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EC says no to use of helicopter by Badal
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 — The Election Commission has turned down a request to allow Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal to use the official helicopter on payment basis for campaigning in the Assembly polls.

Congress, BJP manifestos: Price rise non-issue for parties
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 — The spiralling prices of essential commodities, which continue to affect the electorate, seems to be a non-issue if the manifestos of the two major political parties, the BJP and Congress, released for the coming assembly elections, are any indication.		 line Govt not communal: PM
Atal Behari VajpayeeNEW DELHI, Nov 18 — Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today refuted the charge of the Opposition that the BJP-led government was "communal," saying that in the past eight months that his government had been in power, there had been no communal flare-up in the country.

Sonia cool to CPM offer
Sonia GandhiBAYANA (Rajasthan), Nov 18 — Congress President Sonia Gandhi today made it clear that her party was not eager to seek the CPM’s support to come to power at the Centre by toppling the Vajpayee government.

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Yeltsin deputes Primakov for India visit
MOSCOW, Nov 18 — Russian President Boris Yeltsin today cancelled his scheduled visit to India next month and instead asked Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov to make the trip, an announcement from the Kremlin said.

What blocked the view ?
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 — Indian astronomers are completely baffled over why the much-hyped celestial display was a dud.		 A meteor streaks through the sky. A meteor streaks through the sky over Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California's Mojave Desert (USA) in this 30-minute time exposure ending at 1:15 a.m. PST on Tuesday. — AP/PTI

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Congress to invite Jathedars
AMRITSAR, Nov 18 — PPCC president Amarinder Singh today said the Congress would invite jathedars of all Takhts to the programmes being chalked out by the party as the Jathedars did not belong to any Akali faction but represented the Sikh masses.

Badal, Tohra told to talk with Jathedar
CHANDIGARH, Nov 18 — The Khalsa Panth Tercentenary Celebrations Committee has urged Mr Parkash Singh Badal and Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra to hold a meeting with the Jathedar of Akal Takht, Bhai Ranjit Singh, to persuade him to participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex at Anandpur Sahib.
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So what? The government is showing us stars in daylight everyday.
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