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The First Challenge Special
supplement to mark the 150th
anniversary of India’s first War
of Independence.
Thursday, December
20,
2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
PM: No communal budgeting in Plan
Swears by 10% growth rate New Delhi, December 19
Eleventh Five-Year Plan, aiming to sustain 9 per cent growth, was today approved by the National Development Council after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refuted allegation of “communal budgeting” and cautioned against adverse impact on the economy of global financial crisis and rising commodity prices.
HP VOTES 65-72%
turnout Shimla, December
19
The second phase of the
assembly elections witnessed a moderate-to-heavy turnout today
with 65 to 72 per cent of the electorate exercising their
franchise. After a sluggish start polling to the keenly fought
assembly elections picked up as the day progressed.
45 Years
Later ‘Hindi-Chini
bhai bhai’ chant again New Delhi,
December 19
In a major sign of
thawing of relations between India and China, the first-ever
joint exercises between the armies of the two countries,
codenamed “Hand in Hand”, will start from tomorrow in a
hilly terrain in Kunming in the Yunnan province of China.
PEACE GAMES: A handout picture released by the defence ministry shows Brigadier D.D. Dadwal (right), contingent Commander of the Indian troops, shaking hands with Senior Colonel Tian of the People’s Liberation Army of China, on Wednesday upon the arrival of the Indian troops at Kunming Airport, China, to take part in the first-ever joint military exercise between the armies of the two countries. — AFP
photo
Govt
set to give Bedi new role New Delhi,
December 19
The government today
indicated that it would continue to avail the services of
the country’s first woman IPS officer, Kiran Bedi, without
clearly stating what it intended to do with her application
for voluntary retirement from service.
A Tribune Debate
Judges vs Judges
An article by Rajindar Sachar, “Don’t talk disparagingly of judiciary”, appears on the editorial page today. This is the fourth in the series. More articles by eminent advocates and experts will follow.
Two
women bound to trees, whipped Nashik, December 19
Two women were bound to trees and
whipped here last night by members of a family on suspicion that they
had assisted a girl to elope.
Supari
killing: Death for CRPF officer, 3 others Moga, December 19
Additional sessions judge B.S.
Sandhu today sentenced four persons, including a deputy commandant of
the CRPF, to death for killing a polytechnic student nearly four years
ago.
Team
India to be taxed in Oz Melbourne, December 19
The gruelling tour of Australia is
all set to get even more tough for the Indians as the entire team will
be taxed for playing in Australia this summer. Cricket Australia (CA)
has sent in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to the BCCI, which has
sent the Indian Board into a spin.
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PEACE GAMES: A handout picture released by the defence ministry shows Brigadier D.D. Dadwal (right), contingent Commander of the Indian troops, shaking hands with Senior Colonel Tian of the People’s Liberation Army of China, on Wednesday upon the arrival of the Indian troops at Kunming Airport, China, to take part in the first-ever joint military exercise between the armies of the two countries. — AFP
photo
