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Thursday,
January 6,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
100 aftershocks in Andamans
Over 9,000 dead in Katchal alone
THE number of aftershocks in the region of the Andaman and Nicobar islands following the megaquake of December 26 has staggeringly crossed the triple-figure mark today, notwithstanding the claims made by local officials and indeed the Science and Technology Ministry that the aftershocks were abating.
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Nation
page
 PM
to visit Andaman, Nicobar Islands on January 8
Ban goes on forest
felling in A&N Islands
Tsunami victims from Hut Bay stand next to the word ‘HELP’ inscribed on the ground in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. The fate of the five indigenous tribes living for centuries in the southern archipelago, which are on the verge of extinction, will be known only after officials complete a survey of the remote islands which began on Wednesday. — Indian Coast Guard/PTI
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Monitor tsunami fund
collection, PM tells CMs
Kolkata, Jan 5
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan
Singh, has asked all Chief Ministers to personally supervise and monitor the fund collection for tsunami-disaster victims and its utilisation .
EC notices to INLD, Abhey Chautala
New Delhi, January 5
The Election Commission today issued show-cause notices to the Indian National Lok Dal and party leader Abhey Chautala for violating the Model Code of Conduct and threatened to derecognise the party for violating the code.
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Hyderabad lab clears Jammu’s Anara Gupta in porn CD case
Jammu/Hyderabad, January 5
The former Miss Jammu, Anara Gupta, sex scandal case, pending in the High Court, took a new turn when the Forensic Science Laboratory in Hyderabad, in its report, said the CD sent by the Jammu and Kashmir police “did not” contain the pictures of the former Miss Jammu.
Pak to grant multiple visa to Indian journalists
Wagah, January 5
The Government of Pakistan has decided to grant multiple visa to Indian journalists to visit any part of the country.
Lone Pakistani woman journalist Fra Waraich, News Editor, Jang, Lahore, and other Pakistani journalists being received by their Indian counterparts at Wagah checkpost on
Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma |
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In video: India
relaxes visa norms for Pakistani nationals.
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Central
team leaves for tsunami-hit areas
January 5, 2005
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14 girls die as buses collide on Khamano road
January 4, 2005
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Moderate
quake in West Nicobar
January 3, 2005
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Beaches
vanish in Campbell Bay
January 2, 2005
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Aftershocks push up water level
January 1, 2005
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Fresh alert triggers panic
December 31, 2004
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54
shocks rock Andamans
December 30, 2004
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Over
11,500 dead in India
December 29, 2004
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Tsunami
devours 9,000 in south coast
December 28, 2004
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3,300 die as tidal waves hit southern coast
December 27, 2004
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