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Friday,
August 26, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
7 Jharkhand ministers rebel against Munda
New Delhi, August 25
With seven of the 11 ministers in Jharkhand openly revolting against the “style of functioning” of Chief Minister Arjun Munda, the BJP today went into a firefighting mode and announced the formation of two coordination committees, one of which would include the dissident non-BJP ministers, to tide over the crisis for the time being.
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YOUR VOTE
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Should all political parties be made to earmark 33 per cent of their tickets for
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FM presents first ‘outcome budget’
New Delhi, August 25
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today tabled the first ever ‘outcome budget’ obliquely hinting that the pace of implementation would have to be hastened in some of the flagship programmes of the UPA government in the social sector if the targets were to be met.
Union Minister for Finance P. Chidambaram on his way to Parliament to present the "outcome budget, 2005-06," in
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Raids on dance bars; 211 held
Mumbai, August 25
The Mumbai Police has begun raids on dance bars suspected to be holding performances 10 days after the Maharashtra Government imposed a ban on them.
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Sarabjit’s kin to meet Pak Rangers today
Complete bandh in Bhikhiwind
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Bhikhiwind, August 25
To express solidarity with Sarabjit Singh, who is awaiting execution in Pakistan, businessmen and traders of this border town, downed shutters to observe a day-long bandh, here today.
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Ms Dalbir Kaur, (right) sister of Sarabjit Singh, on her return from New Delhi after meeting senior leaders, is being received by Sukhpreet Kaur (wife of Sarabjit) at their home in Bhikhiwind on Thursday.
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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The touchstone of democracy is to promote pro-poor development. Democracy and development are the two legs on which civilised society must
walk.
— Manmohan Singh
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Natwar
takes up Sarabjit issue with Pak envoy
World page:
Pak
Islamists want Sarabjit hanged
Punjab page: Govt
asked to take steps to protect Sarabjit’s kin
Punjab panel on violence unlikely
Chandigarh, August 25
Now when the main Opposition party, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), has agreed to a debate in the Vidhan Sabha on the turbulence witnessed by the state in the 80s and 90s, the move of the Punjab government on setting up a commission on the issue may not take off.
UP, MP sign pact on river-linking
New Delhi, August 25
In a historic step towards linking major rivers in the country, the Centre and the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh today signed a memorandum of understanding for connecting the Ken and Betwa rivers to boost irrigation and water supply in the two states.
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Nation page: Medha
flays MoU on rivers
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State of Nursing Schools-I
Flouting rules as govt turns blind eye
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Nangal, August 25
Punjab has about 100 nursing institutes, most of them without adequate infrastructure and facilities. They function in complete disregard of Punjab Government guidelines and rules.
The rented building where Dr Dayal Singh Memorial School of Nursing, Nangal, is situated.
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Punjab
PMET: SC orders fresh merit list
August 25, 2005
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PM, Natwar to take up Sarabjit issue with Pak
August 24, 2005
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Enough evidence to prosecute Maya: CVC
August 23, 2005
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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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