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Monday,
December 13, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Hurriyat
leaders ready to adjust
Kathmandu, December 12
Leaders of separatist groups in India
and Pakistan who want the disputed Kashmir region to be independent of
both countries, said here today that they would be flexible in their
negotiations on the issue. Representatives from political parties and
rights organisations in India and Pakistan have been brought together at
the conference to start a dialogue on a people-to-people basis for a
peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.
Editor’s
Column
Autonomy for
Kashmir
It’s better not to delay it
further
by H. K. Dua
With the militants having
unleashed a wave of violence and killings in the Valley, the nation was
facing a serious situation in Kashmir.
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Sports
page: India on verge of crushing victory
Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat and helmet after completing his double century against Bangladesh, as wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud looks on, during the third day of the first Test in Dhaka on Sunday. Sachin went on to score 248 not out, his best ever in Test cricket.
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PPS
officers removed from cadre posts
Chandigarh, December 12
Just one day prior to the hearing
of the contempt case in the controversy over continuation of Punjab
Police Service (PPS) officers on cadre posts meant for IPS officers,
including SSPs, the Punjab Government today removed all PPS officers
from the posts of district police chiefs.
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Pak
players hurt in bus accident
Ludhiana, December 12
Six
badminton players of Pakistan Punjab suffered minor injuries when the
bus in which they were travelling along with eight others in a cavalcade
met with an accident near Hotel Amaltas on the Ludhiana-Jalandhar
highway today morning.
A doctor attends on Pakistani player Azhar Javed at the DMC Hospital in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Inderjeet Verma
Sports
page: Equal honours on rogues list too
Border
talks with China yield little
New Delhi, December 12
The four rounds of Special
Representatives-level talks so far on the boundary dispute between India
and China do not appear to have had a breakthrough or a headstart the
way the bilateral trade between the two countries has had.
USA
blocking third term for IAEA chief
Washington, December 12
Irked by International Atomic
Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei’s “soft” position on
Tehran’s nuclear programme, the USA is scrutinising the transcripts of
dozens of his telephone talks with Iranian diplomats, in search of
ammunition to prevent him from getting a third term in the post, US
officials were today quoted as saying.
Baba
Amte threatens fast
Nagpur, December 12
Alleging “step-motherly”
treatment to his 'Anandvan Ashram’, an abode for the leprosy patients
in Chandrapur district, social worker Baba Amte said he would go on a
‘fast-unto-death’ over the issue.
Blunkett
reveals his affair
London, December 12
British Home Secretary David
Blunkett has for the first time admitted his relationship with a married
woman, revealing how his personal relations were affected by the affair.
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Ensure
gender justice, CJI tells courts
December 12, 2004
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ULFA says
no to PM’s peace offer
December 11, 2004
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India
cautions USA on arms for Pak
December 10, 2004
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Kalam
visits Kargil
December 9, 2004
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Naga
leaders meet PM
December 8, 2004
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Terror strikes Saudi Arabia
December 7, 2004
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Indo-Pak
Punjab Games begin in riot of colour
December 6, 2004
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Putin
wants UN seat with veto
power for India
December 5, 2004
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India,
Russia come closer
December 4, 2004
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Elahi promises to protect gurdwaras in Pakistan
December 3, 2004
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Vajpayee, Advani court arrest
December 2, 2004
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