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Teach Congress a lesson: PM
MOGA, Sept 3 — The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today called upon the Punjabis to teach the Congress a lesson by not voting for its candidates. 		  Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee addresses an election rally at Moga on Friday.
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee addresses an election rally at Moga on Friday. Also in the picture are Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and SAD Faridkot candidate Sukhbir Badal. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh
Poll din for 145 seats ends
Fate of Sonia, Advani, Sukhbir to be sealed on Sunday
NEW DELHI, Sept 3 — With a final burst of activity, campaigning for the first phase of polling on September 5 in 145 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 16 states and union territories and 343 Assembly seats, at times marked by acrimonious personal attacks, ended this evening.

Sonia swears by family ideals
KUDUDINI (Bellary), Sept 3 — Making her electoral debut, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today spent the last day of campaign undertaking a hectic tour of this rural constituency asserting that Congress alone would be able to provide a stable government after what she called 13 months of "political opportunism".
     
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Priest's cremation today
BHUBANESWAR, Sept 3 — The body of the slain parish priest of Anandpur Roman Catholic Church, Aruldoss, was retrieved from Jamurani village in Mayurbhanj district and brought to Anandpur in Keonjhar district today.

Fire in Ananda Bazar Patrika office, one killed
CALCUTTA, Sept 3 — A devastating fire engulfed the building of the Ananda Bazar Patrika Ltd a leading group of newspapers and journals, early today causing death of a trapped employee and huge loss of property and documents.

4,000 Pak Opposition activists held
ISLAMABAD, Sept 3 — The Nawaz Sharif government has launched a massive crackdown against Opposition parties rounding up over 4,000 activists amid fears of large-scale violence during the Opposition-sponsored general strike against government policies in Sindh province tomorrow.

2 MQM activists shot dead
KARACHI, Sept 3 — Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel sealed off a neighbourhood Karachi today to stop an ethnic-based party from staging an anti-government rally.

Bank of Punjab
Elections '99
Hizbul warns election staff
SRINAGAR, Sept 3 — Two days before polling for Srinagar parliamentary constituency, the police here today placed the leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference under house arrest. This step has been taken as a precautionary measure as the APHC has called for boycott of elections and launched an anti-election campaign.


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