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Saturday,
June 18, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Chandigarh,
June 17
In a
significant decision, which should go a long way in
resolving the long-standing contentious issue the
unpaid electricity dues by farmers of the state, the
Hooda government today waived a whopping
Rs 1600 crore outstanding power arrears of farmers
and other rural domestic consumers. |
Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda announces the waiver of power arrears of farmers in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
MLAs
demand ‘bijli, pani’
Haryana: Power
bill waiver endears Hooda to farmers
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Should there be dual citizenship for overseas Indians?
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Sale
of revised works of Mahatma Gandhi stopped
New Delhi, June 17
Information and Broadcasting
Minister Jaipal Reddy has decided to stop the sale of the revised
edition of the complete works of Mahatma Gandhi on the recommendations
of a committee comprising eminent Gandhian scholars.
Pataudi’s bail plea rejected
May move Supreme Court
Chandigarh, June 17
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today refused anticipatory bail to former Indian cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and one of his accomplices in a case relating to alleged poaching of a black buck and some other animals.
Pataudi
case: Get serious, activists tell Haryana Govt
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In
Saturday Extra
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Oh
deer
Baljit Singh &
Thakur Paramjit
THIS
ABOVE ALL:
Liberty to die
by Khushwant Singh
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QUOTE
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The BJP is raking up all issues related to history like the Babri Masjid and Jinnah but has no agenda on present and future
issues.
— V. P. Singh
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Centre may import wheat
New Delhi, June 17
The government could consider importing wheat as the stocks of wheat in the Central pool has come down with the procurement in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar being less than the expected limited.
Punjab
page: Take care of
farmers in debt: panel
Opinions
page:
Water
loss by grain exports
Wheat
stocks set to fall
Heat
wave claims 39 lives in Bengal, UP
New Delhi, June 17
Heat wave claimed at least 39 lives
in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh overnight, spiralling the overall death
toll past the 250-mark across the country.
US
ready to discuss Security Council expansion
Washington, June 17
With India vying for a seat in the
UN Security Council, the US has said it is ready to discuss its
“expansion” but made it clear that it was not prepared to have
reforms “sprint” out before other “extremely important” changes
that have to take place.
Supdt held in PMT paper leak case
Kapurthala, June 17
The local community did what
the Punjab police was unable to do for the last two days. Watchful
employees of the Rail Coach Factory and residents of Hussainpur
village helped restore a kidnapped child,
Sehajpreet, to his parents, hailing from Baba Bakala. |
Sehajpreet Singh with his mother Nirmaljit Kaur on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Rajiv Sharma |
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Cabinet
nod for dual citizenship
June 17, 2005
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Be
impartial, PM tells Governors
June 16, 2005
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Punjab
hikes power tariff by 10.27 pc
June 15, 2005
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15
dead, 90 hurt in Pulwama blast
June 14, 2005
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Let Siachen be a peace mountain: PM
June 13, 2005
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A
world first in N-power programme
June 12, 2005
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Storm
wreaks havoc
June 11, 2005
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Advani isolated
June 10, 2005
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BJP board rejects Advani’s resignation
June 9, 2005
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Advani quits, but partymen say no
June 8, 2005
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Punjab PMT cancelled
June 7, 2005
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