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Saturday, April 3, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

SC bans political ads on TV
New Delhi, April 2
Taking exception to the “mud-slinging” match between political parties through surrogate advertisements on TV amid the poll campaign, the Supreme Court today banned all political ads by TV channels and cable operators which offended public morality, decency and religious susceptibility. In video (28k, 56k)

SC rejects plea against yatra
Editorial: SC restores order

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Simple ceremony for man of the masses
Tohra (Patiala), April 2
Punjabis collected in the thousands, bearing the heat and dust to pay their last tributes to the common man’s “Pardhan”, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, at the cremation ground in this village, which was transformed into a sea of blue today.

A sea of mourners bid adieu to SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra on his last journey at his native village, Tohra, in Patiala district on Friday. A sea of mourners bid adieu to SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra on his last journey at his native village, Tohra, in Patiala district on Friday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

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I’ve lost my right hand: Badal
SAD for “Panth Rattan Award” for Tohra
Overseas Sikhs condole Tohra’s death

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PUNJAB: CM goes all out to keep Badal away from Tohra legacy

HARYANA: K.S. Sangwan writes to EC

J&K: Violators of model code not to be spared: CEC

HIMACHAL: SSSB scam: more than one hand worked on answersheets

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: The number is up for fancy car registration nos

CHANDIGARH: Students celebrate as CBSE Class XII exam ends

LUDHIANA: Five hurt in brawl

OPINIONS: Language matters

BUSINESS: Reuters wilts, Bloomberg blooms

NATION: PM visits Santiniketan

WORLD: Protests over Pak move to make education secular

SPORTS: Indians master art of winning matches, hearts


Gurcharan Singh Tohra
(Sept  24, 1924 —  April 1, 2004)

Tohra’s life in photos

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Punjab fails to get interim stay in liquor vends case
New Delhi, April 2
The Punjab Government today failed to get interim stay from the Supreme Court on the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order quashing auction of liquor vends in three districts but got a partial relief as it was allowed to run the vends itself for the time being.

2 Jaguars go missing near LoC
New Delhi, April 2
Two deep-penetration Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force today went missing in bad weather over the Sonmarg valley during a training sortie near the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jaguar in flight
File photo of a Jaguar in flight

Mansingh warns Pak against harping on Kashmir
Washington, April 2
Warning Pakistan against holding the entire bilateral Indo-Pak agenda hostage to a single issue of Kashmir, Indian Ambassador to the USA Lalit Mansingh has said this approach will defeat the purpose of the current peace initiative.

Khan’s nuclear network used military aircraft
Ashish Kumar Sen writes from Washington
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bdul Qadeer Khan’s nuclear proliferation network, while using Pakistan military aircraft to ferry supplies, worked without the “approval” of the government in Islamabad, a senior State Department official told members of a U.S. congressional committee on Tuesday.

38 killed as bus falls into gorge
Jammu, April 2
In the second major bus accident in less then a week, 38 persons were killed and 36 injured when an overloaded bus skidded off the road and fell in a deep gorge while negotiating a curve in the Mandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district this evening, the police said.

Kalam addresses troops at Siachen
Siachen Base Camp, April 2
A.P.J. Abdul KalamMaking the first-ever Presidential visit to the world’s highest battlefield, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today said the 75 km long Siachen glacier was of “extreme geo-strategic importance” to India and told the troops “there is a comprehensive security plan while having a diplomatic approach to peace”.

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SUPER Sehwag
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SIGHT & SOUND
A formidable line-up of commentators 
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