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Friday,
October 29, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Maratha
lobby averse to Shinde as CM
Mumbai, October 28 |
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Maharashtra Chief
Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is facing a tough battle from the
powerful Maratha lobby which is seeking to deny him another term.
Hours after it was decided that the next Chief Minister of
Maharashtra would be from the Congress Party, several prominent
MLAs, including members of Mr Shinde’s outgoing Cabinet, began
pressing for a ‘leadership change’ in the state.
 Editorial:
Maha negotiations |
Sushil Kumar Shinde
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YOUR VOTE |
Should fake encounter cases be judged on a
priority basis?
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Special
article
Enter, Honourable Member Arun Gawli!
Supping with criminals is risky
by H.K. Dua
NOT long ago he answered the
court calls like: “Arun Gulab Gawli Hazir Ho….”. Uniformed Mumbai
policemen used to escort him into the courtroom to deposit him in the dock
to be cross-examined on charges of conspiring to murder and many other
crimes of a similar kind.
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Sonia’s struggle bears fruit
Villagers to validate her marriage
Asanda, October 28
The 25-day-old Sonia controversy came to a happy end today with the villagers deciding to validate her marriage to Rampal and accept her back in the village after Sonia’s father publicly swore that he belonged to the Hooda
gotra.
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Thanks
The Tribune for support
Activists of women’s organisations break the news of validation of her marriage by Asanda villagers to Sonia at the PGIMS, Rohtak, on Thursday.
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Farmers
set ablaze police station
Curfew clamped on Anoopgarh
Anoopgarh (Sriganganagar),
October 28
Agitating farmers today set ablaze
a police station and staged protests in Sriganganagar district where
four persons were killed in police firing yesterday, prompting
authorities to extend curfew to more areas.
No
poll officials for Iraq, Left tells govt
New Delhi, October 28
At the breakfast meeting with Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh today, Left parties voiced their opposition to
the US request of seeking officials from the Election Commission to
monitor elections in Iraq.
In video (28k,
56k)
President
Kalam accepts Khurana’s resignation
New Delhi, October 28
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has
accepted the resignation of Mr Madan Lal Khurana as Governor of
Rajasthan.
Bihar
Governor resigns
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Cong
to head govt in Maharashtra
October 28, 2004
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Musharraf’s
new Kashmir formula
October 27, 2004
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NCP
defers decision on Congress proposal
October 26, 2004
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Omar, Farooq survive bomb attack
October 25, 2004
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Final
decision likely today
October 24, 2004
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Decide
turban issue by Nov 5, French court tells school
October 23, 2004
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Centre ready for talks with
Bodos
October 22, 2004
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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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