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Monday, May 8, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Shinde blames UP for Delhi power crisis
Maintain grid discipline, states told
Bangalore, May 7
Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said here today that Uttar Pradesh was responsible for the power crisis which had gripped Delhi by overdrawing 400 MW from the northern grid. He said Uttar Pradesh had snatched power in excess of 400 MW from the northern grid, causing shortage in Delhi.

Nation: Metro contributing to power woes of Delhi?
Delhi: Power cut for 12 hours in Noida

Heat wave to continue
Good for monsoon, say weathermen
New Delhi, May 7
As far as weather goes, there is some good news and some bad. The good news is that the Meteorological Department has said people in the northwest can expect “marginal relief from the heat wave during the next two days as the temperatures are likely to fall one to two degrees on Monday and Tuesday from where they have been hovering for the past four days”.

Pillion riders cover their faces to protect themselves from the heat on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi on Sunday. A blistering heat wave swept most places in North India. Pillion riders cover their faces to protect themselves from the heat on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi on Sunday. A blistering heat wave swept most places in North India.  — PTI photo

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Water scarcity forces villagers to abandon cattle
Mercury soars to 47°C in Hisar
Mercury pushes up power demand
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Weather page: Heat wave prevails
Chandigarh page: Weathermen predict dust storms


Priyanka allowed to stay in Rae Bareli
Rae Bareli/Lucknow, May 7
A desperate Samajwadi Party today alleged that Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s election agent Priyanka had hatched a conspiracy to carry out booth capturing in tomorrow’s byelection in Rae Bareli but suffered a setback when its demand for getting her out of the constituency was rejected by the Returning Officer.
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Punjab out to ‘gift’ land to Reliance
Crucial meeting today
Chandigarh, May 7
The Punjab Government is all set to offer the premium land worth several hundred crores to Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for a song. A high- level meeting in this regard has been convened by the Chief Secretary, Mr K.R. Lakhanpal, tomorrow in his office.


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Cable operators threatened in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 7
Students of a madrassa staged a march here today to protest against the police’s alleged failure to act against those involved in a sex racket while a little-known militant group warned cable TV operators not to air programmes in the Kashmir Valley.

J&K page: Disclose names of persons involved in sex scandal: BJP
Editorial: Punish the guilty
Nation page: Upswing in minority killings in J&K

SC to decide on Sardar Sarovar Dam today
New Delhi, May 7
The Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Sardar Sarovar Dam tomorrow. The Narmada Bachao Andolan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have filed their written arguments in the court. The NBA, in its arguments filed yesterday, contended that the rehabilitation of displaced people was yet to begin.

Nitish for special plan to check pollution in Ganga
Patna, May 7
The Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, favours joint action with the Centre to work out plans to check the rising pollution level of the Ganga river which, besides causing health hazards, now affects the rare aqua creatures too.


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