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Sunday, April 18, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Jethmalani: I will contest from Lucknow
Ram Jethmalani New Delhi, April 17
The Ram Jethmalani saga took a fresh twist today. A day after he said he would not contest against the Prime Minister from Lucknow, the former Law Minister and a Congress-backed Independent candidate, turned around and said he was not withdrawing from the race.

No pressure on Jethmalani, says BJP

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FIR against Tandon in stampede case
Lucknow, April 17
Lalji Tandon The Election Commission today filed an FIR against senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon and his associates for “violating” the Model Code of Conduct by organising a function to distribute free sarees among poor women here on the occasion of Tandon’s birthday on April 12.


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Nation page: PM should own moral responsibility for stampede: Mayawati

Haryana IAS officer held in graft case
New Delhi, April 17
Sandip Garg, a Haryana cadre IAS officer, being taken away by a CBI officialIn a sequel to the nationwide raids last month to check adulteration of petroleum products, the CBI today arrested Regional Director (North), Anti-Adulteration Cell of the Ministry of Petroleum, Sandeep Garg on charges of corruption and possession of assets worth Rs 3 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Sandip Garg (left), a Haryana-cadre IAS officer, being taken away by a CBI official in New Delhi on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

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PUNJAB: Nomination of Tytler, Sajjan insult to Sikhs, says Badal

HARYANA: INLD candidate files 2 sets of nomination papers

J&K: Support PDP nominee, NC leader to voters

HIMACHAL: Pratibha files nomination

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: Ghaziabad steel trader robbed of Rs 6 lakh

CHANDIGARH: Mumbai duo dupes businessmen of lakhs

LUDHIANA: PSHRC orders probe in police torture case 

PERSPECTIVE:
Cooperation, not confrontation need of the hour: Badal

BUSINESS: Birlasoft targets hospitals with eMedicare software

NATION: SC upholds Haryana cops’ promotion for bravery

WORLD: President Bush seeks more troops
for Iraq

SPORTS: Tumultuous welcome to cricket team



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2.37 lakh students appear in CBSE PMT
New Delhi, April 17
Nearly 2.37 lakh students from across the country today took the rescheduled pre-medical test conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

Inside an examination centre for the CBSE All-India PMT in Bhopal  Chandigarh page: Students relieved after re-examination

Inside an examination centre for the CBSE All-India PMT in Bhopal on Saturday after the cancellation of this exam due to paper leak in New Delhi last Saturday. — PTI photo 

22 terrorists surrender
Jammu, April 17
Twentytwo dreaded terrorists operating in Doda district today surrendered before Army and police officials. These extremists were operating in the area for the past five or eight years. 


 
J&k page: Rule of the gun must end, says Panthers’ manifesto

Dust haze disrupts flights
Chandigarh, April 17
The entire north-west region today stayed enveloped in a dust haze following dust-raising winds from Rajasthan during the past 24 hours.
A view of Raj Path in Delhi on Saturday afternoon shows almost melted tar on the road due to high temperature. Chandigarh page: Dust envelops City Beautiful
Ludhiana page: Dust clouds over city


A view of Raj Path in Delhi on Saturday afternoon shows almost melted tar on the road due to high temperature. — PTI photo

Top Hamas leader killed in Israeli attack

Actress Soundarya dies in air crash while campaigning
Bangalore, April 17
Soundarya South Indian actress Soundarya, 32, was among four persons killed in a plane crash here today. The craft crashed on barren land on Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences in north Bangalore.

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