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September 4, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
150
die as commandos storm school
Bloody end to Russian siege
Moscow, September 3
Russia’s three-day hostage crisis
in a school came to a gory end today with more than 150 captives killed
and nearly 350 injured, mostly children, after commandos stormed the
building, gunning down over 20 militants, including 10 Arabs.
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An Interior Ministry officer carries an injured child after special forces stormed a school seized by armed militants in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia, near Chechnya, on Friday. Russian soldiers battled Chechen separatists to end the two-day-old school siege.
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Khokhar
arrives to set agenda for talks
 New
Delhi, September 3
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz
Khokhar arrived here tonight for agenda-setting talks with his counterpart
Shyam Saran for the eventual Foreign Minister-level talks between the two
countries on September 5 and 6.
 Pervez finalises strategy for talks
Editorial:
A good beginning
Lucknow
lawyers lathicharged
Over 50 hurt; CM orders judicial
probe
Lucknow, September 3
 Policemen
went berserk, opened fire, resorted to indiscriminate tear gas shelling
and brutally lathi-charged lawyers of the Lucknow Bench of the High Court.
Policemen chase lawyers during a clash at Hazratganj in Lucknow on Friday.
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Freed
hostages get grand reception
Dehlan (Una), September 3
It was not just a homecoming for
hostages who had been in captivity for 42 days, but a hero’s welcome
that awaited Antaryami and Tilak Raj, who were reunited with their
families today.
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Tilak Raj and Antaryami waves to the crowd on their arrival at Mehatpur in Una district on
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chargesheeted in Dubey murder case
Patna, September 3
The CBI today filed a chargesheet against three accused in the murder of
National Highway Authority of India project manager Satyendra Dubey, who
had alleged corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral Highway Project.
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No to dropping of POTA cases against Vaiko
Chennai, September 3
In a major blow to MDMK leader Vaiko, the POTA designated court here today
refused permission to the Tamil Nadu Government to drop cases against him.
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Army
keen to establish truth in killing of woman: Vij
New Delhi, September 3
 In the first high-level official
visit from New Delhi to the trouble-torn state of Manipur Chief of Army
Staff Gen N.C. Vij today assured the local people that security forces
were "very keen" to establish the truth behind the death of
Manorama Devi.
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Fresh probe into Godhra fire ordered
September 3, 2004
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PM’s package for
Amritsar
September 2, 2004 |
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Politics overshadows celebrations
September 1, 2004 |
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Sifti
da ghar overflows
August 31, 2004 |
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Pakistan
says no to extradition treaty
August 30, 2004 |
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Arunachal CM joins Cong with Cabinet
August 29, 2004 |
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Bomb
attacks, arson in Maharashtra; 18 hurt
August 28, 2004 |
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Budget passed without
debate
August 27, 2004 |
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Judicial
remand for Uma
August 26, 2004 |
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Maharashtra
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August 25, 2004 |
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