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PM for uniform focus on rural development
New Delhi, June 29
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today urged state governments to draw from the Chinese model of rural development with focus on value addition and business hubs.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a conference on “Poverty alleviation and rural prosperity through Panchayati Raj” at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a conference

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IIMs to revert to old fee structure
New Delhi, June 29
The Human Resource Development Ministry and the six IIMs today arrived at a compromise formula over the fee structure in B-schools. Consequently, the Ministry withdrew the February order issued by the previous government asking the IIMs to reduce their fees.
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Lashkar network busted, 2 Pak militants killed
Group planned to attack Bombay Stock Exchange
Srinagar, June 29
The police today claimed to have killed two top militants of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, both Pakistanis, and busted its network involved in six suicide attacks here during the past two years.


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SE Kanjla, 23 other engineers held in bitumen scam
Chandigarh, June 29
In less than a fortnight after The Tribune busted the bitumen scam, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau today arrested Superintending Engineer M.S. Kanjla and 23 other engineers in a statewide crackdown.

Panjwar’s aide arrested
Amritsar, June 29
In a major breakthrough, the Tarn Taran police today arrested Harchand Singh, a resident of village Narli, police station Khalra. He is said to be a close associate of Parmjit Singh Panjwar, whose name figured in the list of India’s 20 most wanted.

Normal rainfall expected
New Delhi, June 29
The meteorological department today forecast that the country would receive normal rainfall this year. It claimed monsoon would enter Delhi by Monday or Tuesday.


Tackling heart attack: Chandigarh institute develops new drug
Chandigarh, June 29
Tackling a heart attack, which is till now a costly affair, may soon be within the reach of the common man? Egged on by their Director, Dr Amit Ghosh, scientists of the Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology have already developed a recombinant version of the popular clot-buster drug Streptokinase.

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