Friday, March 5, 2004, Chandigarh, India
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Pak Gen offered N-help to Nigeria
Islamabad calls it rubbish
Islamabad, March 4
Amid Nigerian Defence Ministry’s claim that a top Pakistani General offered to help the African state “strengthen its military capability and acquire nuclear power”, Islamabad today rejected it as an “unadulterated rubbish.”

Atomic agency summons Pak on Iran N-programme
 World page: Musharraf knew more on nuclear scandal: expert
Pak opposes India’s entry into UN Council
Pakistan to testfire Shaheen-II

 

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Pak may set up visa camp in Amritsar
New Delhi, March 4
The Tribune understands that India is likely to allow Pakistan to set up a special visa camp in Amritsar from March 17 to 20 to facilitate cricket lovers from the region to travel to Pakistan for watching the forthcoming Indo-Pak series.
A group of visa-seekers from Ludhiana in a happy mood after getting the visa for the Indo-Pak cricket series outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Thursday. A group of visa-seekers from Ludhiana in a happy mood after getting the visa for the Indo-Pak cricket series outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

10 escape from jail in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, March 4
In yet another jailbreak, 10 convicts have escaped from a prison in Gujarat after attacking and injuring two security guards and the police has launched a statewide hunt for them.
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Ex-Karnataka CM Bangarappa joins BJP
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In a boost ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Karnataka, former state Chief Minister S. Bangarappa joined the BJP here today, saying that the “Congress is not in a position to serve the nation.”

Congress leaders looking for safe seats
New Delhi, March 4
If a number of senior Congress leaders are opting out of the electoral race, there are a host of others who are scouting around for safe seats.

Kalam cancels public functions
Binds self to EC model code
New Delhi, March 4
In an unprecedented decision, President A P J Abdul Kalam has cancelled all his public functions till the General Election is over, voluntarily binding himself to the Election Commission’s Model Code of Conduct though the President does not come under its purview.

A skier shows his skill during the second phase of the fourth National Winter Games at Gulmarg, 55 km from Srinagar, on Wednesday. A skier shows his skill during the second phase of the fourth National Winter Games at Gulmarg, 55 km from Srinagar, on Wednesday.
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SAD in a fix over Advani’s remarks
Chandigarh, March 4
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani’s call to the voters “not to go in for smaller and regional-level outfits” in the Lok Sabha elections has put the SAD, the main ally of the BJP in Punjab, in a quandary.

 Lalpura quits SAD panel

Caste divide claims girl’s life
Bhattian (Patiala), March 4
It almost seems like a conspiracy of silence. Or better still an acquiescence to the alleged act of murder of a young girl who had dared to elope with a boy from another caste. Villagers say they know nothing of the alleged incident.



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