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Wednesday,
September 14, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
(IST)
Manmohan in New York for UN session
Talks with Bush, Pervez on agenda
New York, September 13
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today with a heavy agenda covering meetings with US President George W. Bush, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and other world leaders who have assembled for the UN General Assembly
session.
 PM leaves France after successful 3-day visit
World page:
Paris
Diary: Manmohan
visit gets poor media attention
Nation page: Scorpene
to plug major gap in defence preparedness
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YOUR VOTE
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Should India push for nuclear energy to get over the
power crisis?
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EC notice to Pawar
New Delhi,
September 13
The Election Commission today issued a show-cause
notice to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for announcing the
revival of sugar mills in Bihar in violation of the Model Code of
Conduct.
Business page: Rs
525-cr package for coop sugar mills
Chief Justice Roy may be shifted to Sikkim
 New Delhi, September 13
In a bid to control growing discontent among Judges of the Guwahati High Court, the Collegium of Supreme Court Judges has recommended transfer of Chief Justice B K Roy to Sikkim which has a judge strength of three including the Chief Justice.
Only regret, no apology, says Khurana
New Delhi, September 13
Former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana, whose expulsion from the BJP on September 8 had caused ripples within the party, today gave total credit for his return to party yesterday to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
In video
(28k, 56k)
Nation
page: Advani meets Vajpayee
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Should class X board exams be made optional?
Readers are invited to send their letters, not more than 150 words, to:
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The answers can also be e-mailed to:
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— H.K. Dua
Editor-in-Chief
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QUOTE
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We have been in power not because of IGs or DSPs but because of people’s unflinching faith in social justice and secularism.
— Lalu Prasad Yadav
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Bagha (Bihar), September 13
Fearing largescale smuggling of arms to
poll-bound Bihar from neighbouring Nepal, security forces have
intensified vigil across the porous Indo-Nepal border in West Champaran
district here.
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The Tricolour flutters on a boat after the Indian authorities in a bid to check Bangladeshi boats in Indian waters, made it mandatory for Indian boatmen to put the National Flag on their boats in Dhubri district of Assam near the India-Bangladesh border on Tuesday.
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Congress CMs’ conclave may be deferred
New Delhi, September 13
Like the AICC plenary session, the proposed meeting of Congress Chief Ministers is expected to be deferred indefinitely.
Girl allegedly raped in Toofan Express
Ranchi, September 13
A girl travelling in the Delhi-Howrah Toofan Express train was today found in a semi-conscious state at Madhupur in Deogar district and it is suspected that she was raped, a senior railway police official said today.
CMs of
Naxal-hit states to meet on Sept 19
New Delhi, September 13
In the wake of spurt in naxal violence, especially in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has decided to hold a meeting of Chief Ministers of nine states severely affected by left wing extremism here on September 19 to chalk out a new action plan to curb the menace.
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Mid-day meal makes
25 students sick
Kaithal, September 13
As many as 25 students and two Class IV employees of Government Primary School, Pinjupura, in Kalayat block of this district, fell sick after consuming ‘poisonous’ food today.
As many as 14 of those who fell sick were rushed to the local civil
hospital. They were admitted to the emergency ward in the hospital.
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India to buy 6 French Scorpene submarines
September 13, 2005
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India, Pak should make border irrelevant: PM
September 12, 2005
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Sarabjit
involved in blasts, says Musharraf
September 11, 2005
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EC
pulls up Hooda for violating code
September 10, 2005
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42 Army men feared dead in bridge collapse
September 9, 2005
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India,
EU to intensify fight against terror
September 8, 2005
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Petrol dearer by Rs 3
September 7, 2005
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Centre, Hurriyat agree to end all forms of violence
September 6, 2005
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EC
raps Haryana on code violation
September 5, 2005
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Four-phase Bihar poll from Oct 18
September 4, 2005
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