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Friday,
January 7,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
BREAKING
NEWS
 Dual citizenship to those who migrated
after
Jan 26, 1950: PM
ADC
cut to trigger fall in call rates
New Delhi, January 6
Consumers can look forward to another
round of rate cuts in telephone tariffs with the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) today recommending a substantial reduction in
the Access Deficit Charge (ADC) from February 1. The Access Deficit Charge
is a levy imposed upon private telecom operators which is paid to the
state-owned service provider BSNL for funding its operations in rural
areas.
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He
stands tall because of his work
Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu),
January 6
Among the tsunami victims in
Cuddalore district he stands tall not because of his height and
immaculate “dastars” but because of his relentless hard work in the
past 10 days.
Strong
quake strikes off Indonesia’s coast
Hong Kong, January 6
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake today
struck near the site of last week's Tsunami-inducing quake off
Indonesia's coast, the Hong Kong Observatory said.
World
page: India for effective relief distribution system
Tsunami core group disbanded
UN
fears diversion of aid from other disasters
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Capt
fears RSS takeover of PU Senate
New Delhi, January 6
The Panjab University in Chandigarh
is in the throes of a controversy for allegedly packing its Senate with
RSS activists. Dismayed by the announcement of the new members of the
Panjab University Senate in the media, state Chief Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh has sought expeditious Central intervention in the
matter through Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh.
Officers
prevent major HUDA policy change
Chandigarh, January 6
Thanks to certain conscientious
senior officers, a major policy change by the Haryana Urban Development
Authority has been withheld, at least for the time-being.
Two convicted of
student’s gangrape
New Delhi, January 6
A Delhi court today convicted two accused of being involved in the November, 2002, Maulana Azad Medical College student gangrape case.
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Chandra Shekhar, held prime accused Rahul.
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Indo-Pak journalists
demand lifting of curbs
Chandigarh, January 6
The two-day Panj Darya Media Conference hosted by the Chandigarh Press
Club in collaboration with the Lahore Press Club started on a promising
note with the participants hoping that the two-day deliberations would
help the media promote people-to-people friendship that would in turn
ease tensions and clear suspicion and distrust from the minds of the
people in both countries.
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Mr Arshad Ansari,
President, Lahore Press Club, Haryana Governor A.R. Kidwai, Punjab
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and The Tribune
Editor-in-Chief, Mr H.K. Dua, at the inauguration of the two-day
Panj Darya Media Conference at the Chandigarh Press Club on
Thursday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
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100 aftershocks in Andamans
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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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