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Wednesday, August 3, 2011, Chandigarh, India
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Farmer dead in Mansa land acquisition stir
Police resorts to lathi charge to stop protesters from marching to thermal plant site

Kot Dunna (Mansa-Barnala border), August 2
Punjab police personnel take away a protesting farmer One farmer was killed and 15 others sustained injuries as the police lathi-charged a large group of farmers protesting against acquisition of land for setting up 1350 MW thermal power plant at Gobindpura village in Mansa district. The police action came when over 1,000 farmers wanted to move towards Gobindpura village in Mansa district to reclaim the land acquired for the power project. 

The damaged vehicles at Kot Dunna village near the Barnala-Mansa border
The damaged vehicles at Kot Dunna village near the Barnala-Mansa border on Tuesday; (top) Punjab police personnel take away a protesting farmer. Tribune photos: Pawan Sharma


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New Delhi, August 2
The stand-off between the government and the main Opposition BJP ended today within two days of the commencement of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament with the government relenting to a discussion on price rise and inflation under Rule 184 entailing a division and the BJP agreeing to reword its notice from censuring the government to expressing concern over price rise and inflation.

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New Delhi, August 2
The name of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was today dragged into the 2G Spectrum allocation scam as a former Telecom Secretary during the NDA regime told the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) that the BJP statesman was holding the charge of the ministry when the Cabinet cleared the migration policy.

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Over 50 pc judicial officers in Punjab flunk promotion test
Chandigarh, August 2
It is believed more than 50 per cent of the senior-most sub-judges have failed to clear the suitability test for promotion as additional district and sessions judges in Punjab.  

Mukesh Ambani’s luxury home may come under CBI scrutiny 
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The Maharashtra Government may order a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the construction of industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s multi-storeyed building on what was formerly land belonging to the Wakf Board.

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The Supreme Court today expressed unhappiness over the efforts of various states for the rehabilitation of three million sex workers across the country even as Punjab and Haryana maintained that there were no red light areas in the two states but acknowledged there were thousands of prostitutes.

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