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Sunday,
September 4, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
New Delhi, September 3
Bihar would witness four-phase Assembly poll spread over a month, beginning October 18. This would be second time in less than a year, as the state had thrown up a fractured mandate, even as the petition challening the dissolution of the Assembly is pending in the Supreme
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B.B. Tandon
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YOUR VOTE
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Would a hike in petrol and diesel prices be justified?
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Gohana backlash in more Punjab cities
Bandh in Jalandhar; bus, shops damaged
Jalandhar, September 3
Fear of violence stalked residents and shopkeepers who were forced to close down their establishments for the second day today. Groups of people marched in the city protesting against the Gohana incident and coerced people and even resorted to violence at some places in the city.
Haryana page:
Dalits,
Jats live amicably in Gharwal: sarpanch
Bus
service cancelled
Minister
warns ‘casteist’ forces
Ludhiana
page: Protesters block traffic
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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I do not know. It will be one of the biggest matches of my career. I think I played Wimbledon on Centre Court.
— Sania Mirza
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Mahapanchayat
of Dalits in Delhi tomorrow
Panipat, September 3
Dalits have decided to hold a
national-level mahapanchayat against the torching of Dalit houses in
Gohana, in New Delhi on September 5. A decision in this regard was taken
at a meeting of a Dalit panchayat held under the presidency of the
national convener of the Aadi Dharam Samaj, Shukracharya Darshan Rattan
Ravana, in Karnal today.
Sonepat
DC, SP shifted
Chandigarh, September 3
The mob violence against Dalits at
Gohana in Sonepat district took its toll on the district administration
as the Deputy Commissioner as well as the Superintendent of Police of
Sonepat were both transferred today by the state government. The Deputy
Superintendent of Police posted at Gohana was also shifted.
‘Ignored’
Cong men meet Dullo
Muktsar, September 3
Feeling “ignored” after the
formation of the party’s government in the state, hundreds of Congress
workers today converged on the local Rest House to air their grievances
before the PPCC President, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo. Disgruntled party
leader Jagmeet Brar was also seen on the party’s platform after a long
hiatus.
Man
hijacks bus, shoots wife, kills himself
Patiala, September 3
In a bizarre incident, Bhupinder
Singh, a resident of this district, hijacked a bus in which his wife was
travelling, took her to his native village, shot her and then consumed
poison late last evening.
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India
to go ahead with gas pipeline project
Teheran, September 3
Disregarding Washington’s
opposition, India today decided to press ahead with the proposed $ 7.4
billion gas pipeline project with Iran for supplying natural gas through
Pakistan and declared its support to Teheran’s peaceful nuclear energy
programme.
(Details on World page)
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Armed
men wreak havoc in Panchkula
September 3, 2005
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None will be spared: CM
September 2, 2005
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843 die in stampede
September 1, 2005
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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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