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Saturday,
January 15,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Major, 2 jawans killed
3 ultras shot in 24-hour gunfight at Badgam
Srinagar, January 14
A Major and three top LeT commanders were among six persons killed in the 24-hour-long fierce gunfight that ended this afternoon in the central Kashmir district of Badgam.
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An Army jawan stands guard outside a damaged house where three militants were killed after a 24-hour gun battle at Batpora, 15 km from Srinagar, on Friday.
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Paswan woos
Congress
Laloo okays friendly contests
Patna, January 14
Unfazed by the confusion surrounding the Congress and RJD strategy in the Bihar Assembly elections, another UPA partner Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan today expressed total support to the Congress, in an apparent bid to wean it away from Laloo Prasad’s party.
 Defer hearing till poll is over: Laloo
Nation
page: BJP happy at Cong-RJD divide
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Indian Air Force chief
S.P. Tyagi (right) arrives to greet his troops in New Delhi on Friday before their departure for Congo as part of the UN Mission.
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“We would like the Congress to win every seat where we extend support to it”
— Ram Vilas Paswan
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Cong High Command performs balancing act
Chandigarh, January 14
The Congress list of candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections, at the first glance, gives the impression that the former Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan
Lal, has outmanoeuvred his opponents within the party by cornering a major chunk of the seats for his men.
More
election stories on Haryana page
Thousands
slaughtered as festival of animal sacrifice begins
Mehravana (Jaunsar Bawar),
January 14
Tens of thousands of goats have
sensed the fear of death lurking in the bone-chilling air that hangs
heavy in the stark hillsides of the Jaunsar-Bawar tribal valley.
Sea wall along coastline likely
New Delhi, January 14
The government will soon come out with a “decisive plan” on the demand to build a “sea wall” in densely populated coastal areas of the country, Water Resources Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said today.
Girl breaches security, gives memo to Kalam
Lucknow, January 14
Creating a flutter, a 17-year-old girl today broke the security cordon at a function of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at a hamlet here and handed over to him a memorandum alleging her family’s land has been usurped by the village head and her father faced death threat.
Baratis misbehave with girls, sent packing
Patiala, January 14
A poor illiterate girl from this city, who has three sisters waiting for her to get married, yesterday refused to marry a repentant groom whose family members got physical with her sister and other women during her pre-wedding reception on January 12.
Sita at her Gurbaksh Nagar residence in Patiala. — Photo by Rajesh Sachar |
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Cong,
RJD fail to reach consensus
January 14, 2005
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MBBS
admissions: SC sets strict guidelines
January 13, 2005
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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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