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Wednesday,
March 8,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Terror
strikes Varanasi
*20
dead, 50 hurt in blasts *Alert
in states
*PM,
Kalam appeal for calm
Varanasi/Lucknow/New
Delhi, March 7
Terror struck this
temple town when two bomb blasts in quick succession
rocked the Sankatmochan shrine and the cantonment railway
station this evening killing at least 20 persons and
injuring over 50, some of them seriously.
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56k)
Punjab,
Haryana on alert
Delhi page: High alert in
Capital in wake of blasts
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No
intrusive inspections of N-facilities: PM
New Delhi, March 7
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today
declared that India will not allow intrusive international inspections
in nuclear facilities of high national security importance. He made two
announcements primarily aimed at keeping the Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre out of international safeguards.
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Nation page:
India to place 14 reactors under IAEA scrutiny
World page:
Bush
admn starts briefing US Cong members
MLAs to have funds
at disposal
Chandigarh, March 7
With an eye on the coming
Assembly elections in Punjab, the Finance Minister, Mr Surinder
Singla, today presented a tax free Budget having a total outlay of
Rs 27,791.87 crore. The revenue deficit will be Rs 1,390 crore.
Finance Minister Surinder Singla addresses a Press conference in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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Unauthorised
colonies to be regularised: Singla
Chandigarh, March 7
In a decision of far reaching
economic and social consequences, the Punjab Finance Minister, Mr
Surinder Singla, today announced in the Budget speech that all
unauthorised residential colonies and slums in the state will be
regularised. Details in Punjab
page
Edit:
Finances in good health
Punjab page:
Renewal
programme for small farmers
Govt
not in denial mode, says Singla
No
announcement on ending of octroi
Rs
924 crore for power sector
Rs
4.51 cr spent on PSSSB, for no work
Rs
7 cr for soldiers’ widows
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India:
The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION
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It is a shame that people like us are not allowed to sit in Parliament.
— Jaya Bachchan
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Punjab
offers special concession to
Ratan Tata
Chandigarh, March 7
Budgetary provision for special
concessions for one year to super mega manufacturing units may help the
State Government to convince Mr Ratan Tata to prefer Punjab over
Himachal Pradesh for his new small car manufacturing unit.
Kalam’s
decision on Jaya likely today
New Delhi, March 7
J. Abdul Kalam consulted legal and
constitutional experts on the issue of disqualification of Samajwadi
Party MP Jaya Bachchan following the opinion by the Election Commission,
she sent a letter to Dr Kalam requesting him to seek a fresh opinion of
poll panel after hearing her.
HC
flays Banerjee panel for publicising report
Ahmedabad, March 7
In a severe indictment of the
Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee on the Sabarmati train carnage, the
Gujarat High Court today criticised it for “over-reaching the process
of the court” by making the findings “public” and directed the
authorities concerned not to “further publicise the report or to act
upon it in any manner.”
Howard
calls for expansion of Indo-Aussie ties
Mumbai, March 7
John Howard Prime Minister of
Australia called for an expansion of ties between India and his
country. Speaking at a function here, Howard said there was plenty of
scope for the two countries to mutually benefit from commercial links.
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Give diplomacy time on Iran issue: PM
March 7, 2006
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PM
talks to Putin on Iran issue
March 6, 2006
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Bush
rules out N-deal with Pakistan
March 5, 2006
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India
has arrived: Bush
March 4, 2006
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India, US clinch nuclear deal
March 3, 2006
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PM breaks protocol to receive Bush at airport
March 2, 2006
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No
change in personal and corporate IT
March 1, 2006
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Survey pegs growth at 8.1 pc
February 28, 2006
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Railway
recruitment exam cancelled
February 27, 2006
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Let us build a new J&K: PM
February 26, 2006
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Lalu’s please-all Budget
February 25, 2006
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