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Friday,
August 5, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Afzal to die; Shaukat gets 10-year jail term
SC acquits Geelani in Parliament attack case
New Delhi, August 4
Terming the attack by Pakistani terrorists on Parliament a gravest crime ever committed in Indian history to subvert democracy, sovereignty and integrity of the country, the Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence to
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Syed A. R. Geelani, who was acquitted by the Supreme Court, addresses a Press conference in Delhi and (right) file photo of Mohd Afzal, who was sentenced to death in the Parliament attack case on Thursday. — Tribune photographs |
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YOUR VOTE
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Should the French authorities lift the ban — after patkas — on turbans?
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Mamata goes berserk
 Hurls papers at Dy Speaker
New Delhi, August 4
In an unprecedented incident in the annals of Indian parliamentary history, the presiding officer’s chair was attacked by a sitting member.
Mamata issue pits Cong against Left
Maharaja Ranjit Singh panorama near completion
PM likely to inaugurate it
Amritsar, August 4
The panorama on Maharaja Ranjit Singh, coming up on a war footing in his Summer Palace here, has recreated the life and great battles of the legendary Maharaja, through rare pictures and mannequins. |
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| A scene depicting Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s darbar, replica of a rare picture at Lahore Fort, at the panorama on the Maharaja at his summer palace in Amritsar.
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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“It is a very sad day. It is unfortunate that even the Chair has no protection in the House,’’
— Somnath Chatterjee
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Indo-Pak nuke talks begin today
Cultural pact yet to be implemented
New Delhi, August 4
The next round of India-Pakistan nuclear CBMs talks begin tomorrow under the shadow of uncertainties that have erupted on implementation of the eight-point areas of cooperation agreed at the Cultural Secretaries-level talks
between the two countries in Islamabad.
Indo-US pact a risk worth taking: PM
New Delhi, August 4
Asserting that the nuclear agreement spelt out in the Joint Statement issued by India and the United States during his recent visit to Washington was “worth taking a risk”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured the Rajya Sabha that it would widen the country’s energy capabilities and bolster development.
Cabinet clears ATR on Nanavati report
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Recycled surgical gloves return to healthcare centres
Chandigarh, August 4
Surgical gloves are changing hands for the purpose of recycling.
Discarded by hospitals, dispensaries and even nursing homes in the region, some of these are reportedly finding their way back to healthcare institutes in Punjab and other places.
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Indo-US
nuke deal reciprocal
August 4,
2005
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Sonia
wants stamp papers abolished
August 3,
2005
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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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