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Wednesday,
April 26,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Kathmandu, April 25
Nepal’s opposition
parties today named veteran politician Girija Prasad Koirala
to head a new government, but divisions appeared in the
movement for democracy, with Maoists rejecting restoration
of the 2002 Parliament and vowing to continue their blockade
of the capital.
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Nepalese pro-democracy activists celebrate after Nepal’s King Gyanendra announced the end of 14 months of absolute rule and restored Parliament which was dissolved in 2002, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday. — AFP
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India welcomes
King’s move
Vajpayee,
Rajnath hail Koirala as PM
Editorial:
King climbs down
In video (28k, 56k)
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Lankan
army chief hurt in suicide attack
Colombo, April
25
Ten Sri Lankan soldiers
and civilians were killed while the Army chief, Lt-Gen
Sarath Fonseka, was critically injured today when an LTTE
suicide bomber disguised as a pregnant woman blew herself up
inside Army Headquarters, in the first such attack here in
two years.
Schoolchildren
among 28 hurt in blasts
Srinagar, April 25
Some schoolchildren were among 28
persons injured in two explosions triggered by militants in Pulwama and
Kupwara districts today. While 20 persons, including the schoolchildren,
were injured when the militants hurled a grenade on a security patrol at
the Tral bus stand in Pulwama district around 3 pm.
Complaints
against Amarinder, 36 MLAs referred to EC
New Delhi, April 25
The Punjab Governor has referred
the complaints about Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and other 36
MLAs of holding office of profit to the Election Commission.
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Doctors
rule out liver transplant on Mahajan
Mumbai, April 25
There is no improvement in the
condition of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan since Monday with the doctors at
the Hinduja Hospital saying he continued to be 'very critical'. The only
sign of optimism today was that Mahajan's blood pressure began to
stabilise.
Germany to ask NSG
constructive questions
Indo-US nuclear deal
Berlin, April 25
The sense in Indian official circles here is that Germany has not only
given up its reservations on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, but has
also promised to ask constructive questions on the accord whenever it
comes up for discussion at the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group.
Berlin
Diary: Oversight
or deliberate?
PM arrives in Uzbekistan
Editorial: Business
with Berlin
World page:
US
has not changed “goalposts” in N-deal: Mulford
Indo-Pak talks
on nuclear CBMs begin
Sensex crashes by 268
points
Mumbai, April 25
The much-vaunted correction, following the breasting of the 12,000 mark, caused Sensex to lose 268 points today.
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President’s
Bodyguard begins
counter-insurgency duties
Chandigarh, April 25
The President's Bodyguard, largely
a static unit for ceremonial duties at Rashtrapati Bhavan, has started
deploying its personnel on counter-insurgency duties in Jammu and
Kashmir and the North-East.
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Nepal
King revives Parliament
April 25, 2006
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Thousands
defy curfew in Kathmandu
April 24, 2006
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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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