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Vajpayee
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at Jayalalitha

NAGERCOIL (TN), Aug 21 — Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today lashed out against friend-turned-foe AIADMK chief Jayalalitha, accusing her of toppling his government for its refusal to sack the Karunanidhi ministry in Tamil Nadu.		 Congress President Sonia Gandhi receives a memento
Congress President Sonia Gandhi receives a memento from Vishwa Bandhu Gupta, President, AINEC, at the inauguration of the 60th jubilee year celebrations of the All-India Newspaper Editors' Conference in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI
Laloo gives 14 seats to Cong
PATNA, Aug 21 — Rashtriya Janata Dal President Laloo Prasad Yadav today announced formal electoral alliance with the Congress and other Left parties in Bihar for the Lok Sabha elections.

Samata Party assails EC
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 — Yet another partner of the National Democratic Alliance, the Samata Party, today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in criticising the Election Commission for its discriminatory attitude.
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Jethmalani crosses swords with Sibal
NEW DELHI, Aug 21— Union Law Minister, Ram Jethmalani, today crossed swords with Congress spokesman and senior lawyer, Kapil Sibal, on a point of law raised by him in a letter to the Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, on the Bofors deal.

President notifies 3rd phase of L S poll
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 — The process of filing nominations began today in 79 constituencies spread over five states with the President issuing the notification for the third phase of the 13th Lok Sabha elections on September 18.

Militants kill 5 in Assam
GUWAHATI, Aug 21 — At least 5 persons were gunned down by suspected NDFB militants in Assam’s Dhubri district today, official reports said.

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2 militants killed in Terai
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 — A joint team of commandos of the National Security Guard and the Delhi Police shot dead two members of the Khalistan Commando Force (Panjwar) at Rudrapur in the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh this morning, the Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Dr K.K. Paul said.

Voter wary of promises
KARNAL: The Congress stalwart and three-time former Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Bhajan Lal is facing rough weather in Karnal. The road to victory for him seems to be set with difficulties.
KLF men admit abductions
JALANDHAR, Aug 21 — The Jalandhar Police, which arrested three Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorists said the arrested had organised sensational kidnappings of Romanian diplomat Radu, senior Congress leader’s son Rajinder Mirdha, Mr Rahul of the Khaitan group and industrialist Mukesh Jain of Delhi in the past.

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