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Thursday,
January 13,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
MBBS
admissions: SC sets strict guidelines
New Delhi, January 12
In a bid to bridge the wide time gap
in the entrance examinations by different states to the medical and other
professional courses, the Supreme Court today directed the Central Board
of Secondary Education and the state boards to positively declare the
ten-plus-two results by June 10 to ensure completion of admissions in
time.
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RJD,
Left, NCP to fight jointly in Bihar
 New
Delhi, January 12
In a clear game of oneupmanship, the
RJD, Left parties and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today said they
would contest next month’s Bihar and Jharkhand elections together and
announce their seat-sharing arrangement in Patna on January 14.
RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav talks to mediapersons after meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi at 10 Janpath in New Delhi on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
 Convicted
MPs, MLAs debarred from contesting poll
Nation
page: Yashpal Singh named UP DGP
Centre
rejects Geelani’s plea to visit Pak
New Delhi, January 12
The Centre has denied permission to
hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani from attending a
conference in Islamabad.
World
page: USA can help solve Kashmir dispute,
says
Musharraf
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PM
announces knowledge panel
Kolkata, January 12
India will pursue its policy of
seeking partnership for development with China and Pakistan along with
the other countries, but there will be no compromise on the nation’s
security aspect, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared today while
inaugurating the three-day 10th partnership summit of the CII held on
the National Library premises here this morning.
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Gursharan Kaur (centre), wife of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with sister-in-law Pritam Kaur (right) and her husband Vidya Ratan Singh (left), at their Behala
residence in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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Powers
of junior officers cut
Cannot issue arrest warrants
Chandigarh, January 12
A decision to withdraw powers of
junior officers to issue arrest warrants of farmers with regard to the
recovery of cooperative loans has been taken by the Punjab Government.
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India
proposes fresh talks on Baglihar
January 12, 2005
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Supreme Court grants bail to Shankaracharya
January 11, 2005
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Govt
to set up tsunami warning system
January 10, 2005
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PM promises healing touch to victims
January 9, 2005
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Indo-Pak
talks on Baglihar break down
January 8, 2005
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ADC
cut to trigger fall in call rates
January 7, 2005
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100 aftershocks in Andamans
January 6, 2005
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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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Veteran film actor Amrish Puri, who through his distinct style coupled with a husky voice lent a new touch to the character of the villain — the most famous as the evil “Mogambo” in “Mr India” — died at a city hospital.
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