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Wednesday,
August 24, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
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PM, Natwar to take up Sarabjit issue with Pak
New Delhi, August 23
As the Sarabjit Singh issue cut across the party lines and engaged the attention of the country’s top political leadership today, one thing seemed clear: the alleged Indian spy would not be rushed to the gallows by the Pakistan Government.
Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner held in Pakistan, is driven away from the External Affairs Ministry office after a meeting with Mr Natwar Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday. — AFP
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Should Mayawati and others be prosecuted in the Taj Heritage Corridor scam case?
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Miffed, CJI asks govt to shut down courts
New Delhi, August 23
Facing attack from political quarters on its decisions in various controversial issues, including the
judgment in the private and minority professional institution case, the Supreme Court today lambasted the government for adopting such an “attitude” and said if it did not want to give due respect to the courts it could wind them up.
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Nation page:
Cracks
appear in govt over SC order on college quota
Parties
form panel for legislation on quota
Bill must come through, says Manmohan
New Delhi, August 23
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed confidence of securing support in ensuring 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and state
legislatures.
PMET case: SC gives one more day to GND varsity
New Delhi, August 23
The Supreme Court today gave a day’s time to Guru Nanak Dev (GND) University to formulate its stand on Punjab Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET) after indicating that the only three or four of the 10 controversial “key answers” referred for the opinion of the Delhi University and the CBSE were found to be correct.
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QUOTE
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Tell us, we will wind up the courts and then do whatever you want.
— R. C. Lahoti
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News Analysis
India on way to joining the fusion club
The prospects of India joining a select band of countries exploring together ways to tap unlimited fusion reaction energy have brightened. This is the result of the Indo-US joint statement issued during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Washington.
World
page:Experts trace origin of Iran’s bomb-grade uranium to Pak
Opinions page: Acquiring
missile defence
Chopper located, survivor found
New Delhi, August 23
Four days after a Kamov-28 Naval helicopter crashed in the dense jungles of the Western Ghats, search teams today found a survivor Sandeep Singh and bodies of four crew members.
11 killed in Mumbai building collapse
Mumbai, August 23
At least 11 persons were killed and more than 35 injured when a four-storeyed building collapsed in South Mumbai early this morning.
According to the fire brigade control room, the Sadaf building near the
JJ Hospital crashed at around 1.15 am, bringing down all 16 flats in a heap.
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Firemen and rescue workers look for survivors in the debris of a residential building that collapsed in Mumbai on Tuesday. — Reuters
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Murder by self-styled vigilante group
Ludhiana, August 23
A self-styled vigilante group of
well-educated youths, led by son of a former Commandant of Home Guards and sons of big industrialists, allegedly took their ‘morality vigil’ too far when ‘interrogation’ of a couple led to the tragic death of a youth of Dugri, here last night.
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Enough evidence to prosecute Maya: CVC
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PM exhorts Naxals to join mainstream
August 22, 2005
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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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