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Monday,
August 22, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
PM exhorts Naxals to join mainstream
Hyderabad, August 21
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today did some tough talking on
Naxalite movement, even while asking the ultra Left organisations to prove their mettle in the battle of the ballot rather than pursuing a policy of bullets.
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BSF, Bangladesh
Rifles agree on ceasefire
Kolkata, August 21
Indian and Bangladeshi border guards today agreed to observe a ceasefire in the Adampur and Muchia areas along the Indo-Bangla
border in West Bengal’s Malda district after exchanging fire for the last two days, injuring two persons.
Nation page: Border
with Nepal to be regulated
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YOUR VOTE
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Should right to employment be made compulsory?
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Not
a single madarsa in Jammu and Kashmir
Kerala has 6,000, Uttar Pradesh
4,292
New Delhi, August 21
Terrorists and jehadi groups, armed
and trained in Pakistan-run camps and madarsas, have been operating for
several years in Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim majority state in
India. And yet, for all the troubles in this border state, there is not
a single madarsa in Jammu and Kashmir.
Opinions page: Jihadis
riding the chip
Central team assesses flood damage
Mumbai, August 21
A 12-member Central team, here to assess the damage caused by the recent spell of heavy rains in Maharashtra, today visited the flood-affected areas of Mumbai.
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Maharashtra seeks Rs 8,576 crore as flood damage. (28k,
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SC order on quota: all-party meet tomorrow
New Delhi, August 21
The recent Supreme Court direction scrapping government quota, including reservation for SC/ST and OBC students in private colleges, today came under severe criticism with various parties describing it as an injustice to the backward classes.
Nation page: Engineering
college seats on sale in TN
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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I do sincerely believe that there is no grievance, howsoever extreme and desperate, that cannot be redressed through democratic
means.— Manmohan Singh
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Khurana still to receive
notice
New Delhi, August 21
A day after he was suspended from the party for “gross indiscipline”, senior BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana today said he had received no show-cause notice so far but asserted that he would chalk out his action plan in a couple of days after consulting some leaders in the party and the Sangh.
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Suspended BJP leader M. L. Khurana addresses a Sikh sammelan of 1984 riot victims organised by the All-India Sikh Conference at the Constitution Club in
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Advani snubs dissidents, backs Modi
Radhanpur (Gujarat), August 21
In an apparent snub to the dissidents in the Gujarat BJP, Party President L K Advani today said the state had achieved unparalleled economic progress under Chief Minister Narendra Modi and affirmed faith in his leadership.
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Plan to restore glory of
Pul Kanjri
Pul Kanjri (Amritsar),
August 21
The pristine glory of once a
bustling town, Pul Kanjri, associated with Maharaja Ranjit Singh is
likely to be revived as the ‘Friends Of India New Zealand’ (FOINZ)
has announced an ambitious plan to mark the 58th anniversary of the
Kabaili attack from Pakistan, here.
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A file photo of the Pul Kanjri bridge which was built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh on the Amritsar-Lahore road. |
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Khurana suspended from BJP
August 21, 2005
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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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