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Sunday,
April 23,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Pramod
Mahajan shot at
 Condition
critical; younger brother surrenders
Mumbai, April 22
Bharatiya Janata Party
General Secretary Pramod Mahajan (56) is on life support at
Mumbai's Hinduja Hospital after he was shot at point blank
by his brother early this morning. The incident happened at
around 7.30 this morning at Mahajan's 14th floor apartment
in the posh Purna Housing Society at Worli in Central
Mumbai.
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Nation page: Pramod
incident shocks leaders
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Kathmandu,
April 22
A day after he offered
to return executive power to people and was lauded by the
international community, Nepal’s King Gyanendra on
Saturday snapped phone lines, imposed curfew and retained
shoot-at-sight orders to quell fresh protests. |
Injured protesters lie as police baton charge pro-democracy protesters, within a mile from the royal Narayanhiti Palace in Kathmandu on Saturday. — AP/ PTI
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Manmohan promises all help to Nepal
India’s stand on Nepal
“distorted”
Rajnath
hints at links between ISI, Maoists
Editorial
King vs. People
By H.K. Dua
Wisdom
generally dawns on kings later than it ought to and
when it does, it comes in a small measure. King
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal last night came
down from the throne by a notch but chose to cling on
to it without realising that the ground underneath had
already been shaken, perhaps beyond repair. |
Jessica’s
father dead
New Delhi,
April 22
A month after he
suffered a brain haemorrhage, Ajit Kumar Lall, father of
slain model Jessica Lall died of a brain stroke last night.
Family sources said the end came late last night. Ajit Lall
(76) had been undergoing treatment at Unkal Hospital in
neighbouring Gurgaon (Haryana) since March 21 last when he
suffered brain haemorrhage.
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Centre
extends truce
New Delhi, April 22
The Centre has extended
by another year from April 29 ceasefire between security
forces and NSCN (Khaplang), an insurgent group operating in
Nagaland. The decision to extend the ceasefire was taken at
a meeting here yesterday between senior officials of the
Union Home Ministry and a three-member NSCN (Khaplang) team
led by one of its leaders K.Mulatanu, official sources said
today.
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King
to hand over power to people
April 22, 2006
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Karan Singh returns with hope
April 21, 2006
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Curfew
in Kathmandu
April 20, 2006
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Manu,
6 others get bail in Jessica case
April 19, 2006
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SC refuses to halt work
April 18, 2006
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No
decision to stop work on dam: PMO
April 17, 2006
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Narmada talks hit roadblock
April 16, 2006
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5 dead, 33 hurt in Srinagar
April 15, 2006
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CBI raids houses
of top IAS, IFS officers
April 14, 2006
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Iran enriches uranium
April 13, 2006
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