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                | Guru Granth Sahib a
                juristic person NEW DELHI, April 2  In a
                landmark verdict, the Supreme Court has held that
                Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred book of
                the Sikhs, is a juristic
                person and it can, therefore, hold
                and use the properties given to it in charity by
                its followers out of love.
 |  Top militant shot deadSRINAGAR,
        April 2  A self-styled district commander of
        pro-Pak militant outfit, Tehreek-e-Jehad-e-Islami, was
        killed in a shootout with the security forces even as
        three militant hideouts were smashed in the Kashmir
        valley since last night, a defence spokesman said here
        today.
 Rabri allocates portfoliosPATNA, April 2  Bihar Chief Minister Rabri
        Devi today allocated portfolios to members of her
        jumbo-size Council of Ministers, rejecting the demand by
        the coalition partner Congress for key Departments of
        Home, Finance and Agriculture.
 West Bengal Congress leaders reach
        DelhiNEW DELHI,
        April 2  West Bengal Pradesh Congress President
        A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, former PCC chief Somen Mitra
        and other state Congress leaders arrived here tonight
        following summons from the high command to discuss the
        defeat of the official nominee in the just-concluded
        Rajya Sabha elections in the state.
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                |  | RBI
                cuts bank rate, CRR April
                2, 2000
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                |  | Special
                economic zones proposed April
                1, 2000
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                |  | Tohra
                men stage walkout March 31, 2000
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                |  | Cabinet
                okays proposal to clear quota job backlog March 30, 2000
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                |  | Giani
                Puran Singh sacked March 29, 2000
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                |  | 2
                dead, 11 hurt in blast March 28, 2000
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                |  | Three
                militants killed March 27, 2000
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                |  | Clinton
                warns Pakistan March 26, 2000
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                |  | Lathi
                charge on protesters March 25, 2000
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                |  | Shoot
                orders in Jammu March 24, 2000
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                |  | Clinton
                offers to mediate in talks March
                23, 2000
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