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Tuesday,
January 18,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Godhra fire an accident, says report
Rules out conspiracy
 New Delhi, January 17
Negating the Sangh Parivar’s “conspiracy theory” behind the infamous Godhra train blaze, the Justice U. C. Banerjee probe committee in its interim report today described the incident as an “accidental
fire".
Justice U. C. Banerjee talks to mediapersons after presenting the interim report at Rail Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Rajeev Tyagi
 Cong: Modi govt engineered riots
Godhra
report nails BJP’s lie, says CPM
Godhra report attempt to help Laloo:
BJP
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Should the proposed Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service be open to all, not just
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Heavy
snow in Kasauli, Shimla
Shimla, January 17
The city and the surrounding hill
ranges donned an impeccable white mantle as the weather god finally
obliged the “queen of hills” with snowfall.
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Weather
page: Snow in HP, Uttaranchal
A girl cleans the snow from her friend’s face during a heavy snowfall in Shimla on Monday.
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Install
cameras at polling booths: SC
New Delhi, January 17
Concerned over the large scale
rigging and violence during elections, especially in the states like
Bihar, the Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission (EC) to instal
cameras at polling booths to check complicity of election staff in the
malpractice.
EC
lets off Laloo with warning
New Delhi, January 17
The Election Commission today found
Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav guilty
of violating the Model Code of Conduct by distributing money to people in
Patna.
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“Laloo’s political equations will not work this time as the people have come to know his tricks. Even two per cent of the population is not in favour of him”.
— Ram Vilas Paswan
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White
Paper on VAT released
 New Delhi, January 17
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
today released a White Paper on a valued added tax (VAT), envisaging the
roadmap for implementing the new tax regime from April 1 this year.
Business
page: FM for consolidation of oil sector
Centre
to set up panel on J&K autonomy
New Delhi, January 17
The Centre today announced the
setting up of a three-member committee to hold talks with political
parties in Jammu and Kashmir on the issue of autonomy for which a
resolution was passed by the state Assembly during the reign of the
National Conference government.
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MAMC
rape case convicts get life term
New Delhi, January 17
An Additional Sessions Judge today
sentenced two youths to life imprisonment for their involvement in the
gang rape of a Maulana Azad Medical College student in 2002.
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Musharraf
roots for bus to Muzaffarabad
January 17, 2005
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Ultras
storm stadium
January 16, 2005
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Major, 2 jawans killed
January 15, 2005
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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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