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Thursday,
October 27,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Kalam
for policy on death penalty, pardon
New Delhi,
October 26
President A P J Abdul
Kalam today sent a strong message to the Manmohan Singh
government today calling for a debate in Parliament about
the death penalty and grant of clemency by the Head of
State.
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President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greet new Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah after the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in
New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Shouldn’t water sharing disputes between states be settled through talks rather than through courts?
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PM
orders Punjab to four-lane road to Attari
New Delhi,
October 26
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh has instructed the Punjab government to
take up the four-laning of Amritsar-Attari road on a
priority basis in view of the intensifying economic
engagement with Pakistan which has already started four-laning
of Lahore-Wagah border road.
21
JK MLAs resign, rush to Delhi, asked to return
New Delhi,
October 26
Stepping up pressure
on the Congress central leadership for change of guard in
Jammu and Kashmir on the scheduled date of November 2,
several Congress MLAs and associate members of the party
have submitted their resignations to the Assembly Speaker
Tara Chand.
BSF
jawan killed in car bomb blast
Srinagar,
October 26
A jawan of the BSF
was killed and 35 persons, including 29 personnel of the
force, were injured in a car bomb explosion at Lawaypora,
about 10 km north of here, on the Srinagar-Baramula
highway this afternoon.
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A jawan stands guard near a damaged vehicle after militants set off a car bomb at Lawaypora on the
Srinagar- Baramula highway on Wednesday.
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SC
upholds Gujarat Govt ban on cow slaughter
New Delhi, October 26
In a major victory for the BJP
Government in Gujarat, propogating a total ban on cow slaughter, the Supreme Court in a majority
decision today upheld the State’s 1994 law prohibiting slaughter of
cows and their progeny, the bulls and bullocks.
Test
pilot dies in MiG-21 crash
Bangalore, October 26
Sq Ldr K.R. Murthy, the test pilot
of the MiG-21 aircraft which crashed at Bangalore airport today, died in
a hospital this evening, an IAF spokesman said.
45
pc cast vote during phase 2
Mistaken identity costs priest
life
Patna, October 26
There was 40 to 45 per cent voter
turnout in the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections which passed
off peacefully, by and large, in 62 of the 243 constituencies today. (Details
on Nation page)
SAF
donates Rs 1.5 crore
Chandigarh, October 26
The South Asia Foundation has
allocated Rs 1.5 crore to rehabilitate earthquake victims in both parts
across the LOC in Kashmir.
Ex-chief engineer donates Rs 1
lakh
Chandigarh, October 26
Chandigarh’s former Chief Engineer, Mr. Puranjit Singh, has donated Rs 1 lakh to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the earthquake victims in Jammu and Kashmir in response to an appeal by The Tribune.
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Tribune Special
Budda
Nullah high on toxic metals
Ludhiana, October 26
Notwithstanding the claims of the
Punjab Pollution Control Board that all Industrial units in Ludhiana are
treating industrial waste, effluents, including lethal heavy metals like
lead, nickel, cadmium and chromium, are finding their way into the Budda
nullah and underground water.
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No consensus on sharing of waters
October 26, 2005
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Evict Buta
Singh from Delhi house, says SC
October 25, 2005
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No Congress decision on power sharing in J&K
October 24, 2005
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Open
up LoC at 5 points, urges Pak
October 23, 2005
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Indo-US
N-deal by early 2006
October 22, 2005
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Changes in uplinking policy okayed
October 21, 2005
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Saddam defiant at trial
October 20, 2005
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J&K
minister shot
October 19, 2005
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34
tribesmen killed in Assam
October 18, 2005
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Rain
hits relief work in Uri
October 17, 2005
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