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Thursday, October 6, 2005, Chandigarh, India
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AMU to move Apex Court against
High Court order
Lucknow, October 5
With the Allahabad High Court verdict quashing the minority character of Aligarh Muslim University, the minority card once again appeared like a trump card for the major political parties. While the response on the university campus remained relatively restrained, the shrill reaction in Lucknow indicated that the issue would generate more heat in the days to come.

Nation page: BJP decries minority status for
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CMs’ conclave to focus on election promises
New Delhi, October 5
When all the Congress Chief Ministers assemble in Chandigarh on Friday for a two-day inhouse introspection, the focus of their deliberations will not be on their respective achievements alone but will also dwell on their shortcomings.

Conclave minus frills

Sonia delays arrival by a day

Natwar meets Oppn leaders in Pak
Karachi, October 5
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh today worked on two key tenets of Indian diplomatic initiative vis a vis Pakistan — strengthening people-to-people contacts and trade and economic ties.
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh with dignitaries at a hotel in Karachi, on Wednesday.
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh with dignitaries at a hotel in Karachi, on Wednesday. — PTI photo

World page: Destroy all nuclear weapons, says India
India and Belarus sign pact to curb terrorism

Agonising wait ends for farmers
Khanna, October 5
After a 13-day wait to sell his produce, Prem Singh of Ranu Khurd village in Fatehgarh Sahib district headed back home this afternoon with smile on his lips.

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An official inspects the quality of grain as procurement of paddy begins in Khanna, with new specifications on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

20 hurt in Anantnag grenade attack
Srinagar, October 5
At least 20 persons were wounded when militants hurled a hand grenade towards a security forces patrol near Anantnag bus stand in south Kashmir today, official sources said. They said the militants threw the grenade at the security forces patrol near Anantnag bus stand at 5.15 p.m.

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Blast at mosque kills 22
Hillah (Iraq), October 5
A bomb exploded at the entrance of a Shiite Muslim mosque south of Baghdad as hundreds of worshippers gathered for prayers ahead of the breaking of the fast on the first day of Ramadan, killing at least 22 persons and wounding 77, the police and hospital officials said. — AP


3 share Nobel chemistry prize
Stockholm, October 5
France’s Yves Chauvin and Americans Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock won the 2005 Nobel Prize in chemistry today, for their work to reduce hazardous waste in forming new chemicals.
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