Saturday, March 4, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

India has arrived: Bush
Calls it a nation of opportunity
New Delhi, March 3
Mr George W. Bush today wooed India like no other US President had ever done before and admitted that he had been “dazzled” by India. Like a seasoned Indophile, he reeled out facts after facts, with a liberal sprinkling of quotable quotes from two great makers of India — Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru — to convey to his countrymen back home that India had arrived.
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World page: Pak becomes fortress ahead of Bush visit
US offers India advanced fighter aircraft
Nation page: Bush visits Hyderabad and more
Sports page: Bush is a Sania fan

US President George W. Bush delivers a speech at Purana Qila in New Delhi on Friday. — Reuters photo

PM’s statement on N-deal in Parliament on March 6
New Delhi, March 3
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make a statement and give details of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament on March 6. Mr Pranab Mukherjee said the visit of US President George W. Bush was not yet over and the Prime Minister would make a statement on the issue next week.

Special article: Indo-US nuclear deal
World page: Indo-US deal: focus shifts to Congress
World community, IAEA hail Indo-US N-deal
Nation page: Cong hails Indo-US nuclear pact

4 dead, 13 hurt in Lucknow flare-up
Lucknow, March 3
Anti-Bush protests flared up into communal violence leaving at least four dead and 13 seriously injured. Property, shops and vehicles were damaged during arson in major shopping areas laying hollow the administration’s claim of preparedness to tackle the protesters. Violence started after the Friday prayers when anti-Bush protesters got into an argument with shopkeepers in Maulviganj over downing of shutters.

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	PUNJAB: Tree felled for multiplex on controversial trust land
	HARYANA: SC declines govt plea for early hearing on SYL
	HIMACHAL: No fresh taxes in state Budget
	J&K: Govt fails to optimally use Central funds
	CHANDIGARH: Chunk of Nadah, Karoran may miss NAC stamp
	LUDHIANA: Job aspirants stage dharna
	DELHI: Only MCD to get DDA land for primary schools
	Opinions: Karachi blast
	BUSINESS: Ratan Tata impressed as CM hardsells Punjab
	NATION: Bush visits Hyderabad
	WORLD: Pak becomes fortress ahead of Bush visit
	SPORTS: Kaif, Kumble keep India afloat

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Let me tell you, we want your money. Those who have money have the technology also. I want your technology also. I want your good management policies, good governance norms. — P. Chidambaram

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Editorial: Karachi blast   Vehicles go up in flames as the police tries to check riotous mobs in Lucknow on Friday. — Reuters photo

Sabarmati coach fire accidental, says Banerjee
New Delhi, March 3
Reiterating its interim findings to the extreme annoyance of the BJP, the Justice U.C. Banerjee committee today said that the February 2002 fire in the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was “accidental and not deliberate”.

Nation page: BJP terms Godhra fire report absurd