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Goa Government reduced to
minority
11 Cong MLAs split party
PANAJI, Nov 19 — The five-month old Congress government in Goa was tonight reduced to minority, with 24 of the 40 members in the Assembly deciding to extend support to Mr Francisco Sardinha, who revolted against "divide and rule policy" of Chief Minister Luizino Faleiro.
KARACHI: Pakistan's deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Shrif is surrounded by security people as he appears in the Anti-Terrorist Court in Karachi on Friday. — AP/PTI

Police remand for Sharif
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19 — Deposed Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, facing charges of treason, attempted murder and hijacking, was today remanded in police custody for three days by an anti-terrorist court in Karachi in his first public appearance since being ousted in a coup on October 12.

Lt Gen (Retd) J F R JacobJacob is Punjab Governor
NEW DELHI, Nov 19 — Former Cabinet Secretary Vinod Pande and Industrialist Viren Shah are among the four new Governors appointed today while Lt Gen (Retd) J F R Jacob has been moved from Goa to Punjab as its Governor.
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Badal announces 224 cr package for kandi area
NAWANSHAHR, Nov 19 — The Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, in a bid to win over the people of Nawanshahr, today announced two major projects at a function here.

Haryana Advocate-Gen resigns
CHANDIGARH, Nov 19 — The Advocate-General of Haryana, Mr Mohan Jain, has resigned, it is reliably learnt. All efforts to contact Mr Jain remained futile. The person attending the phone at his residence-cum-camp office said Mr Jain was not available.
To our readers
Orissa cyclone relief: an appeal
Next to manpower, Orissa needs money to rebuild life brick by brick. Millions of rupees are required to reconstruct the ruined huts and vanished roads. We appeal to the readers to rise to the occasion.

Cane price hiked
NEW DELHI, Nov 19 — Effecting more than 6 per cent increase in the statutory minimum price (SMP) for sugarcane, upward revision in the ex-factory levy prices of sugar to Rs 1050.99 per quintal, inclusion of 126 subcastes on OBC list were the major decisions taken by the government today, apparently favouring farmers, industry and backward castes.


Rs 2.5 crore fraud detected
SDO, other officials blamed
BATHINDA, Nov 19 — The inquiry conducted by the district administration into the 13 works of Teona canal subdivision in Bathinda has led to the detection of embezzlement of more than Rs 2.5 crore allegedly by the SDO, Mr G.S. Bains, and certain other officials.


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This time they have come to rescue the CM!
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