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Friday, September 9, 2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

42 Army men feared dead in bridge collapse
Kharo (Kinnaur), September 8
At least 42 Army men, including two officers of the 18 Engineers Regiment, were feared drowned in the Sutlej while four jawans were rescued with minor injuries in a bridge collapse here this afternoon.

Chandigarh page: Anxious moments in ‘K’ Area

The Bailey bridge on the Sutlej which collapsed at Kharo in Reckong Peo in Kinnaur on Thursday, and (right) the remains of the bridge after its collapse

The Bailey bridge on the Sutlej which collapsed at Kharo in Reckong Peo in Kinnaur on Thursday, and (right) the remains of the bridge after its collapse. — Tribune photos by Kulwinder Sandhu

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Vajpayee, Yashwant back Khurana
New Delhi, September 8
The growing schism within the Bharatiya Janata Party came into open when former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today opposed party President L.K. Advani’s decision to expel former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana from the party, saying that he should have been given another chance to explain his position.

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CM’s son Cong choice for Rohtak
Chandigarh, September 8
Another son will rise on the political horizon of Haryana when Mr Deepender Singh Hooda will file his nomination papers for the Rohtak Lok Sabha byelection on September 10 as the Congress candidate.
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Deepender Singh Hooda talks to the media in New Delhi on Thursday after he got the Congress ticket for the Rohtak parliamentary byelection. — PTI photo

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Manmohan, Blair for anti-terror law
New Delhi, September 8
The issue of international terrorism dominated the bilateral talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting UK counterpart Tony Blair in Udaipur today.
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Chandigarh man is envoy to Iran
New Delhi, September 8
Mr Manbir Singh, presently Ambassador of India in Hungary, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Iran in succession to Mr K.C. Singh.

Chandigarh blast: 7 hurt
Chandigarh, September 8
Seven persons were injured in an explosion at the Sector 17 inter-state bus terminus late this evening.
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Mahesh-Hantuchova win title
New York, September 8
India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova won the mixed doubles title at the US Open today
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IA loses 5 pilots, 6 engines in two months
New Delhi, September 8
At a time, when there should be celebrations within Indian Airlines with the government having cleared its long-pending plan for acquisition of new aircraft, there is more of disturbing news.

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