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Maya
bows to BJP demand
 Tandon
to be Deputy CM
New Delhi, August 23
The controversial Taj Heritage
Corridor project is set to take its first political toll, with Chief
Minister Mayawati accepting the BJP demand for a Deputy Chief Minister.
India,
Pak clash for bronze today
Amstelveen, August 23
Australia’s smashing 8-3 win over
Pan-American champions Argentina at the 25th Champions Trophy hockey
tournament here today has paved the way for yet another India-Pakistan
encounter in the bronze medal playoff tomorrow.
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Rs
678-cr package for sugarcane farmers
New Delhi, August 23
The Centre today approved a
one-time sugarcane price payment package of Rs 678.06 crore for five
states which will permanently bring an end to the SAP (State Advised
Price) regime under which these states fix their own cane prices every
year.
 Cabinet
expansion soon; Mamata
may be back
New Delhi, August 23
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
would go for a Cabinet-expansion-cum-reshuffle soon, in which Trinamool
Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee is likely to make a comeback.
Singed
over cow Bill, DMK says unity may not last
Tirunelveli, August 23
The DMK, which came under attack
from the BJP yesterday for opposing the Bill to prevent cow slaughter,
today said it could not say now that the unity shown by the NDA allies
during voting on the no-confidence motion would continue for the next
Lok Sabha polls.
NDA
govt a colossal failure, says Sonia
New Delhi, August 23
Continuing from where she had left
off while speaking during the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha
earlier this week, a combative Congress President Sonia Gandhi today
dismissed the four-year rule of the National Democratic Alliance as a
“colossal failure.”
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Cherrapunji
no longer wettest
Challenge comes from nearby
village
Cherrapunji (Meghalaya),
August 23
"The wettest place on
earth" as Cherrapunji is advertised may lose that position soon
to Mawsynram, a neighbouring village, if the present trend continues.
While the rest of the country received an above-average rainfall this
year, the weatherman at Cherrapunji is disappointed that he has not
recorded even average rainfall.
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In Spectrum today
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Sushma Swaraj clears the air
August 23, 2003 |
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Sushma Swaraj gives clean chit to Pepsi, Coke
August 22, 2003 |
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20
hurt as police clashes with Khanna supporters
August 21, 2003 |
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No-trust motion
defeated
August 20, 2003 |
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Oppn
charges govt with all-round failure
August 19, 2003 |
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Battlelines drawn for no-trust vote
August 18, 2003 |
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‘Bought brides’ of Punjab face societal
wrath
August 17, 2003 |
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PM invites Pak for walk on peace road
August 16, 2003 |
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SC
bans capitation fee in private professional colleges
August 15, 2003 |
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2
killed, 50 hurt in Kashmir blasts
August 14, 2003 |
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New
pension scheme to cover employees who joined after October, 2002
