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The First Challenge Special supplement
to mark the 150th anniversary of India’s
first War of Independence.
Sunday,
June
22,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
The day after, Maya deflates UPA
Withdraws support, saying the govt has failed to control inflation and it has not done justice to her
New Delhi, June 21
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today withdrew support to the four-year-old United Progressive Alliance
(UPA) government, already on notice from the Left parties, putting it under further pressure at a crucial juncture.
BSP supremo Mayawati announces withdrawal of support to the UPA government
in New Delhi on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
Message
from PC’s office: Don’t panic New Delhi, June
21
Embarrassed at delivering double-digit inflation instead of
double-digit growth, it was all about damage control for the
UPA government today.
N-Deal
It is not
a solution to our energy needs: CPM New Delhi, June
21
The CPM has accused the Congress and the UPA government of
mounting “a massive disinformation campaign” to justify
the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Phoenix
confirms ice on Mars Washington, June 21
Scientists rejoiced after the
Phoenix Mars lander confirmed their long-held belief that ice is hiding
under the surface in the red planet’s northern region.
Hope for
Sarabjit Pak moves to commute
death sentence Islamabad, June 21
In a move that could bring
some reprieve to Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, the
Pakistan government on Saturday day announced plans to commute the
death sentences of prisoners to life imprisonment.
Sarabjit has been in jail for last 18 years for his alleged role in the 1990 bomb blasts in Lahore
and Multan
Sikhs protest in
Mumbai, region Mumbai, June 21
Three bodyguards of Baba Gurmeet
Ram Rahim Singh, chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, who were arrested
yesterday for shooting a man to death at a Mumbai mall, have been
remanded in police custody till July 2.
Suburban chase: A soldier of the Rapid Action Force runs after a protester on the Eastern Express Highway in suburban Mumbai on Saturday. Traffic was disrupted at some places in the wake of the killing of a man by a gunman of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief on Friday.
— PTI photo
Sikhs
block NH-10 for five hours Sirsa, June 21
Sikhs, led by leaders of the
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and heads of Sikh Deras, held a
five-hour long protest by blocking traffic on vital NH-10, commonly
known as Fazilka-Delhi highway.
‘The Love Guru’ gets thumbs down
Hollywood actor Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru,” panned by movie critics even before it hit theatres in America, is also getting a thumbs down from a Hindu group. The Hindu American Foundation
(HAF) declared the movie to be vulgar and crude, but not anti-Hindu.
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