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Monday,
April 24,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Thousands
defy curfew in Kathmandu
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30 pro-democracy activists hurt in
clashes
Koirala to lead protest on Tuesday
Kathmandu, April 23
About 30 pro-democracy activists were
injured in clashes with the police today as anti-monarch protests spread to
other districts of Nepal, a day after opposition alliance rejected the King’s
offer inviting them to form a government.
A Nepalese policeman beats a pro-democracy activist with a stick at Balaju in Kathmandu on Sunday.
— AFP photo
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Should the minimum support price of wheat have been hiked by more than Rs 50?
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Mahajan
still critical, undergoes surgery
.jpg) Mumbai, April 23
The condition of Pramod Mahajan, general
secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was shot at and injured by his
brother yesterday, continues to be critical, according to doctors at Hinduja
Hospital where he is admitted.
In video
(28k, 56k)
Policemen escort Pravin Mahajan, the brother of Pramod Mahajan, out of a court in Mumbai on Sunday. — AFP
photo
Germany
lowers reservation on
Indo-US N-deal
 Hannover, April 23
Germany today lowered its reservation on
the issue of supply of civilian nuclear technology to India saying that
developments on this issue were on “the positive path”.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after they reviewed a German Bundeswehr army guard of honour upon his arrival in Hannover on Sunday. — Reuters
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Hannover
Diary:
Pied Pipers of
Hamlin
30 NRIs in
Britain’s top 1,000 rich
London, April 23
NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal was today
declared the wealthiest person in Britain and the seventh richest in the world
while as many as 30 NRIs in the UK, including Lord Swraj Paul, had fortunes
worth over $ 60 million each.
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Bonus issue
draws flak
Chandigarh, April 23
The pressure to extend bonus to farmers who
sold their wheat to private parties has started gaining momentum as the Rajya
Sabha member, Dr Manohar Singh Gill, and the Federation of Aarhtiya (commission
agents) Association of Punjab, decided to take up cudgels on their behalf.
More
related stroies on Punjab page
Iraqi Prime
Minister gets one month to form government
5 killed in mortar attack
Baghdad, April 23
Fresh mortar attacks and the discovery of
six bodies in Baghdad on Sunday highlighted the security challenge still facing
Iraqi leaders after they broke months of political deadlock to appoint a new
Prime Minister.
Gurgaon-Delhi
Metro link decision soon
New Delhi, April 23
The Haryana Government is waiting for the
Delhi Government to finalise the Delhi Metro’s alignment to Gurgaon so that it
can expedite its project of linking its commercial capital with Delhi with a
metro line.
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‘Mughal-e-Azam’
premiered in Pak
Islamabad, April 23
Pakistan ended its four-decade-old freeze
on screening Indian films by premiering the all-colour version of Bollywood’s
magnum opus ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ in Lahore today.
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A Pakistani looks at a poster of Indian classic movie ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ at Gulisatan Cinema in Lahore on Sunday.
— Reuters photo
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Pramod
Mahajan shot at
April 23, 2006
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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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