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Thursday,
November 17,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
4
killed, J&K ex-minister hurt in Srinagar blast
Srinagar,
November 16
Four persons were
killed and 63 injured in an IED explosion outside the
Corporate Headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir Bank near the
Tourist Reception Centre here this morning. Those injured,
included a former Minister of state, Usman Majeed, 12
police personnel and 10 women the police said. More than
40 others, most of them officials of the bank were injured
inside the premises due to breaking of glass panes by the
impact of the explosion, while the guard at the main gate
was among four persons killed.
Editorial: Blast
after blast
J&K page: Infiltration
unaffected by earthquake
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Women wail over the death of a relative, Nazir Ahmed, in a car blast in Srinagar on Wednesday.
— AFP photo
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Following the Jehanabad killings, should Bihar Governor Buta Singh resign?
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Anandpur
Sahib, Fatehgarh Sahib to be Lok Sabha seats
Chandigarh, November 16
The National Delimitation
Commission headed by Justice Kuldeep Singh (retd) has made significant
changes while reorganising, reserving and dereserving the Lok Sabha and
Assembly constituencies in Punjab. The rough draft of the Assembly and
Lok Sabha constituencies was released to the political parties and
others concerned today.
Volcker
report: firms under govt scanner
New Delhi, November 16
Amid allegations of payment of
bribe by the Reliance group to the Iraqi regime to get oil contracts,
the government is scrutinising the accounts records of some the
companies named by the Volcker committee in the $64 billion Iraqi
oil-for-food programme.
Nation
page: Natwar denies feeling isolated
Business
page: No proof poverty is rising, says
Chidambaram
World page:
UN extends
term of Volcker Committee
Evict
illegal occupants of govt houses in two months: SC
New Delhi, November 16
The Supreme Court today gave two
months’ time to the Centre to evict all unauthorised occupants from
government houses in the Capital and shift former ministers and now MPs
to smaller houses. The court also asked the Delhi High Court to ensure
the disposal of allotment-related litigation before it and subordinate
judiciary during this period.
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South
Africa win by 5 wkts
Hyderabad, November 16
Yuvraj Singh’s century went in
vain as South Africa kept themselves on course for a world record
unbeaten run with a thrilling five-wicket victory over India in the
first one-day international here today. — PTI
(Details on Sports
page)
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5,000
units of blood donated
Birth anniversary of Surinder
Singh
Bhiwani, November 16
Thousands of admirers of late
Surinder Singh today paid their tributes to the departed leader on his
birth anniversary by donating blood at a camp organised here by his
widow and Congress MLA from Tosham, Ms Kiran Chaudhary. The camp turned
out to be one of the biggest camps organised in Haryana in the recent
past. An estimated 5000 persons donated blood.
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Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at a blood donation camp organised in memory of Surinder Singh at Bhiwani on Wednesday.
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None will be spared: Sonia
November 16, 2005
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Naxals kill 9 abducted Sena men
November 15, 2005
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Pak
hasn’t done enough to end
terror, says PM
November 14, 2005
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SAARC vows to fight terror
November 13, 2005
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Abu Salem, Monica extradited — finally
November 12, 2005
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SC quashes UP Govt order
November 11, 2005
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K.R.
Narayanan dead
November 10, 2005
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Buta’s
role unfortunate, says PM
November 9, 2005
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Natwar divested of portfolio, but in govt
November 8, 2005
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Dayal to
hold probe into Volcker charge
November 7, 2005
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