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Saturday,
February 18,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Vote on Iran in national interest, says PM
New Delhi, February 17
In a strong defence of India’s vote at the IAEA, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured both Houses of Parliament that his government’s stand was based on “objectives of upholding Iran’s rights and obligations” and country’s “security concerns arising from proliferation”.
Nation page
Govt
ready for debate on Iran
Indo-French
N-deal not during Chirac’s visit
World page: Iran
developing N-bomb: France
Opinions page: PM
defends vote on Iran
Salman
sentenced to one year imprisonment
Jodhpur,
February 17
Bollywood star
Salman Khan was today sentenced to one year
imprisonment and fined Rs 5,000 by a court here
after finding him guilty of killing a chinkara, a
deer species, at Bhavad village in this Rajasthan
district in 1998.
Film star Salman Khan is escorted by policemen through a crowd outside the District Courts in Jodhpur on Friday. — AFP
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CAST
YOUR VOTE
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Should there be an
Indian Institute of Science in Punjab?
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Behead Danish cartoonist, get
Rs 51 crore, says UP minister
Lucknow, February 17
Adding a new dimension to the anti-Denmark protests, an Uttar Pradesh minister today declared a cash reward of Rs 51 crore for the person who would behead the Danish cartoonist who drew the controversial cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.
In video: Protest
against controversial cartoons. (28k,
56k)
Don’t
cross “Lakshman rekha”, Left warns UPA
New Delhi, February 17
With weeks left for the Assembly
polls to five states, including West Bengal and Kerala, the Left parties
today raised their pitch against the UPA government by warning the
Manmohan Singh government to cross the national common minimum programme
“Lakshman rekha” at its own peril.
Left wooing UPA allies to keep Cong in check
New Delhi, February 17
The Left parties and the Congress, who are pitted against each other in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Kerala and West Bengal, are presently engaged in a cat and mouse game with each other.
Panel for
Rs 75 hike in LPG price
New Delhi, February 17
The government is likely to find it hard to implement the recommendations of the Rangarajan Committee that has recommended a steep hike of Rs 75 per LPG cylinder, besides Rs 1.21 per litre for petrol and Rs 1.96 a litre of diesel.
Mr Rangarajan submitted the report to Petroleum Minister Murli Deora
here today.
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India:
The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION
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QUOTE
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Our
support will continue till the time the
government does not cross the “Lakshman
rekha” .— Sitaram Yechury
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Centre blames Punjab for water crisis in Malwa belt
New Delhi, February 17
Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad today blamed the Punjab Government for reported drinking water crisis in the Malwa belt, especially in the Bathinda-Mansa belt where cases of cancer due to unsafe drinking water have come to light.
Govt,
Opposition clash over Muslim survey in forces
New Delhi,
February 17
The survey of Muslims in armed forces spared off clashes with the
government and Opposition accusing each other of “communalising” the
issue for “vote-bank politics” in both the Houses of Parliament.
(Details on Nation
page)
BJP-ruled
states not to cooperate on Muslim count
Secret
parleys between Sikh body, radicals to fore
Amritsar,
February 17
The revelations made by Mr Rulda Singh, president of the Rashtriya Sikh
Sangat, a mouthpiece of the RSS, about the return of more than 400
“black-listed” Sikhs from different parts of the world and securing
release of top militants from Punjab’s jails have created ripples in
the Sikh Panth. (Details on Punjab
page)
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President outlines UPA govt’s reform agenda
February 17, 2006
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Exservicemen
take to streets
February 16, 2006
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Marriages
must be registered
February 15, 2006
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Left not to back no-trust move against UPA govt
February 14, 2006
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Kalam
outlines Navy’s future role
February 13, 2006
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CPM,
SP join hands on Iran issue
February 12, 2006
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CPM
plans stir during Budget session
February 11, 2006
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FBRs not to be put in civilian N-list, US told
February 10, 2006
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Gujarat to reopen 1594 riot cases
February 9, 2006
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Stop wheat import, say farmers
February 8, 2006
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