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Saturday,
June 25, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Nine
jawans killed, 19 hurt in
Srinagar blast
Srinagar, June 24
At least nine Army personnel were
killed and 19 injured when their bus was blown up due to a car blast
caused by militants near the Nishat tourist spot here this afternoon.
Three Army personnel died on the spot and three succumbed to their
injuries in hospital.
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The bus hired by the Army to carry its troops, which was ripped apart in a car bomb attack at Nishat Mughal Gardens in Srinagar on Friday.
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YOUR VOTE
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Do you think that confidential data is secure in call centres?
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Call
centre employee admits role in data
theft expose
New Delhi June 24
Indian business process outsourcing
firm Infinity e-Search, under fire from reports appearing in the British
Press, today said that it does not have any bank clients in the United
Kingdom and was not dealing with any kind of financial information.
Editorial: Outsourcing
crime
Chandigarh page: Call
centres appalled at data theft expose
Business page: Sun’s sting operation makes
Indian call centres jittery
Rashid’s
bus travel plea rejected
New Delhi, June 24
India today rejected Pakistan
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed's application for travelling to
Jammu and Kashmir on June 30 by the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service
but did not assign any specific reason for its prompt decision announced
24 hours after it received Mr Ahmed's request.
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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The Government of India did not stop the Hurriyat leadership from visiting Pakistan without passports. And even till now India is yet to take up the issue with Pakistan.
— Arun Jaitley
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Monsoon
may hit Punjab, Haryana in first week of July
New Delhi, June 24
Though the Meteorological
Department refuses to commit itself on when the monsoon will bring the
much-needed respite from the unrelenting heat prevailing in the northern
parts of the country, weather observers say it is most likely to hit
Delhi, Punjab and Haryana in the first week of July.
Burns says India fits Bill for UNSC seat
New Delhi, June 24
The visiting United States Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Mr Nicholas Burns, today
said that India fitted the bill for permanent membership of the United
Nations Security Council but whether Washington will accord a
Japan-type support to New Delhi would be decided by none other than
President George Bush and Mr Bush had still not made up his mind.
Congress
plenary session in September
New Delhi, June 24
The Congress today decided to
hold the party’s next plenary session in September, triggering
“bids” from various leaders that their respective states be chosen
to host the meet.
Dhindsa
quits as SAD’s Delhi in charge
New Delhi, June 24
The Shiromani Akali Dal general
secretary, Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, has resigned as in charge of
party’s affairs in Delhi after voicing his displeasure over the
functioning of the state unit, including its president.
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A
Tribune Special
‘Nexus’
among cops, drug smugglers, politicians
Chandigarh, June 24
On May 22, 2003, when the Punjab
IPS Officers Association organised a two-day seminar on “Challenges
before the Punjab police”, the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh,
had challenged the members of the association to name even one village
which was free from drug abuse.
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Punjab reels under power cuts
June 24, 2005
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APHC
seeks dialogue with Centre
June 23, 2005
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19 Gujarati tourists killed
June 22, 2005
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Petrol, diesel costlier
June 21, 2005
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Anil
Ambani enterprises in power
June 20, 2005
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Ambanis
reach accord
June 19, 2005
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Bonanza
for farmers
June 18, 2005
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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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