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Friday,
November 18,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Punjab’s nod to 85th Amendment
New Chandigarh periphery policy approved
Chandigarh, November 17
The decks have been cleared for the implementation of the 85th Amendment in Punjab as the state Council of Ministers, which met here today, gave its approval to the constitutional provision.
Chandigarh page:
Regularisation
in periphery proposed
Jail Supdt held for embezzlement
Amritsar, November 17
The vigilance sleuths today arrested Superintendent, Jail, Capt (Retd) S P Singh, deputy Superintendent, Avinash Chander and two house wardens on charges of embezzlement to the tune of Rs 36 lakhs in distribution of ration to prisoners.
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| Mr S.P. Singh (left), Amritsar Central Jail Superintendent, in police custody in Amritsar on Thursday. — PTI
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Should India continue to have close military ties with Russia?
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Sudarshan holds talks on Advani’s successor with
Vajpayee
New Delhi, November 17
Wider consultation process to identify Mr L.K. Advani’s successor as BJP President, who has announced his decision to demit office by this year end, got a thrust today with RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan holding a one-to-one meeting with former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee here.
No Cabinet expansion today
New Delhi, November 17
The hype of a Cabinet expansion-cum-reshuffle being undertaken by the Prime Minister tomorrow has turned out to be a non-starter.
“The Cabinet expansion is definitely not taking place tomorrow,”
according to authoritative sources.
Congress named nearly two years ago in Iraqi paper
New York, November 17
An independent Iraqi newspaper named India’s Congress party nearly two years ago in a report that contained details of the oil-for-food corruption scandal that has hit international headlines now.
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Quota for minority community students in IITs proposed
New Delhi, November 17
Concerned over the drop in numbers of Muslim students in premier academic institutions like the IITs and the IIMs, the National Monitoring Committee for Minority Education (NMCME) has proposed reservation for students of this minority community.
Kashmir IG shifted
Jammu, November 17
As a sequel to a series of terrorist attacks, the Jammu and Kashmir Government today removed the IGP and Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir from their posts and also ordered transfer of several top IAS officers.
Sonia woman of substance, says Shatrughan
New Delhi, November 17
In an attempt to embarrass the BJP leadership, film star-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha today praised Congress President Sonia Gandhi as “a woman of substance” and a “one-man army of the Congress”.
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We are not cooks, schoolteachers tell High Court
Chandigarh, November 17
Fed up with being forced to cook food for schoolchildren that they are supposed to teach, government teachers of Punjab have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court for directions for the supply of cooked meals to be distributed to the schoolchildren under the mid-day meal programme.
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4
killed, J&K ex-minister hurt in Srinagar blast
November 17, 2005
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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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