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Tuesday, April 20, 2004, Chandigarh, India
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Punjab & Haryana HC in deep crisis
25 Judges go on mass leave in protest against Chief Justice
Chandigarh, April 19
The Punjab and Haryana High Court was facing a serious crisis today with 25 Judges going on leave in protest against the Chief Justice of the High Court. 
The building of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh.
The building of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh.
Judges heed to Justice Babu’s plea; to rejoin duty today

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Polling for 140 Lok Sabha seats today
New Delhi, April 19
In the country's first-ever "e-election," over 175 million electorate would decide the fate of 1,103 candidates, including 81 women, in the fray for 140 Lok Sabha seats and 344 assembly segments by clicking the button on the electronic voting machines tomorrow.
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Congress nominee pulls out in favour of Jethmalani
New Delhi, April 19

Ram JethmalaniEnding days of political flux, the Congress high command today directed party candidate Akhilesh Das to withdraw his nomination for the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency in favour of an eminent jurist, Mr Ram Jethmalani, who came back to the fray against Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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PUNJAB: 18 candidates file nominations

HARYANA: 2 senior Cong leaders resign from party

J&K: Intimidators to be dealt with sternly, warns poll officer

HIMACHAL: Bhoranj tehsil in grip of water crisis

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION: Research projects held up over animal rights issues?

CHANDIGARH: Burail jail staff indicted

LUDHIANA: Killer railway crossing claims yet another life

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BUSINESS: Tractor firms leave villages, explore cities

NATION: Sonia attacks Vajpayee on coalition issue

WORLD: Spanish PM orders pullout from Iraq

SPORTS: Raja, Miandad may be axed; Inzamam to continue


 

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EC to send observer to Rae Bareli on Priyanka’s request
Priyanka Vadra comes out after meeting Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishna Murthy in New Delhi on Monday. New Delhi, April 19
The EC today decided to send an additional Special Observer to Rae Bareli Parliamentary constituency, where Congress president Sonia Gandhi is contesting, after her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met the poll panel and expressed apprehensions of electoral malpractices during voting in the area.

Priyanka Vadra comes out after meeting Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishna Murthy in New Delhi on Monday. 
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Militants target Farooq, CPM leaders; 3 injured
Farooq AbdullahSrinagar, April 19
Stepping up attacks on political leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, militants today targeted former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and lobbed a grenade at CPM leaders injuring three of them in J&K.

TDP leader escapes bid on life by Naxalite

CBI chargesheets 20 in Bilkis case
Ahmedabad, April 19
The CBI today filed a chargesheet against 20 persons in the Gujarat riots case of Bilkis Yakub, who was gangraped and her relatives were massacred allegedly by rioters, including district president of the BJP.

Election page: Modi’s prestige at stake

Mir Zafarullah Khan JamaliJamali’s India visit in August
Islamabad, April 19
Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali today said he would visit India in August as the Chairman of SAARC to discuss progress on the decisions taken during the SAARC summit.

PMT leak: two key accused surrender

SC stays liquor shop auction cases in HC
New Delhi, April 19
The Supreme Court today stayed the proceedings in all liquor shop auction related matters in the Punjab and Haryana High Court after the Punjab Government moved an application for the transfer of all such cases to the apex court.

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