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Self
goal sinks Paraguay
Frankfurt, June 10
England needed an own goal by
Paraguay captain Carlos Gamarra to grind out a 1-0 victory in
today’s Group B opener. England
made a dream start on a hot afternoon at the Waldstadion when
Gamarra headed a David Beckham free kick into his own net after
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English midfielder Steven Gerrard (bottom) is challenged by Paraguayan forward Roque Santa Cruz (top) in their first-round Group-B 2006 World Cup football match at Frankfurt’s World Cup Stadium, on Saturday. — AFP
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13
torched alive in AP village
Hyderabad, June 10
A history of feuds between two
families of a village has resulted in burning alive of 13 persons,
including five women and four children, in the neighbouring Mahabubnagar
district.
Mahapanchayat
cancelled in Bhiwani
Bhiwani, June 10
The Sheoran Chaurasi mahapanchayat
to be held on the issue of an inter-caste marriage at Kharkari village
of this district tomorrow has been cancelled following a direction of
the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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UP
Speaker disqualifies five defiant MLAs
Lucknow, June 10
UP Vidhan Sabha Speaker Mata Prasad
Pandey today disqualified the five defiant MLAs who had voluntarily
crossed over to their parent party, BSP, a day after the Allahabad High
Court judgment of February 28 setting aside the merger of the break away
group into the ruling Samajwadi party.
Shahi
Imam announces formation of
political front
New Delhi, June 10
Encouraged by the Assam experiment
of Muslim clerics floating a new political outfit and winning 10 seats
in recent assembly elections, Jama Masjid’s Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed
Bukhari today announced the formation of an identical political front to
contest the next elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Andhra
cuts ST on petrol, diesel
Hyderabad, June 10
Andhra Pradesh has followed in the
foot steps of Maharashtra in providing modest relief to the common man
on fuel prices. The Chief Minister,
Mr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, today announced that the government had
decided to reduce sales tax on fuel prices, resulting in a reduction of
40 paise on a litre of petrol and 22 paise on diesel.
Haryana page:
No ST on petro
price hike, says Hooda
Nation page:
Cong
state units to protest against Left, NDA govts
Vajpayee
to lead protest against fuel price hike
Hisar
hottest at 45.9ºC
Chandigarh, June 10
The heat wave sweeping most parts
of North India today further intensified, with Hisar in Haryana turning
out to be the hottest place at 45.9ºC, four degrees above the normal
range, even as the Met Department here sees no immediate respite from
the heat in the region.
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HC stops Jat Mahapanchayat
June
10,
2006
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Al-Qaida’s Zarqawi killed in US air raid
June 9,
2006
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Rollback of petro prices ruled out
June 8,
2006
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Congress joins petro price hike protest
June 7,
2006
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Rahul Mahajan arrested
June 6,
2006
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Confusion
over use of drugs by Rahul
June 5,
2006
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Moitra poisoned
June 4,
2006
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Rahul
Mahajan on life support
June 3,
2006
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Terror
at Nagpur
June 2,
2006
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Medicos
end stir
June 1,
2006
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