Chandigarh, Monday, July 6, 1998
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27 killed in HP as truck falls into
gorge SHIMLA, July 6 (UNI) — Twentyseven persons were killed and 60 injured, twelve of them seriously, when a truck carrying them fell into a gorge near Kotlu in Mandi district last night. Rs 250-cr Central aid for J&K NEW DELHI, July 5 — Expressing readiness to meet the security-related expenses of the insurgency affected state of Jammu and Kashmir,the Centre today decided to release Rs 250 crore to help overcome financial crisis... |
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 Amarnath yatra begins JAMMU, July 5 — The one-month pilgrimage to the 13,600-foot high Amarnath cave in Kashmir started today with over 1,000 pilgrims leaving Jammu for Pahalgam... |
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Fernandes briefs Vajpayee on talks with
Jaya NEW DELHI, July 5 — Two ministers of the BJP-led coalition, who met Ms Jayalalitha in Chennai yesterday, called on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today and were understood to have conveyed to him that there was no threat to the government from the AIADMK "at least for some time."... Pak bid to push in militants foiled, 22 dead SRINAGAR, July 5 — Army troops today frustrated yet another attempt by Pakistan to push armed militants into Jammu and Kashmir even as 22 persons, including 20 militants, mostly foreign mercenaries, were killed and three others wounded in the state since last evening... SAD warns Centre on Udham Singh Nagar CHANDIGARH, July 5 — The political affairs committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today expressed concern and protested against the inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar in the new hill state of Uttaranchal... ‘No misuse’ of Art 356 for political gains LUCKNOW, July 5 — The BJP chief, Mr Kushabhau Thakre, today said the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu was bad but the political and constitutional problems did not allow the invoking of Article 356 in the southern state... PM, Jaya should sink differences: Barnala NEW DELHI, July 5 — The Akali Dal leader and Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, Mr Surjit Singh Barnala has suggested that Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee and AIADMK General Secretary, Ms Jayalalitha should hold a ‘mini summit’ immediately to sort out their differences as there was a need for a ‘more cohesive’ government... FERA discharge plea turned down NEW DELHI, July 5 — A Delhi court has refused to discharge an accused in a Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violation case despite being exonerated by the enforcement Directorate (ED) in the departmental adjudication proceedings... West Asia: Arab leaders call for initiative CAIRO, July 5 — Three leading Arab leaders today urged Israel to give up its expansion plans for Jerusalem "immediately" and called for a Franco-Egyptian initiative to convene an international conference to help revive the deadlocked West Asia peace process... Talks to form govt on: Laloo PATNA, July 5 — Rashtriya Janata Dal President Laloo Prasad Yadav said today talks were in progress with several political parties to form an alternative government at the Centre... |
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Show-cause notices unwarranted, says Pawar NEW DELHI, July 5 — Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Sharad Pawar has termed "unwarranted" the show-cause notices issued to 10 party MLAs in Maharashtra in connection with the recent Rajya Sabha cross-voting episode... |
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