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Thursday,
June 30, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
India, US sign 10-yr defence agreement
INDIA and the USA on Tuesday entered into an agreement that “charts a course for the US-Indo defence relationship for the next 10 years”. The landmark agreement will facilitate joint weapons production, co-operation on missile defence and the transfer of technology.
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YOUR VOTE
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Is the Left’s stand against BHEL’s disinvestment justified?
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Talks on Wullar Barrage deadlocked
New Delhi, June 29
The two-day Water Resources Secretaries-level talks between India and Pakistan on Wullar Barrage/Tulbul navigation project in Jammu and Kashmir, which ended here today, proved to be a dialogue of the deaf as the two sides differed from each other on fundamental positions
and rejected each other’s key suggestions.
Sonia visits Rekong Peo
Shimla, June 29
Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Congress President and Chairperson of the UPA, today flew to Rekong Peo to have a firsthand account of the destruction caused by the flash floods in the Sutlej in Kinnaur district.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is accompanied by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh during a brief halt at Rekong Peo, Kinnaur district, during her visit to the flood-ravaged areas on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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QUOTE
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I don't have any regrets over what I said.......I said what was necessary at that point of time. It was stated while keeping the party's ideology in mind.
— Yashwant Sinha
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Trudging miles to reach their destination
Karchham (Kinnaur), June 29
Ever since the Sutlej fury cut off key road links, it has been a
“walkathon” for residents of this remote region of Himachal Pradesh.
They are trudging miles on foot to reach their destinations. They are
either in groups or in pairs with luggage in their hands and very little
water to drink.
Hundreds of lives saved by ITBP
Monsoon fury kills 38 in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, June 29
The State Revenue Department today issued a flood alert in the four districts of Surat, Navsari, Valsad and Dangs, even as four more deaths due to rain were reported this afternoon, taking the toll to 38.
— UNI
14 labourers feared dead
Agony for Paes, ecstasy for Bhupathi
London, June 29
Leander Paes suffered a heart-breaking loss in the men’s doubles while Mahesh Bhupathi progressed in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon here today.
(Details on Sports
page)
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Terror
in Pak, PoK still exists: Pranab
June 29, 2005
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Hindustan-Tibet road washed away at several places
June 28, 2005
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Left’s
jolt to UPA
June 27, 2005
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Digvijay gets charge of
poll-bound Bihar
June 26, 2005
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Nine
jawans killed, 19 hurt in
Srinagar blast
June 25, 2005
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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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