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Friday,
October 22, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Centre ready for talks with Bodos
Asks Assam to initiate peace process
New Delhi, October 21
Expressing its willingness to hold tripartite talks with militant group Nationalist Democratic Front of Bodoland, the Centre today asked Assam Government to begin the peace process with “restrained use of force”.
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NC
leader shot dead in Anantnag
Srinagar, October 21
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a National Conference leader and
former minister, Safdar Ali Beigh in his home-town, Anantnag, this
afternoon. According to the
police Safdar Ali Beigh was shot at by some unidentified gunmen near
a shop at Sarnal in Anantnag town at 2-50 p.m.
UK
General visits Kashmir areas
Srinagar, October 21
The British Chief of the General
Staff, General Sir Mike Jackson, today said the UK was keen on a peaceful
settlement of the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan.
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Police officers hold their rifles as they remember their fallen colleagues during police Commemoration Day in
Zewan, on the outskirts of Srinagar, on Thursday.
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Fresh EC team for Mainpuri
New Delhi, October 21
The Election Commission today decided to send a fresh team of officials to visit Mainpuri to examine all relevant records of the entire Lok Sabha constituency following allegations of large-scale rigging and booth capturing in the October 13 byelection there.
(Details on Nation
page)
Cong
divided on Maharashtra CM issue
New Delhi, October 21
While the tussle over the Maharashtra chief ministership is yet to be
resolved, the Congress remains a divided house on whether it should
concede this post to the NCP or fight to keep it.
Flyover
on Panipat-Rohtak national highway collapses
Panipat, October 21
The flyover on the Panipat-Rohtak National Highway No 71-A, on old Delhi
Branch Canal, collapsed early this morning. However, a major mishap was
averted as no vehicle was passing over the flyover at the time of its
collapse.
School
welcomes back daughter of Veerappan
Cuddalore (TN), October 21
Prabha, the 12-year-old daughter of forest brigand Veerappan, is welcome
back to pursue her studies at St Joseph’s Matriculation Higher
Secondary School, Principal Sister Epiphany said here today.
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Himachal
domestic power consumers to pay more
Govt fails to release subsidy
to power board
Shimla, October 21
The domestic power consumers will have to pay 25 to 40 per cent more
from this month because of the failure of the government to release
subsidy to the state electricity board.
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FDI in civil aviation hiked
to 49 per cent
October 21, 2004
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Sharad
Pawar wants Home at the Centre
October 20, 2004
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Venkaiah
Naidu quits
October 19, 2004
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Pawar
reminds Sonia of 1999 formula
October 18, 2004
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Cong-NCP
retains power
October 17, 2004
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Setbacks for Punjab Govt
October 16, 2004
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Threat
to shift Bathinda refinery
October 15, 2004
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60 per cent turnout in Maharashtra
October 14, 2004
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Demolish
Forest Hill Club: HC
October 13, 2004
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SC
cancels 297 petrol, kerosene outlets
October 12, 2004
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