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Sunday,
November 20,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Bihar
poll largely peaceful
Patna,
November 19
The month-long
Assembly elections, Bihar’s second this year, came to an
end today as the fourth phase of polling in 41
constituencies passed off by and large peacefully.
“Polling for the fourth phase of elections passed off
without any violence with an estimated 45-50 per cent
voter turnout,” state’s Additional Chief Electoral
Officer Deepak Prasad said. 
Perspective page:
We will restore governance in
Bihar: Nitish
NDA
just short of majority: exit polls
New Delhi,
November 19
After the final phase
of voting in Bihar, two television exit polls tonight
predicted that Nitish Kumar-led NDA may end up just short
of the winning post in the Assembly polls with projections
giving it 117 of the 243 seats, way ahead of the
RJD-Congress combine.
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Monica
denies marriage to Abu Salem
 Hyderabad/Mumbai,
November 19
Former Bollywood actress Monica
Bedi, who was arrested in a passport forgery case, said here today that
“she is single and prefers to be addressed as Miss Monica”. Bedi,
the girlfriend of extradited gangster Abu Salem, was produced before the
Special Judge for the CBI, Mr C.V. Subramanyam, who remanded her to
judicial custody till November 25.
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India
supportive of Russian initiative on Iran
Vote will depend on IAEA
resolution language
New Delhi, November 19
As the crucial November 24
full-board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on
Iran’s nuclear programme draws near, National Security Adviser M.K.
Narayanan has reached London to discuss with his British counterpart the
international community’s strategies on the subject.
World
page: Aircraft
deal: Russia offers MIG-35s
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Tributes
paid to Indira
New Delhi, November 19
The President, A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam, today laid a wreath at the Shakti Sthala memorial on the
88th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. (Details
on Nation page)
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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi pays tributes to late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi on
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Ultras
ambush police, set afire 14 houses
Diphu (Assam), November 19
Unidentified militants ambushed a
police party and set afire 14 Dimasa houses in Karbi Anglong district of
Assam today. The ultras in two groups of about 25 each simultaneously
ambushed a police party and set ablaze 14 houses at Lower Mohan Dijirwa
in the Diphu police station area at 5.10 am, DIG (Central Range) L.R.
Bishnoi said.
Race
hots up for RS nomination
New Delhi, November 19
Cultural czarina Kapila Vatsayan,
scientists M.S. Swaminathan and C.N.R. Rao and social activist Ela Bhatt
are among those being considered for nomination to the Rajya Sabha,
well-placed sources said today.
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buffaloes to get IT tag
Chandigarh, November 19
After departments and land records,
it is the turn of buffaloes to get the IT bug in Haryana. A chip with a
code "planted" in the stomach of a buffalo and a computer
back-up of the animal's entire history are among some pioneering steps
initiated by the Haryana Dairy Development Cooperation Federation.
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An electronic chip is administered to a buffalo in Karnal.
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6 convicted for killing rights activist Khalra
November 19, 2005
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Punjab’s nod to 85th Amendment
November 18, 2005
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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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