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Tuesday,
July 5, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
BREAKING
NEWS (updated at 12.45 pm IST)
6 terrorists killed as they storm
Ayodhya temple;
Patil briefs Cabinet; RSS expresses concern
TRS quits Cong govt in Andhra
Hyderabad, July 4
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) today quit the Congress government in the state though it decided not to divorce the UPA coalition at the Centre as yet.
The TRS, a coalition partner in the state, pulled out of the Congress government, alleging anti-Telangana policies being pursued by the Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy-led Congress government.
TRS turns heat on
UPA govt
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Nation page: Left
intensifies attacks on UPA govt
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Should 25 per cent of the seats in private schools be reserved for poor
students?
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QUOTE
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The next Lok Sabha elections may come much earlier than expected. Nowadays, no one knows when elections will come.
— L. K. Advani
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Are Punjabis liars?... SC to hear PIL on July 11
New Delhi, July 4
A PIL by advocate Sonia Sood in the Supreme Court submits that the Lahore High Court in its order 81 years ago in connection with a criminal appeal has characterised the entire Punjabi community as making unreliable declarations even in the face of death.
CM breaks silence over Dubai visit
Dera Bassi (Patiala), July 4
Facing severe criticism from the Opposition, especially the Akalis, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today broke his silence over his visit to Dubai stating that it was not at all a secret affair.
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Rane sacks Sena whip, appoints his own man
Mumbai, July 4
Sacked Shiv Sena leader Narayan Rane is all set to spark off a constitutional crisis in the Maharashtra legislature after he sacked party whip Gajanan Kirtikar and appointed his own confidant Vinayak Nimhan for the post.
Editorial:
Blow to Shiv Sena
BJP leaders want Advani to remain
firm on ideology
New Delhi, July 4
Even as the views of RSS’s Pranth Pracharaks, who are holding a meeting in Surat, is yet to be known on the leadership issue of the BJP, the second rung leadership of the party is understood to have conveyed to BJP President L.K. Advani that they cannot accept any dilution in “emotive” and “senitive” ideological issues of the party.
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Sonia visits flood-hit Gujarat
Ahmedabad, July 4
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed concern over the pace of relief work in flood-affected areas of Baroda, Anand, Kheda and Ahmedabad districts of Gujarat.
(Details on Nation
page)
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US probe hits comet
To unveil origin of solar system
Pasadena (California), July 4
A space probe, Deep Impact, hit its comet target early today in a NASA-directed, Hollywood-style mission that scientists hope
will reveal clues to how the solar system formed.
NASA spacecraft Deep Impact collides with the comet
Tempel 1 in this image captured by the fly-by spacecraft and released on Monday.
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Thackeray
sacks Rane
July 4, 2005
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PM
favours no-first-use N-doctrine
July 3, 2005
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Gujarat flood kills 94; 500 cr aid announced
July 2, 2005
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Houses can be sold floor-wise
July 1, 2005
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India, US sign 10-yr defence agreement
June 30, 2005
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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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