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Friday,
December 30,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
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CM sees LeT hand in IISc shooting
Bangalore, December 29
Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh today said that the indiscriminate firing on scientists at the Indian Institute of Science
here last night appeared to be handiwork of the Lashkar-e-Toiba even as he claimed that sensitive sites had been identified and were being given appropriate security cover.
ISRO
centres on red alert
Nation page: Security
tightened at key installations
Students
mourn Prof Puri’s death
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Chandigarh page: Bangalore
killing: shockwaves in UT
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Relatives of Prof M.C. Puri, who was killed in Bangalore on Wednesday, console each other as the body reaches his Mount Kailash house in New Delhi on Thursday evening.
— A Tribune photograph
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
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Rs 715-crore package for ’84 riot victims
New Delhi, December 29
The Union Cabinet today cleared a package comprising enhanced ex gratia and relief and rehabilitation assistance to the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, amounting to around Rs 715 crore.
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In death cases: Rs 3.5
lakh. It will be in addition to the amount already paid.
In cases of injuries:
Rs 1.25 lakh minus the amount already paid.
In cases of damaged property: the payment will be 10 times the
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Mass grave: Gujarat HC asks CBI to collect samples
Ahmedabad, December 29
Rejecting the state government’s plea , the Gujarat High Court today entrusted the CBI with the task of collecting samples of the skeletal remains from a mass grave found in Panchmahal district on Tuesday.
Class
II posts within HSSC purview
Chandigarh, December 29
The Haryana Cabinet today decided
to bring Class II posts within the purview of the Haryana Staff
Selection Commission. According to
an official spokesman, the decision has been taken because at present
appointments to all Group B (gazetted) posts are outside the purview of
the Haryana Public Service Commission, and the Departmental Selection
Committees have been constituted to recruit candidates to Group B
services.
BPSC
chief, 8 others in vigilance net
Remanded to 13-day judicial
custody
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Patna, December 29
Bihar Public Service Commission
Chairman Ramsinghasan Singh, its Deputy Secretary, member and six other
employees were arrested today on charges of forgery, cheating and
indulging in corrupt practices.
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Bihar vigilance officers arrest Bihar Public Service Commission Chairman Ram Singhasan Singh (centre) after a raid in the BPSC office in Patna on Thursday. |
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All political parties, including the BJP, should rethink on the criminilisation of politics fuelled by their tendency to give tickets to criminals.
— Kalyan Singh
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BJP
in penitence mode, blasts expelled MPs
Snubs Advani’s stance,
Hindutva takes back seat
Mumbai, December 29
Even as it kept quiet on Hindutva,
the BJP today strongly hit out at its MPs, who were expelled from the
Parliament for their involvement in the cash-for-questions scam, and
promised to rectify the shortcomings plaguing the party.
Salem’s
brain mapping
Bangalore, December 29
The Forensic Sciences Laboratory
conducted brain mapping tests on Abu Salem here today. Anti-terrorist
squad officials, who brought Salem here, said brain mapping involved
measuring electrical impulses to ascertain whether the person being
questioned was telling the truth or not.
25,000
trees face axe
Amritsar, December 29
More than 25,000 trees along the GT
Road face axe to make way for a four-lane Wagah-Jalandhar road, work on
which will start in February. According
to official sources, the widening of the road will be undertaken by a
private builder. The Forest Department has chalked out a plan for green
cover to replace the trees, which are proposed to be felled during the
widening process.
Punjab page: Inquiry
ordered into violation of felling rules
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Terror
strikes IIS campus
December 29, 2005
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Advani to quit on December 31
December 28, 2005
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Maya expels stung MPs from party
December 27, 2005
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Delhi
mall cave-in leaves 11 dead
December 26, 2005
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2 Haryana trucks torched in Assam
December 25, 2005
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11 MPs expelled from Parliament
December 24, 2005
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Curfew
in Morena after BSP leader’s murder
December 23, 2005
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Expel 10
exposed MPs, says Bansal panel
December 22, 2005
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MPLADS scam rocks Parliament
December 21, 2005
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WTO
pact to boost farm exports
December 20, 2005
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