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Friday,
October 28,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Rain
cripples Chennai
Deep depression threatens Tamil Nadu, Andhra
 Chennai, October 27
Unprecedented rain
lashed Chennai today bringing life to a standstill. The
state government sought Army’s help to cope with the
situation even as a deep depression threatened to pound
the state, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
Vehicles move through a flooded road in Chennai on Thursday after heavy rain lashed the city. — UNI
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Should there be a comprehensive policy on the death penalty and grant of clemency by the President?
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 Azad
to take baton from Mufti
New Delhi,
October 27
The Congress will
take over the reins of the coalition government in Jammu
and Kashmir with Ghulam Nabi Azad as the Chief Minister.
AICC general secretary Ambika Soni announced here today
that Mr Azad would assume office at an “austere
ceremony” in Srinagar on November 2.
’84
riots cases against Tytler, Sajjan Kumar referred to CBI
New Delhi,
October 27
Two months after the
tabling of the Justice Nanavati Commission report on the
1984 anti-Sikh riots in Parliament, the Centre today
referred to the CBI the cases against Congress leaders
Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and Dharam Dass Shastri
asking it to examine whether they should be
reinvestigated.
PM
calls for second Green Revolution
New Delhi,
October 27
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh today called for a second Green Revolution
to achieve an annual farm growth rate of 4 per cent while
making efforts to move people outside the farm sector
either to manufacturing or services.
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Sensex
falls 176 points
Mumbai, October 27
On the last day of the futures and
options settlement, the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive
Index fell by 176.20 points to close at 7,798.49 from
yesterday’s close of 7,974.
Jindal donates Rs 2
lakh
Chandigarh, October 27
Kurukshetra MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal has donated Rs 2 lakh to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the earthquake victims in Jammu and Kashmir in response to an appeal by The Tribune.
— TNS
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90-year-old
abandoned by four sons
Chandigarh,
October 27
His feet are cold as his
heart; his eyes heavy with grief. They stare into far distances as
if waiting for someone to arrive — someone who would spare him a
kind glance and, may be pause to ask if all was well with him. |
Ninety-year-old Ram Chand has been lying abandoned at Mohali’s Phase VI bus stop for over a month.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
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Kalam
for policy on death penalty, pardon
October 27, 2005
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No consensus on sharing of waters
October 26, 2005
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Evict Buta
Singh from Delhi house, says SC
October 25, 2005
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No Congress decision on power sharing in J&K
October 24, 2005
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Open
up LoC at 5 points, urges Pak
October 23, 2005
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Indo-US
N-deal by early 2006
October 22, 2005
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Changes in uplinking policy okayed
October 21, 2005
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Saddam defiant at trial
October 20, 2005
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J&K
minister shot
October 19, 2005
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