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Sunday, July 4, 2004, Chandigarh, India
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2 die, 35 hurt in blast near Mufti’s residence
Another blast in Anantnag injures 30
Srinagar, July 3
Two pedestrians were killed and 65 injured, most of them civilians, in two powerful explosions in the Kashmir valley, while three militants and three security force personnel were killed in an encounter in Baramula district today.

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	Opinions page: KASHMIR DIARY Militant groups determined to play the pro-Pakistani tune A Kashmiri woman wails near a damaged vehicle after an explosion in Srinagar on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Amin War

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Not by confrontation
By H. K. Dua
Ordinarily, a parliamentary election should have settled many a controversy the nation was caught up with earlier, allowing the new Lok Sabha and the government to get on with the business of governance.

PM for steps to uplift minorities
New Delhi, July 3
Manmohan Singh Following up on the commitment made in the Common Minimum Programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced that the UPA government will establish a National Commission to promote the welfare of socially and economically backward sections among religious and linguistic minorities through reservations in education and jobs.

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New Delhi, July 3
The government today claimed that it was making efforts for the smooth conduct of the Budget session of Parliament beginning on Monday.

Punjab files review plea against SYL judgement
New Delhi, July 3
The Punjab Government today filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its June 4 judgement directing the Union Government to construct the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna link canal even as its construction was yesterday entrusted to the Central Public Works Department.

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Objectionable word inscribed on jail inmate’s back
Jalandhar, July 3
In a brutal incident, an objectionable word was allegedly inscribed on the back of an inmate by the jail doctor and the Deputy Superintendent of Jail with the help of some surgical instrument on the jail premises late last night.

Probe begins into branding of accused
Chandigarh, July 3
Punjab's Prisons Department has initiated probe into the branding of an accused in a theft case. In less than 24 hours after the case was foregrounded, Inspector- General of Punjab Police S.K. Dutta — in charge of the prisons in the state — today reached Amritsar to look into the matter.

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