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Sunday,
November 27,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Chauhan
to be CM of MP
Uma
made party Gen Secy
New Delhi,
November 26
The Bhartiya Janata
Party today decided to appoint its Lok Sabha MP from
Vidisha Shivraj Singh Chauhan as the next Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister replacing Babulal Gaur and making fiery
sanyasin Uma Bharti the General Secretary of the party at
the national level.
PM,
Sonia greet Ranbir Singh on 92nd birthday
New
Delhi, November 26
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh today expressed concern at frequent
disruptions in legislatures, saying that such moves wasted
precious time which should be used for discussions.
Dr Manmohan Singh greets Chaudhary Ranbir Singh, veteran freedom fighter, member of the Constituent Assembly and father of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on the occasion of his 92nd birthday in New Delhi on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
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Rain
floods 180 TN villages
Chennai, November
26
Tamil Nadu continued
to reel under flood fury despite the abatement of rain,
even as the Army was pressed into service for relief
operations and to rescue lakhs of people marooned in the
worst-affected Cuddalore and Tiruchirapalli districts
today. About 180 villages were still under a sheet of
water and at least one lakh people were marooned in
Cuddalore district.
Kalam assures all help to quake-hit in Kashmir
Srinagar, November 26
The President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, today assured the quake-affected people in Tangdhar near the Line of Control of all help and assistance and expressed concern for the sufferers. He expressed sympathies with the residents of the area who had gathered to apprise the President of their agony and losses.
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President Abdul Kalam gives gifts to a Kashmiri orphan girl during his visit to Army Headquarters in Srinagar on Saturday. — Reuters
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Cong
woos Raj Thackeray
Mumbai, November 26
The Congress is wooing Shiv Sena
supremo Bal Thackeray’s nephew Raj Thackeray. Addressing a press
conference here, Shiv Sainik-turned-Congress man Sanjay Nirupam said Raj
was being wooed to join the Congress. Nirupam is a former confidant of
Raj Thackeray and one-time editor of party mouthpiece Saamna.
Mahant
on fast over dispute with rivals
Lucknow, November 26
President of the All-India Akhara
Parishad and senior Mahant of Hanuman Garhi Gyan Das today began a
fast-unto-death to protest against reported police harassment in
collusion with VHP-backed mahants. With this fresh development, the
internal politics of the religious leaders in Ayodhya has come into
sharp focus.
Gohana riots: CBI files
charge sheet
New Delhi, November 26
In less than three months, the CBI has filed a charge-sheet in the one of the three cases registered in connection with the communal clash at Gohana in Sonepat district of Haryana and booked nine persons in connection with the murder of a
shopkeeper.
Singhania
sets new ballooning record
Mumbai,
November 26
Industrialist and aviator Vijaypat
Singhania today set a new ballooning world record flying on a hot air
balloon to break the world record of 64,997 feet set by Per Lindstrand
of Sweden in June, 1988, at Texas.
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Govt
can’t stop Judges’ selection: SC
November 26, 2005
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Volcker
report rocks Parliament
November 25, 2005
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Taliban kill hostage
November 24, 2005
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NDA
sweeps Bihar poll
November 23, 2005
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Left-UPA
tradeoff
November 22, 2005
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Indian
kidnapped in Afghanistan
November 21, 2005
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Bihar
poll largely peaceful
November 20, 2005
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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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