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            | From left to right: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is greeted by Parliamentary
              Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj; Mrs Sonia Gandhi arrives and Shiromani Akali Dal MP Sukhbir Badal is all smiles on the opening day of Parliament’s monsoon session
              in Delhi on Monday. — PTI photos
 |  7 killed, 42 hurt in twin blastsJammu, July 21
 In the first major strike on
        Vaishno Devi pilgrims, militants tonight launched two grenade attacks in
        quick succession killing at least seven devotees, including a child, and
        injuring 42, 10 of them seriously, at Banganga, 2 km from Katra, on way
        to the Vaishno Devi shrine, police sources here said.
 
 
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        Amarnath pilgrims killed in mishap Kelly
        death probe to be public
  London,
        July 21 The head of an inquiry into the
        suicide of a British Government scientist embroiled in a vicious row
        over the Iraq war said today that he would make his own decision on the
        extent and scope of the investigation.
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              | No
                Central rule in Bengal, says Fernandes |  
              |  | NDA Convener and Defence
                Minister George Fernandes with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee at a Trinamool Congress rally in Kolkata on Monday to observe “martyrs day” to remember 13 Youth Congress activists killed in police firing 10 years ago. — PTI photo
 |  SC
          rules strike not basic right of government staffNew Delhi, July 21
 Asking the Tamil Nadu Government
          to show magnanimity in reinstating its sacked 1.70 lakh employees for
          striking work on the dispute over withdrawal of certain pensionary
          benefits, the SC today observed that the government employees across
          the country did not enjoy the fundamental right to strike.
 Amritsar
          hospital faces closureGovt withdraws medical staff
 
  Amritsar, July 21 The
          newly built multi-crore Jallianwala Martyrs’ Memorial Civil Hospital
          may face closure as the Civil Surgeon today directed the Deputy
          Medical Commissioner to relieve all the doctors and medical staff.
 This is the recently built multi-crore Civil Hospital, Amritsar, which faces closure as the Civil Surgeon has directed withdrawal of doctors and para-medical staff.
          — Tribune photo Rajiv Sharma
 
 
 
            
                | Tying
                  nuptial knot in four religious waysPanchkula, July 21
 Amidst cheers, a
                  Panchkula couple today tied the nuptial knot in four different
                  ways. As relatives and friends stood up to applaud, the bride
                  and the groom promised to live together, for better, or for
                  worse, according to Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian rites.
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                |  | BJP to make Sonias origin poll issue July 21,
                2003
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                |  | BJP tries to please Sangh Parivar
                on Ayodhya July 20,
                2003
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                |  | BJP targets Sonias foreign
                origin July 19,
                2003
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                |  | BJP to mend fences with VHP July 18,
                2003
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                |  | 150 feared washed away in Kulu
                cloudburst July 17,
                2003
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                |  | MiG-21 explodes July 16,
                2003
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                |  | No Indian troops for Iraq July 15,
                2003
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                |  | Musharraf has vested interest in
                instability: Gujral July 14,
                2003
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                |  | India rejects Pak terms for
                resuming air links July 13,
                2003
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                |  | Peace journey begins July 12,
                2003
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