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Thursday,
September 1, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
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843 die in stampede
Bridge on Tigris collapses in Baghdad
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Baghdad, August 31
At least 843 persons were trampled to death or drowned in a stampede in the Iraqi capital today after a deadly mortar attack on a sacred shrine where more than one million Shiite Muslim pilgrims were massed. |
Iraqis walk among shoes lost during a stampede on a bridge in Baghdad on Wednesday. — AFP
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Did the Punjab police behave in a highhanded manner in arresting a journalist in Panchkula?
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PM invites Hurriyat
for talks
New Delhi, August 31
In a renewed peace initiative, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited the moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq for talks on the protracted Kashmir issue here on September 5.
J&K page: Hurriyat
accepts PM’s offer
Shabir
Shah feels disappointed
Mufti for early
resumption of dialogue
Communalism, casteism threat to nation: Manmohan
New Delhi, August 31
| Asserting that communalism, insurgency and violence would be dealt with firmly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there is no grievance that cannot be redressed through democratic means and dialogue.
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| Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the National Integration Council meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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QUOTE
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Our democracy gives everyone the right to articulate that grievance in a democratic manner. No civilized society can tolerate violence and extremism.
— Manmohan Singh
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HP registering Nepalese visitors
Hooda calls for strengthening intelligence
New Delhi, August 31
The Himachal Pradesh Government is registering at police stations all Nepalese citizens visiting the state and keeping a strict vigil on those working in the state in view of Maoist activities in the neighbouring country.
US removes 6 Indian
N-facilities from Entity List
New Delhi, August 31
The United States has removed six Indian nuclear and space facilities from the Department of Commerce’s Entity List, meaning that India can look forward to supply of enriched uranium in near future.
World page: US
Congress readies to consider N-deal with India
Mob torches
houses of Dalits
Gohana (Sonepat) August 31
In a violent backlash to murder of Gharwal village youth Baljeet Siwach here on Saturday night, a mob belonging to upper castes most of them Jats, burnt several houses of the Dalits situated in Balmiki Colony near Baroda Chowk here today.
MP’s sons booked
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Chapter on Beant Singh
in books soon
Amarinder Singh absent at Payal function
Payal, August 31
A chapter devoted to the supreme sacrifice of former Chief Minister Beant Singh for the unity and integrity of the nation in school and history textbooks will soon be a reality following a recommendation by the All India Congress Committee
to the Human Resource Development Ministry.
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Mrs Jaswant Kaur, widow of the late CM Beant Singh, being honoured at Payal on Wednesday.
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India, Pak to free 1,100 prisoners on Sept 12
August 31, 2005
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India,
Pak fail to reach agreement
August 30, 2005
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No compromise with terrorism: PM
August 29, 2005
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Gujarat
rebels serve ultimatum
August 28, 2005
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Pakistan
grants consular access to Sarabjit
August 27, 2005
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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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