IN
PASSING
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Kalyan ji, should we retain these mud stained clothes for old times sake?
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by
Sandeep Joshi
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Another slew of
sops from FM
New Delhi, February 4
The Lok Sabha today passed the Interim Budget with Finance Minister Jaswant Singh adding another appendix to the pre-election sop story through a slew of measures including the continuation of exemption on dividend distribution
tax to open-ended equity oriented mutual fund schemes, a subsidy of Rs 8
per kg for tea growers and a Rs 100 crore fund for small scale
industrial (SSI) units.
Khan offers
public apology, says govt not involved
Islamabad, February 4
The father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, today offered a public apology for his involvement in leaking the country’s nuclear secrets to other nations, while giving a clean chit to the Pakistani government.
Malika Pukhraj dead
Islamabad, February 4
Malika Pukhraj of “Abhi to main
jawan hoon” song fame died in Lahore today after a protracted illness.
She was 90. She is survived by a daughter.
Nation page
Malika
of all times
Dyeing units emit slow death
10,000 TB cases in Ludhiana’s Budha Nullah area
LUDHIANA: Foul smell of chemicals, clouds of black
smoke and blackish water of Budha Nullah — the drain passing through city — welcome you as you enter this industrial hub of Punjab. |
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The blackish water of the Budha Nullah speaks of the amount of untreated industrial waste pumped into it at Balmiki Ghatti in Ludhiana.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma |
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Interim Budget bonanza for Central staff
February 4, 2004
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DIG shot outside Srinagar mosque
February 3, 2004
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244
killed in Haj stampede
February 2, 2004
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Pakistan
sacks top N-scientist
February
1, 2004
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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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