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Friday,
December 17, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Angry Speaker offers to quit
New Delhi, December 16
A new political tug of war seems to be on the cards as Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today took the unprecedented step of offering to resign over the Opposition’s allegations of “tanashahi” (dictatorship) against him.
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Should Laloo Prasad Yadav have absented
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Laloo appears in Parliament
New Delhi, December 16
Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav today said that human failure was the prima facie cause for the train accident in Mukerian near Jalandhar and the police was in search of the absconding station masters of Bhangala and
Mirthal. “The prima facie cause of the accident appeared to be
human failure.
Editorial: Missing
Laloo
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Govt to consider demand on EPF rate hike: PM
New Delhi, December 16
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government would consider the demand for hiking the interest rate of the
EPF, hours after CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta claimed that Dr Manmohan Singh had agreed to increase by 1 per cent the rate from 8.5 per cent.
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page: PM launches DTH, says it’s a landmark
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Report on speedy Army promotions accepted
New Delhi, December 16
The Government has accepted the Ajay Vikram Singh Committee report which would ensure faster promotions for Army officers up to the rank of Colonel in order to reduce their age profile at the combat level and ensure that they get promotions commensurate to their jobs.
Mirthal station master arrested
Patiala, December 16
Mirthal station master Babu Ram Lal, who is one of the two station masters wanted on charges of criminal negligence which led to the death of 38 persons in a rail
accident near Mukerian on December 14, was arrested from Motlay village in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh today.
Indian singer’s
show cancelled
Islamabad, December 16
The musical programme of the noted Indian classical singer, Wasifuddin Dagar, scheduled to be held in Karachi today has been cancelled due to the last minute Withdrawal of the permission by the local authorities citing law and order problem, Indian High Commission officials here
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Major train mishaps averted in Assam, Bengal
Guwahati, December 16
Alert railway personnel today averted two major train accidents on the Northeast Frontier Railway in Assam and West Bengal.
No uncertainty about nuclear policy, says PM
New Delhi, December 16
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today rejected Opposition misgivings about uncertainty in the country’s nuclear policy and emphasised that it was based on “continuity and consensus.”
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Laloo’s
absence sparks din
December 16, 2004
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37 die as trains collide near Mukerian
December 15, 2004
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Revenue
may fall
December 14, 2004
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Hurriyat
leaders ready to adjust
December 13, 2004
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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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