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Saturday, September 1, 2001, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3 am (IST)

Cabinet reshuffle today
7 new faces expected, Sinha unlikely to go
Shourie, Shahnawaz may be promoted
New Delhi, August 31
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will effect a major reshuffle of his 69-member Council of Ministers tomorrow evening and is expected to induct seven ministers, including two of Cabinet rank, and five Ministers of State. Two Ministers of State may be promoted to the Cabinet rank.

Crucial NDC meeting today

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Don't derail refinery project, Badal warns Centre
Chandigarh, August 31
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has warned the BJP-led NDA government that any attempt to “slow down or derail” the grassroot refinery in Bathinda is likely to result in violent reaction from people.

Punjab page: Bathinda refinery ‘a Cong project’

24 Pak nationals repatriated
Wagah (Amritsar), August 31
India today repatriated 24 Pakistan nationals lodged in a high security jail here. The Government of Pakistan did not reciprocate the gesture by releasing any Indian national.

Pakistani prisoners being repatriated at the Wagah joint checkpost on Friday.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma

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	PUNJAB: Bathinda refinery ‘a Cong project’
	HARYANA: Yuva Kisan Samiti to continue stir for water
	J&K: Steps to boost sale of fruit
	HIMACHAL: Gormo-Lhasa rail line ‘security threat’
	CHANDIGARH: UT Education Dept flouts UGC recommendation
	LUDHIANA: Four arrested in petrol station murder case
	EDIT: Jaya’s game is up
	BUSINESS: Import restrictions on Pak goods eased
	NATION: Monsoon session concludes
	WORLD: Anti-racism gathering opens amidst protests
	SPORTS: India battling for survival

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12 intruders shot dead
Srinagar, August 31
The Army foiled a major infiltration bid at Muthal Gali along the LoC in Kupwara district, killing at least 12 militants in continuing gunfight today. Elsewhere, at least six persons, including two militants, were killed and eight others, five of them children were injured in separate incidents while four suspected militants were held in the Kashmir valley since yesterday.

Liberhan panel may call PM
Was Vajpayee at meeting before demolition, ask MPs
New Delhi, August 31
The Liberhan Commission today admitted a request to summon Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee in the wake of a former senior police official’s allegation that Mr Vajpayee was “privy” to the alleged plot to demolish Ayodhya’s disputed structure on December 6, 1992.

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Cong favours amnesty to cops
Payal (Ludhiana), August 31
While strongly supporting general amnesty for all police personnel facing various charges of human rights violations, the Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh, has also demanded that all those detainees who are languishing in jails since the time of militancy should be tried in courts and if found innocent they should be immediately released.

In Windows today

Ad-ding to gender inequality
by Anu Celly

A colourful picture of courage
Ramesh K. Dhiman

THIS ABOVE ALL: Controlling the urge to backchat
by Khushwant Singh

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At 10 am Punjab CM will meet you regarding MSP of paddy, at 2 pm Mr Badal will meet you about Bathinda refinery again at 5 pm...

by Sandeep Joshi

Mittal’s man is Pro-VC
Dr R. N. Pal Chandigarh, August 31
Dr R. N. Pal has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala, for a period of three years. An order to this effect was issued by the Chancellor here today. Succumbing to the pressure of the BJP, the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, had recommended his name for the post.

Punjab’s no-power-cut town
Bathinda, August 31
History of sorts will be created at midnight tonight when the town-known as the heartland of the Malwa region will become the first free from power cuts.

Bebe Nanaki’s house to be preserved

Amritsar, August 31
The five-century old in-laws house of Bebe Nanaki, elder sister of Guru Nanak Dev at Sultanpur Lodhi, would be preserved through ‘kar sewa’. This is the only place related to Bebe Nanaki. The ‘kar sewa’ would be undertaken by Baba Jagtar Singh who has been busy in the renovation of Sri Akal Takht these days.

The ancient house of Bebe Nanaki, elder sister of Guru Nanak Dev, at Sultanpur Lodhi. — Photo Rajiv Sharma

EARLIER TOP STORIES

	Lobbies out to scuttle Bathinda refinery August 31, 2001
	Sinha may be dropped August 30, 2001
	Ultras kill 2 priests, five of family August 29, 2001
	Trinamool Cong, PMK back in NDA August 28, 2001
	Farooq threatens to quit NDA August 27, 2001
	Depoliticise coop institutions: PM August 26, 2001
	Ultras gun down seven cops in Poonch August 25, 2001
	Badal backs Centre on amnesty issue August 24, 2001
	No blanket amnesty for Punjab cops August 23, 2001
	Meeting on SYL deadlocked August 22, 2001

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