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Wednesday,
August 3, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Sonia
wants stamp papers abolished
Writes to Prime
Minister
New Delhi, August
2
Chairperson of
UPA’s National Advisory Council (NAC) Sonia Gandhi has
urged the Manmohan Singh government to modernise land
records and eliminate stamp papers in the registration of
land property titles to end the fake stamps in
circulation.
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YOUR VOTE
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Has the Punjab Government failed in maintaining basic infrastructure, like roads?
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Director
of war room involved in leakage of naval data
New Delhi, August 2
Even as the Naval Headquarters
continued to reel under the load of data leak from its war room, reports
emerging from the Navy said that one of the Directors of Naval
Operations attached to the war room and two officers of the Commanders
level had been identified as the main men behind the transfer of data.
Leakage
issue echoes in RS
Editorial:
War room
breach
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Mumbai
flood-hit heckle Chief Minister
Mumbai, August 2
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who paid a visit to
the flood-hit residents of Mumbai and Thane, was heckled by people
who complained that relief did not reach them even eight days
after last week’s deluge destroyed their homes.
In video (28k, 56k)
A man carries a boy wearing a mask to protect from diseases at a waterlogged street in Mumbai on Tuesday. Transport in Mumbai resumed near-normal service on Tuesday as heavy monsoon rains finally let up.
— Reuters photo
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EC
bars Bihar govt from shifting electoral staff
New Delhi, August 2
In a significant order following
recent transfer of police officials in Bihar, the Election Commission
today directed the state government not to transfer District Collectors
and election-related officials without its consent.
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In video: Communist activists protest against Governor. (28k,
56k)
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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“He has been a leader for long and an experienced cricketer in these conditions. Obviously, we would like to make the best use of his skills and his experience.”
— Greg Chappell
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No
parallel between Beant Singh and any other CM, says Dullo
Amritsar, August 2
In a categorical statement, Punjab
Pradesh Congress Committee President, Shamsher Singh Dullo said that
‘no parallel could be drawn between Beant Singh and any other Chief
Minister as he had left an indelible mark with his unparallel
sacrifice’.
Rush
to check milk adulteration
Mohali, August 2
The otherwise quiet office of the
Punjab Dairy Development Board in Chandigarh was abuzz with activity
throughout the day with hundreds of Tribune readers calling from Punjab,
Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to know how they could get milk tested for
adulteration.
Kargil
revisited — I
Locals
feel left out of the victory
Srinagar, August 2
The peaks and slopes where
the Indian troops confronted Pakistani intruders and evicted them
in a bloody confrontation six years ago in July 1999, presented a
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Soldiers place torches at the memorial to Operation Vijay Divas (Victory Day) in Drass, Kashmir, about 170 km from Srinagar, on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Amin War
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Mumbai reels under another deluge
August 2,
2005
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Advani
must go by October
August 1,
2005
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Srinagar
terror drama ends
July 31,
2005
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No
compromise on strategic interests
July 30,
2005
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200 trapped in
landslides
July 29,
2005
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Gurgaon
DC, SP told to go on leave
July 28,
2005
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Gurgaon
rocks Parliament
July 27, 2005
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DSP
among hundreds hurt
July 26, 2005
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Troops
kill four teenagers
July 25, 2005
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Terror, now in Egypt
July 24, 2005
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Suspected bomber shot
July 23, 2005
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Terror
strikes London again
July 22, 2005
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PM
allays fear of Pakistan, China
July 21, 2005
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