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              Sandeep Joshi |  | CDS
          issue being politicisedNew Delhi, May 21
 Reports that the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sushil Kumar, has
          decided to “opt out of the race” for the first Chief of Defence
          Staff of the country has again thrown up the issue that the armed
          forces are getting increasingly politicised.
 India condemns
        Taliban decreeNew Delhi, May 21
 India today strongly deplored the Taliban regime’s reported decree imposing a separate dress code for Hindus in Afghanistan saying that it “patently discriminates against minorities”.
 
 
 
 
            
              | Bachan
          for action against DupalpurSays he will take up
          ‘pigeons’ issue with Vedanti
 Amritsar, May 21
 The case of disappearance of “pigeons” (the term used for persons
          who go to foreign countries on ministerial visas) from Canada will be
          taken up by Dr Gurbachan Singh Bachan, Secretary, SGPC, with the
          Jathedar of Akal Takht and Mr Jagdev Singh Talwandi, President, SGPC.
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            |  | Samata
    reschedules executive meeting May 21, 2001
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            |  | Decision on J&K truce extension
        soon: Advani May 20, 2001
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            |  | Badal pleads for ‘blacklisted’ Sikhs May 19, 2001
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            |  | Cabinet expansion in early
        June May 18, 2001
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            |  | Kashmir issue
        bilateral May 17, 2001
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            |  | President not consulted on Jaya’s installation May 16, 2001
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            |  | Jaya
            sworn in CM May 15, 2001
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            |  | AIADMK, Cong, Left Front back in
        power May 14, 2001
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            |  | 2
    Hinduja brothers allowed to go abroad May 13, 2001
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            |  | Decision on CDS deferred May 12, 2001
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