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 | N.N.
    Vohra interlocutor on J&K
  New
    Delhi, February 19 Former Union Home Secretary N.N. Vohra
    has been nominated by the Centre as its representative to initiate a
    dialogue with elected representatives in Jammu and Kashmir.
 
             Mufti says it is good news 
  Parties welcome Vohra’s appointment 
 
 
      
        | Octroi
          to go on July 1Chandigarh, February 19
 The Punjab Congress government
          has decided in principle to abolish octroi with effect from July 1, it
          is reliably learnt. The proposed alternative to octroi is the
          introduction of Local Area Development Tax (LADT). For this a Bill is
          being drafted to be placed before the Vidhan Sabha.
 |  PM to
    address rallies in HP todayNew Delhi, February 19
 Even as Prime Minister Atal Behari
    Vajpayee begins his election tour of Himachal Pradesh tomorrow with rallies
    at Mandi and Shimla, the Congress is planning to reschedule party President
    Sonia Gandhi’s election meetings.
  Himachal
    page: Modi
    blames Cong for nation’s ills 
  Congress
    won’t spare guilty: Virbhadra 
 
 
      
        | Snow
          virtually freezes campaignShimla, February 19
 Inclement weather continued to
          play spoilsport in electioneering in Himachal Pradesh, keeping
          political parties on the tenterhooks over the visits of VVIPs for
          campaigning. Uncertainty hovered over the scheduled rallies of Prime
          Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at Mandi and Shimla tomorrow while the
          rallies of Congress President Sonia Gandhi scheduled for today had
          already been cancelled.
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            |  | Ayodhya debate on Feb 26 February 19, 2003
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            |  | Accept court verdict on
            Ayodhya, says Kalam February 18, 2003
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            |  | Pawar,
    Mulayam dine with Sonia February 17, 2003
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            |  | Crisis in UP
    blows over February 16, 2003
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            |  | Blix:
    Iraq has no arms of mass destruction February 15, 2003
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            |  | BJP, RSS join hands February 14, 2003
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            |  | Advani comes to Dhumal’s defence February 13, 2003
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            |  | VHP
    wants disputed land too February 12, 2003
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            |  | Close
            ultra camps: Vyas February 11, 2003
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            |  | New
    Counsellors take charge today February 10, 2003
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