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Sunday,
August 21, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Khurana suspended from BJP
New Delhi,
August 20
Veteran BJP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana was today suspended from the party on charges of “gross indiscipline” for repeatedly attacking, in public and through the media, party President L.K. Advani and demanding the removal of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to “clear the taint” of the post-Godhra riots.
Nation page: Modi
to stay put: Advani
In video (28k,
56k)
CM announces energy bonus for small farmers
 Hoshiarpur, August 20
The Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh today announced sops for small farmers and the people of
Kandi area in the form of energy bonus and the homeless.
Nation page:
SC lambasts PSEB for delay in connections to farmers
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YOUR VOTE
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Is the demand for the
recall of Bihar Governor
Buta Singh justified?
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Daughters appeal to Musharraf
Pak court ruling on hanging of Indian
Bhikhiwind, August 20
The sacred festival of Rakhi turned out to be the ‘blackest day’ for Sarbjit Singh (40), lodged in Kotpat Rai Jail, Lahore, and his family members in the border town here as the Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld his death sentence on this day.
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World
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Pak committed to furthering peace process: Kasuri
Tears roll down the cheeks of Dalbir Kaur after hearing that her brother Sarbjit Singh will be hanged in Pakistan. On the left is Sapna, daughter of Sarbjit Singh.
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India takes BSF-BDR firing seriously; flag meeting today
New Delhi, August 20
India has taken a serious note of the exchange of fire between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles yesterday and today.
Nation page:
Centre monitoring Bangladesh situation, says Pranab
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Accused in the shameful Gujarat carnage are still roaming freely. The party can fight for justice for the anti-Sikh riot victims only after it ‘punishes those responsible’ for the 2002 riots.
Madan Lal Khurana
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi adjusts the clip of her granddaughter while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra look on at the 61st birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi at Veer Bhumi in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune
photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
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Apologise or face legal action: Mamata
Kolkata, August 20
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee today gave a 15-day ultimatum to senior CPM Politburo member Harkishen Singh Surjeet asking him to publicly apologise for making “false and fabricated charges” against her that she had been masterminding riots in Kolkata after Indira Gandhi’s assassination in 1984.
Two killed in
UP panchayat elections
Lucknow, August 20
Amdist sporadic violence that left two persons dead and 36 injured, an estimated 80 per cent voters exercised their franchise under tight security for the second phase of panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh today.
Asst director of ‘Bunty aur Babli’ held
Mumbai, August 20
Ankur Bipin Devani (20), assistant director of film ‘’Bunty aur Babli’’, was arrested last night for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to kidnap a
19-year-old collegian for extortion.
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My husband deserted me: Karisma
 New Delhi, August 20
Going public for the first time on her estranged relation with businessman husband Sanjay Kapur, Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor today in a sworn statement before the Delhi High Court accused him of “deserting” her.
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Mamata tried to organise riots in 1984: Surjeet
August 20, 2005
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Appointment of HP Chief Parliamentary Secys quashed
August 19, 2005
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Series
of blasts rock Bangladesh
August 18, 2005
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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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