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Friday,
August 12, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Manmohan apologises
to Sikhs for ’84 riots
“I bow my head in shame that such a thing took place”
New Delhi, August 11
Seeking to assuage the sentiments of the Sikh community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today apologised on behalf of his government for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, saying he was not standing on any “false prestige” and his head bowed in shame.
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Are you satisfied by the government’s assurance to reopen individual cases recommended by the Nanavati Commission?
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News Analysis
PM assuages feelings of Sikh community
New Delhi, August 11
That heads had to roll in the Congress following the G T Nanavati Commission report on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was evident.
’84 riots: govt forms 2 panels for relief
Opposition motion on Nanavati report defeated in RS
New Delhi, August 11
The Opposition-sponsored motion on Nanavati Commission report was today defeated in the Rajya Sabha by voice vote after Home Minister Shivraj Patil announced setting up of two committees to ensure due compensation to victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Delhi page: Sajjan
resigns as rural welfare board chief
Nation page: Cabinet
cleared ATR without discussion
BJP
seeks apology from PM, Sonia
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SC stays order on PMET
New Delhi, August 11
The Supreme Court today stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court order quashing the results of this year’s Pre-Medical Entrance Test
conducted by Guru Nanak Dev University and directing re-framing of answers.
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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The people of this country will not be satisfied until and unless all FIRs are taken up and pursued in the court of law.
— V.K. Malhotra
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Girl gang-raped in Delhi bus
New Delhi, August 11
In yet another incident of gang-rape in the Capital, a girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by six men in a parked private bus in south-west Delhi in the wee hours today.
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Australia's Shane Warne (2nd L) celebrates his 600th test wicket
after dismissing England opener Marcus Trescothick on the opening
day of the third Test at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday.
Warne, world's leading Test wicket-taker, became the first player
to take 600 wickets in the history of cricket.
— Reuters
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News Analysis
Why did CIA shield A.Q. Khan?
FORMER Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers in an interview to Dutch radio station on August 9 has revealed that the CIA intervened on two occasions with the Dutch authorities to persuade them not to take action against the Pakistani proliferator, Dr A.Q. Khan.
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Jagdish Tytler quits
August 11,
2005
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Govt may amend ATR on Nanavati report
August 10,
2005
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Nanavati pins Tytler for ’84 riots
August 9,
2005
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ULFA
blasts oil pipelines in Assam
August 8,
2005
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India, Pak okay pact on ballistic missiles
August 7,
2005
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Delete
names of criminals from rolls
August 6,
2005
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Afzal to die; Shaukat gets 10-year jail term
August 5,
2005
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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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