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Stalwarts
missing at AICC conclave
Hyderabad, January 21
The absence of Uttaranchal Chief
Minister N D Tewari, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh,
Karnakata Chief Minister Dharam Singh and the grand old man of Bengal
Congress A B A Ghani Khan Chowdhury at AICC plenary here has attracted
the attention of the media and caused some embarrassment to the party.
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AICC
conclave gets under way
Sidelights
of AICC conclave
End
strike or face action, HC tells lawyers
New Delhi, January 21
As a follow-up action to its
“full court” resolution condemning the strike by lawyers of Tis
Hazari Courts in the capital, considered to be one of the largest court
complex in the country, the Delhi High Court today handed down a stern
warning of “strong action” against them if they did not end the
agitation, causing great inconvenience to public.
Jaswant
Singh to visit Jinnah’s tomb
New Delhi, January 21
Senior BJP leader and leader of the
Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh, will pay his respects at
Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s mausoleum during his forthcoming visit to the
neighbouring country.
Raja
Bhaiya back as UP Cabinet minister
Lucknow, January 21
The infamous independent MLA from
Kunda, Kunwar Rahghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, was today
re-inducted into the Mulayam Singh Yadav ministry as a Cabinet Minister,
a month after being granted bail by a Madhya Pradesh POTA court.
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8
of family charred to death
Karaurr (Ludhiana), January
21
Eight members of a Muslim family ,
including six children and a woman, were charred to death when a fire
broke out mysteriously in their thatched hut located in the fields in
this village near Koomkalan early in the morning today. A five-day-old
baby boy was also among the deceased.
Survivors
shattered
‘Encounter
specialist’ booked for corruption
Mumbai, January 21
One of Mumbai’s famed
“encounter specialists” Daya Nayak has been booked for holding
assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The offenses
against Nayak were registered after the anti-corruption bureau of the
Mumbai police raided properties belonging to him in Maharashtra and
Karnataka. The offenses against Nayak were registered after the anti-corruption bureau of the Mumbai police raided properties belonging to him in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Srinagar, January 21
Even as the police and security
agencies continued their efforts to prevent any untoward incident for
the Republic Day celebrations, militants lobbed a grenade at a CRPF
post, injuring five persons, including three civilians, at Budshah Chowk
here this afternoon.
Paramilitary personnel take up positions after a grenade explosion at Budshah Chowk in Srinagar on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Amin War
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‘Dosti’
returns sans Indian passengers
Amritsar, January 21
The Pakistan Tourism Development
Corporation (PTDC) luxury inaugural coach, Dosti, today returned to
Lahore without any Indian passengers on board as common passengers
stayed away from the Amritsar-Lahore bus, thanks to irritating security
concerns and ‘‘communication gap’’. |
Drivers of the Amritsar-Lahore bus, ‘Punj-Aab’, present sweets to M. Yaseem, driver of the Lahore-Amritsar bus, in Amritsar on Saturday.
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My visit to Jinnah’s tomb is like a foreigner going to Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi when in Delhi.
— Jaswant Singh
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Speaker to return notice
January 21, 2006
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Karnataka
CM
told to prove majority on Jan 27
January 20, 2006
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India rejects Pervez proposals
on Kashmir
January 19, 2006
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India, Pak offer new military CBMs
January 18, 2006
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SC notice to Speaker
January 17, 2006
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CBI
to reopen cases against Sajjan Kumar
January 16, 2006
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Tapping
of phone sting operation, says Centre
January 15, 2006
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LS Speaker gets notice from HC
January 14, 2006
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345 killed in Haj stampede
January 13, 2006
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FM
rules out scrapping FBT
January 12, 2006
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