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Garhwal quake toll 100,
300 hurt
CHAMOLI (UP), March 29 — At least 100 persons were killed and nearly 300 injured as a severe earthquake rocked the northern India causing widespread devastation in Chamoli and adjoining Rudraprayag districts of Uttar Pradesh today, according to official reports. (Map) 		Devotees offering namaz at the historic Jama Masjid in Delhi on Monday
Thousands of devotees offering namaz at the historic Jama Masjid in Delhi on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha on Monday. —PTI photo
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Jaya meets Sonia at tea party
Calls it "political quake"
NEW DELHI, March 29 — The BJP-led coalition government’s proverbial ‘nine lives’ came under threat after the Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, spent eight minutes with the AIADMK General Secretary, Ms J Jayalalitha at the much-publicised tea party hosted by Janata Party MP, Subramanian Swamy.
Submits Cabinet expansion list to PM Meets Fernandes

Govt planning to stop Bhagwat’s pension
NEW DELHI, March 29 — The government is examining the possibility of initiating action against the dismissed Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, and withdrawing his pension for "post dismissal behaviour", highly placed sources said today.

SGPC cancels 100 appointments
AMRITSAR, March 29 — In an apparent bid to woo the employees, the SGPC executive committee today granted three promotions to all employees. They also cancelled 100 appointments made by the Tohra camp.

Bank of Punjab

Indiscipline to be nipped
Amarinder calls on Sonia
CHANDIGARH, March 29 — The president of the All-India Congress Committee, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, has promised to take strict action against those party leaders in Punjab who "have breached" the party discipline.
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Indian prisoners in Pak jails-III
PoWs’ families fight for just dues
The 1971 India-Pakistan war came to an end 27 years ago. But the families of the Indian prisoners of war are still waging a battle for their just dues.

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IN PASSING
In Passing
No jolts within our government, sir. This was an actual earthquake!
By Sandeep Joshi
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