-hour-long siege of the shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s
Badgam district, an Army spokesman said.
Jammu
& Kashmir incentives to tame terrorists
Jammu, January 31
In a bid to make terrorists return
to their homes, the Jammu and Kashmir Government today announced an
incentive of Rs 1.50 lakh and a monthly stipend of Rs 2,000 to each one
of them who shuns the gun and returns to the mainstream. Besides,
interest-free loans will be provided to them for self-employment.
Suraiya
is no more
Mumbai,
January 31
Heartthrob of yesteryear, Suraiya,
who kept generations of cine-goers spellbound with her acting and
singing, died here today after a brief illness, hospital sources said.
She was 75.
Best-ever
singing heroine
PM
condoles Suraiya’s death
Acid
thrown on women in train
Mumbai, January 31
Three women and a man suffered burn
injuries when unidentified persons threw acid at a first-class
compartment of a local train between Bandra-Khar railway station of the
Western Railway here late last night. The victims, which included a
pregnant woman, suffered 25-30 per cent burns, according to the Railway
control room here today.
Pak
asked to reform madarsaas
New Delhi, January 31
A leading international think-tank
has asked Pakistan to undertake reforms in madarsaas and asked the
international community to hold the Pakistani Government to its
commitments on the subject. The Brussels-based International Crisis
Group (ICG) in its recent report “Unfulfilled promises: Pakistan’s
failure to tackle terrorism” dated January 16, 2004, has recommended
to the Pakistan Government to immediately establish a madarsaa
regulatory authority headed by the Interior Minister to cleanse the
proverbial Augustean stables — madarsaa in context of Pakistan.
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Nitish
gives sops in poll year
January 31, 2004
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Magistrate
suspended
January 30, 2004
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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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