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Wednesday,
March 16,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Munda wins trust vote
 Namdhari elected Speaker
Ranchi, March 15
Backed by 40 MLAs, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda won a vote of
confidence in the 81-member Assembly today. Ruling party nominee and state
JD (U) president Inder Singh Namdhari was, earlier, elected Speaker by a
voice vote. With this, the fortnight-long political uncertainty ended in
the state.
Newly elected Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari and Chief Minister Arjun Munda embrace each other after winning the trust vote by 40 to 38 in Ranchi on
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Do you support the setting up of a joint trade office at Wagah border to facilitate Indo-Pak trade?
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New Delhi, March 15
As US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice arrived here this evening on her maiden bilateral
visit to India, key sources in South Block said the Government of
India’s focus would be giving a fillip to Indo-US ties rather than
Pakistan-related issues.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice disembarks from a plane soon after her arrival at New Delhi airport on Tuesday. — Reuters
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 Opinions page: Advanced
Patriots on offer
World page: India,
Pak yet to mount N-warheads on delivery systems, says US report
SC
resents being ‘approached’ in fodder scam case
New Delhi, March 15
A Supreme Court Bench, headed by Mr
Justice S.N. Variava, today took a serious view of somebody
‘approaching’ him about changing the Special Judge in Patna, holding
trial in the fodder scam case involving Railway Minister Laloo Prasad
Yadav and in a disproportionate assets (DA) case faced by him jointly with
wife and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi.
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Full
coverage: India
vs Pak
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2005
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QUOTE OF THE
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More important than the match, I would like to meet Indian leaders and I know there is desire on the other side, and I look forward to making this meeting a little more concrete, to move the process
forward.
— Pervez Musharraf
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Chander
Mohan is Deputy CM
Chandigarh, March 15
Mr Chander Mohan, MLA from Kalka and
elder son of the Haryana Congress president, Mr Bhajan Lal, was today
designated as the Deputy Chief Minister. The Governor, Dr A.R. Kidwai, who
allotted the portfolios to Ministers on the advice of the Chief Minister,
Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, also bestowed the designation of Deputy Chief
Minister on Mr Chander Mohan.
Haryana Page:
Chander
Mohan’s elevation changes order of precedence
 In
video: (28k, 56k)
Pervez
orders release of 83 detainees
Islamabad, March 15
Realising the genuineness of the
issue of Indian civil detainees raised by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today ordered the immediate
release of 83 detainees as a goodwill gesture.
Musharraf
visit on, but Kochi is out
36 Pak visitors missing
History
invoked at Panja Sahib
Pak
Punjab Governor gives Rs 5 cr for gurdwara renovation
Shakti
Kapoor apologises
In
video (28k, 56k)
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Kerala
Sampark Kranti Express to run up to Chandigarh
New Delhi, March 15
The Railways is gearing up to
compete with the Chinese railways, a benchmark set up to improve its
efficiency. Without increasing passenger or freight fare, it has
succeeded in improving its earnings by 8 per cent this year and share in
total freight, said Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav today in the Lok
Sabha while replying to the debate on the Railway Budget.
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Speaker
adamant, but in a fix
March 15, 2005
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UPA to contest Jharkhand Speaker’s post
March 14, 2005
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Munda, 5 others
sworn in
March 13, 2005
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Soren quits,
Munda made CM
March 12, 2005
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Speaker to seek Kalam’s view
on SC order
March 11, 2005
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Jharkhand
floor test on March 11
March 10, 2005
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Bihar’s
turf war shifts to Union Cabinet
March 9, 2005
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President’s
rule imposed on Bihar
March 8, 2005
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President’s
rule likely in Bihar
March 7, 2005
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Hooda
takes oath as Haryana CM
March 6, 2005
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Hooda
to be Haryana CM
March 5, 2005
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Kalam summons Jharkhand Governor
March 4, 2005
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