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Every Saturday
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Saturday,
May 3,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Inflation
at 42-month high
New
Delhi/Bangalore, May 2
Inflation soared to a
42-month high of 7.57 per cent for the week ended April 19 on
account of higher prices of vegetables, food articles, steel
and some fuel items. The wholesale price-based inflation rose
0.24 percentage points from 7.33 per cent in the previous week
despite concerted efforts by the government and the Reserve
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Have patience, says Chidambaram |
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to be patient and have faith. The current spurt is because of
international developments.” |
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Another
inferno: 1 dead, 12 hurt
Fatehabad, May 2
One person was killed
while at least 12 others, including two children, received
burn injuries in a devastating fire that raged in the Jakhal
area of the district all through the night yesterday.
Uttarakhand
forests on fire
Sarabjit’s
execution delayed indefinitely
Lahore, May 2
The Pakistan government
has delayed the execution of Sarabjit Singh till further
orders, a jail official said today. Sarabjit Singh, whose
family say he is the victim of mistaken identity, was to be
hanged on April 1 after being convicted of involvement in 1990
blasts that killed four persons in Lahore.
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CAST YOUR VOTE
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Do
you agree
that
continuing
female
foeticide is
a matter of
national
shame?
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Minister
hoists flag upside down, 2 cops suspended
Mumbai, May 2
Two policemen were suspended today
after Maharashtra’s forest minister Babanrao Pachpute hoisted the
national flag, which was upside down at the Maharashtra Day function in
Vidarbha district yesterday.
Badal
case: SC refuses stay on prosecution
New Delhi, May
2
The Supreme Court today
did not stay the ongoing proceedings against Punjab Chief
Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Badal at a
trial court in Ropar. It also asked the petitioner, former
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, to file his rejoinder
to the Badal’s affidavit and fixed the next date of
hearing as May 14.
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Pilotless
aircraft off-target
27 yrs on and Rs 165 cr later,
it fails to meet IAF norms
Chandigarh, May 2
The ministry of defence cleared
bulk production of indigenously developed pilotless target aircraft
(PTA) without evaluating their performance. This led to the Air Force
putting a hold on its induction, thereby seriously affecting training of
pilots and missile crew. The IAF, as a result, has also withdrawn its
commitment to the PTA’s follow-on development programme in favour of
imports.
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Speaker names 32 unruly MPs
May
2, 2008
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PM launches Tribune’s
125-yr anthology
May
1, 2008
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CRR up by 25 basis points,
key rates stay
April 30, 2008
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IOA
sacks Gill; IPL bans Bhajji
April 29, 2008
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Karzai escapes Taliban attack
April 28, 2008
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Harbhajan suspended
April 27, 2008
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PM:
Don’t politicise people’s misery
April 26, 2008
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MP evicted from RS
April 25, 2008
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Summon US envoy: CPM
April 24, 2008
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India snubs US on Iran
April 23, 2008
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