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Thursday,
August 18, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
*Explosions
in 63 districts
*2 dead, 138 hurt
*Ultras target govt offices, courts, press clubs
Dhaka, August
17
About 400 small
bombs, suspected to have been planted by an Islamic
militant outfit, exploded almost simultaneously in
cities and towns across Bangladesh today killing at
least two persons, including a child, and injuring
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Two
members of the ‘Rapid Action Battalion’ (RAB) of
the Bangladeshi Special Security Force take a close look at an explosive device, following a series of blasts, in Chittagong on Wednesday.
— AFP photo
Editorial: Blasts
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YOUR VOTE
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Is the govt right in stopping the disinvestment process of 13 public sector companies?
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Jehadis send danger signals in region
New Delhi, August 17
Knowledgeable circles in the Government of India believe that the 370 bomb blasts that rocked 63 out of 64 districts of Bangladesh today bear signatures of Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda-affiliated outfit, signalling that sinister
Jehadi forces are now firmly entrenched in India’s eastern neighbourhood.
SC orders fresh examination of 10 ‘key answers’ of PMET
New Delhi, August 17
Overruling the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s directive to send the entire question paper of the Punjab Pre-medical Entrance Test to the Central Board of Secondary Education
for determining the correctness of “key answers” set out by Guru Nanak Dev University, the Supreme Court today ordered fresh examination of only 10 answers by the CBSE and Delhi University
simultaneously.
Govt
to bring new law on college admission quota
New Delhi, August 17
The government will bring a
legislation in the Winter session of Parliament to overturn Supreme
Court judgment abolishing government quotas for the members of
depressed sections of the society in private unaided colleges and a
regulatory mechanism to exercise social control over the entire
education system.
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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This government is committed to the policy of reservation, policy of protection of all social, political and economic sections as given in the constitution.
— Arjun Singh
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CRPF
man killed, 9 hurt in Anantnag car blast
Srinagar, August 17
A jawan of the CRPF was killed and
nine others, including six CRPF personnel and three civilians, were
injured in a car bomb blast in Kulgam of Anantnag district today. The
police here said militants detonated an IED planted in a car at Katran
in the Kulgam area this afternoon, when some security forces vehicles
were on the move.
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Men
rush a wounded civilian for medical treatment in a hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday. A CRPF jawan was killed and nine others were injured when militants blew up a car filled with explosives.
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Byelection for
Rohtak LS seat on Sept 28
New Delhi, August 17
Byelections for Rohtak and Asansol
parliamentary constituencies and two Assembly seats in Goa and
Uttaranchal will be held on September 28, the Election Commission
announced here today.
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SC issues notice on fatwas
August 17,
2005
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Dismantle
terror network, PM tells Pak
August 16,
2005
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Kalam
calls for energy independence
August 15,
2005
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Lanka clamps emergency
August 14,
2005
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States
can’t enforce quota in private colleges: SC
August 13,
2005
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Manmohan apologises
to Sikhs for ’84 riots
August 12,
2005
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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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