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Friday,
February 2,
2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Ordinance route for live action
New Delhi, February 1
The viewers across the country would be able to catch the cricket action live with the Union Cabinet today giving its nod for the promulgation of an Ordinance making it mandatory for the sports channels, radio stations and content providers to share live telecast with public broadcaster Prasar Bharati for sporting events of “national importance” at home and abroad.
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Mexican wave out
Melbourne: Cricket Australia today announced a ban on the Mexican wave at all its one-day international venues to prevent the fans’ unruly behaviour during the matches. CA Chief James Sutherland said the Mexican wave had become a blight on the game and the ban would prevent a repeat of the loutish behaviour that marred a match in Melbourne last month.(Details
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Jessica Case
29 hostile witnesses get time to explain flip-flop
New Delhi, February 1
The Delhi High Court today gave two weeks’ time to all the 29 hostile witnesses in Jessica Lall murder case to submit their replies why they had turned hostile during cross-examination by the trial court after they made their appearance.
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NBWs against 3
The court issued non-bailable warrants against Vrun Shah, Mukesh Saini and Narayan Singh when they failed to appear today as per the direction, which ultimately ensured their presence in the afternoon. |
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Punjab Votes ’07
Post-Beas, heavy force ordered
Beas/Amritsar, February 1
Even as the Deputy Election Commissioner (DEC), Mr R. Bhattacharya, visited Beas for first-hand information of the firing incident in Beas, Mr Sunderam Krishana, Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, said 200 companies of para military forces would be deployed in the state to ensure free and fair elections. |
More than 50 per cent booths in Amritsar ‘sensitive’
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FOUNDER'S
DAY: All of us pay our fond tributes to Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia who founded The Tribune 126 years ago this day. |
Manifestly simian in Uttarakhand
New Delhi, February 1
The hapless people of Uttarakhand could well get a respite from marauding monkeys as the ruling Congress has promised to raise a ‘langur sena’ to chase away these simians if the party is returned to power in the next month’s Assembly poll.
SC lays 8-point criteria for compassionate govt job
New Delhi, February 1
The Supreme Court today held that the compassionate employment to the kin of a government servant on his death could not be claimed in a routine manner but would be available if the family was entirely in penury.
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India:
The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL
SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION
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GREASE
LIGHTNING: His co-rider grounded, a participant in Rural Olympics tries to buck up his oxen to qualify for the time trial at Kila Raipur in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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Cop held for bid to enter PM’s house
New Delhi, February 1
A drunk Delhi Police constable tonight tried to sneak into the high-security official residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Race Course road here.
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Union minister asked not to visit Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur, February 1
The Union Minister of State for Home, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, was today asked not to visit the riot-torn district of Gorakhpur, even as he announced that the Centre might take action if the situation did not return to normal soon.
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Chorus in Tataland
February
1, 2007
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Dimpa
led attack, Rajan fired AK-47: SAD
January
31, 2007
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Akali,
Congress workers clash
January
30, 2007
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Fresh clashes in Singur
January
29, 2007
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No pension funds for stocks, says EPF board
January
28, 2007
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India, Russia for axis with China
January 26, 2007
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Fifth
Gen combat aircraft in Putin’s sales bag
January
25, 2007
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It’s Sidhu vs Singla
January
24, 2007
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SRE-1 brought home
January
23, 2007
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