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Tuesday,
September 6, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Centre, Hurriyat agree to end all forms of violence
New Delhi, September 5
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a delegation of of the All- Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq that conditions will be created for reduction of armed forces from Jammu and Kashmir if there is a cessation of violence and an end to infiltration.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gestures as he talks with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, head of the
All-Party Hurriyat Conference, in New Delhi on Monday. — Reuters
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Pak welcomes Hurriyat-PM meeting
J&K
page: Peace
with dignity possible, claims Mufti
Talks
are bound to fail: Geelani
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YOUR VOTE
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Should officials be prosecuted for allowing stored wheat to rot?
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Hooda orders CBI probe
Compensation for Gohana victims hiked to Rs 1 lakh
New Delhi, September 5
Succumbing to mounting pressures, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today ordered a CBI probe into the attacks on Dalits in Gohana and enhanced the compensation to the victims to Rs 1 lakh.
Dalit mahapanchayat for Hooda’s dismissal
Nation page: Maharashtra
orders protection for Dalits
Ludhiana page: Bandh
passes off peacefully
Widespread violence marks Amritsar bandh
Amritsar, September 5
Smouldering houses of Balmikis in Gohana generated enough heat here as unruly youth, brandishing swords and armed with lathis wreaked havoc in various parts of the holy city which observed a bandh today. |
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| Policemen cane-charge a demonstrator during a protest in Amritsar on Monday.
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QUOTE
OF THE DAY
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I had a great US Open. I couldn’t have asked for more. This is my career highlight — getting to the fourth round of the US Open on my first attempt and in my first year on the tour.
— Sania Mirza
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More farmers to benefit from ‘free power’ policy
Chandigarh, September 5
Obvious political compulsions coupled with pressures of populism, the Punjab Government today decided to bring about a major amendment to its policy of “free power” which is officially described as “energy bonus” to small farmers.
India confirms Sarabjit’s identity to Pak
New Delhi, September 5
India today confirmed Sarabjit Singh's identity to Pakistan, paving the way for the Indian condemned prisoner in Lahore to file a review petition in the Pakistani Supreme Court for securing his release.
AIIMS doctors ignore threat
New Delhi, September 5
Some senior doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences
here
had to face a threat to their lives from a terrorist outfit in Jammu and Kashmir.
Hike in oil prices likely today
New Delhi, September 5
After getting an informal clearance from the Left and other allied parties, the UPA government has finally made up its mind to give a go-ahead to the hike in petrol, diesel and LPG prices tomorrow in the scheduled meeting of the Cabinet.
Nation page:
CPM
proposals to tide over rising oil prices
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Tribune Exclusive
Airbus
benefits as ministers slug it out
New Delhi, September 5
The Indian Airlines’ deal with
Airbus Industries to purchase 42 aircraft worth Rs 9,500 crore will be
signed tomorrow after a four-month delay and almost “no
concessions’’ due to the UPA’s internal rivalries.
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EC
raps Haryana on code violation
September 5, 2005
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Four-phase Bihar poll from Oct 18
September 4, 2005
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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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