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Saturday,
August 27, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Pakistan
grants consular access to Sarabjit
No word on 1,347 other Indians
in Pak jails
New Delhi, August 26
The Pakistan Government today
handed a written intimation to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad
conveying its agreement to give consular access for Sarabjit Singh.
 Punjab
page: Save Sarabjit campaign at Wagah
Indian
youths’ kin in Pak want them freed
 In
video (28k, 56k)
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YOUR VOTE
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Will the ‘outcome budget’
be effective?
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India
offers to free “verified” Pak prisoners
Islamabad,
August 26
India has offered to
release all those Pakistani prisoners whose nationality has
been verified by Islamabad, a Senate Committee here was told
today.
Jharkhand
crisis blows over
New Delhi,
August 26
Crisis over Jharkhand
Chief Minister Arjun Munda in the wake of an open rebellion
by seven ministers of his Council of Ministers ended today
with five “disgruntled” ministers agreeing to work under
his leadership after senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh
brokered a deal.
11
killed in road mishaps in Rohtak
Rohtak, August
26
Eleven persons,
including four members of a family, were killed in three
different road accidents in the district today, the police
said.
Gas
leakage from truck; over 24 hospitalised
Karnal, August
26
Residents of Baldhi
village in Karnal returned to their village this morning
after spending a sleepless night following gas leakage from
a truck ferrying Bromine liquid near their village.
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A fireman throws water on acid leaking from a truck in Karnal on Friday morning.
— Tribune photo by Neeraj Chopra
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QUOTE
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I, as Sushma, may be having other views on the issue, but once the party takes a stand and issues whip, all of us fall in line.
— Sushma Swaraj
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Chandigarh
page: Great rush at temples
Chandigarh, August 26
Janmashtami, birthday of Lord Krishna was celebrated
today with fervour in the city. Devotees in large
numbers thronged various temples of the city and made
offerings.
Ludhiana page:
Jhankis mark celebrations
Visually challenged children form a human pyramid as they try to break a clay pot containing butter during Janmashtami celebrations in Mumbai on Friday.— Reuters
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Punjab
civic body poll next month
Chandigarh,
August 26
The State Election
Commission today announced general elections to 26
municipal councils and nagar panchayats and byelections in
17 municipal bodies to fill vacant slots of municipal
councillors. The elections will be held in September.
HC
declines plea to raise dam height
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 Fear
stalks families of Indians detained in Pak jails
Gurdaspur, August 26
Sarabjit Singh might not be the
only Indian to be hanged in Pakistan. Fear stalks families of other
Indian residents who are in Pakistani jails and face charges of spying.
Family members of Sunil, alias Phuli, who is in a Pakistani jail on the charges of spying for the past seven years.
— Photo by Jangi
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7 Jharkhand ministers rebel against Munda
August 26, 2005
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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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