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Chandrika leads in most districts
12 die in violence;
80 pc cast vote
COLOMBO, Dec 21 — Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga was leading in five of the seven districts over her political opponent Ranil Wickramasinghe till midnight as the counting of votes of the presidential elections gained momentum. Of the postal ballots counted, Ms Kumaratunga was leading with 41.25 per cent votes in Jaffna.
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, centre, stands with her son Vimukthi and daughter Yasodara at her residence in Colombo on Monday. This was Kumaratunga's first public appearance after she was wounded on Saturday night in a suicide attack on her rally in Colombo. — AP/PTI

Gujarat ‘shilanayas’ allowed
Temple issue rocks Rajya Sabha
SURAT, Dec 21 — The Hindu Jagran Manch was today permitted by the district authorities to lay foundation of a Ram Temple tomorrow at Halmodi village in the communally sensitive and Christian tribal dominated Vyara Taluka, 120 km from here, even as the Gujarat High Court directed that steps be taken to maintain law and order and protect all.
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India ‘can have N-deterrent’
USA to further cut entities list
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 — India can have a minimum nuclear deterrent “at the level it chooses” even if New Delhi signs the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), a senior US State Department official has said.

BJP policies inconsistent: Sonia
NEW DELHI, Dec 21 — The Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, today sought to draw a distinction between her party and the BJP accusing the latter of inconsistency while in the opposition and now.

Fix poll schedule in 2 days: HC
Order to Haryana on panchayats
CHANDIGARH, Dec 21 — The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Haryana Chief Minister, the state’s Election Commissioner and the Chief Secretary to file affidavits spelling out the schedule for holding panchayat elections.

PM-Oppn talks on women’s Bill today
SP, RJD stall LS work
NEW DELHI, Dec 21 — The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, will meet leaders of the opposition parties tomorrow in an effort to arrive at a consensus on the introduction of the Bill seeking to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

CBI opposes bail to Bathinda judge
CHANDIGARH, Dec 21 — Claiming Bathinda Civil Judge M.S. Walia to have “no valid ground” for the grant of bail, the Central Bureau of Investigation today stated that the accused, “if enlarged” might influence the prosecution witnesses.


Move on Rathore creates flutter
CHANDIGARH, Dec 21 — In a surprise move, which created a flutter among the organisations that fight against exploitation of women, the Haryana Government today appointed the Director General of Police (DGP) Mr S.P.S. Rathore, as an ex-officio member of the newly formed nine-member Haryana State Women Commission.

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