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                | State
                  of universitiesThe Tribune
                  has a close look at the state of universities in Punjab,
                  Haryana and
 Himachal Pradesh
 
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              |  Don’t  you think we need a better pitch before resuming Indo-Pak ties?
 
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                Sandeep Joshi |  | India steps up attack on USA, EUJaitley in Mexico for WTO meet
 Cancun (Mexico), September 9
 The five-day ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) begins here tomorrow to find a common ground on contentious issues like farm subsidies as India stepped up attack on the USA and the European Union (EU), accusing them of being responsible for depressing farm prices in developing countries.
 Cong, SAD lay claim to Abdul HamidHold parallel rallies to pay homage
 Asal Uttar (Amritsar),
        September 9
 Salvos were fired at parallel rallies organised by the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal here today which marred the 38th martyrdom of Havildar Abdul Hamid who had knocked out three Pakistani Patton tanks single-handed apart from disabling the fourth during the Indo-Pak war in 1965.
 
 Nation page
 
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        for Abdul Hamid’s kin PM’s talks offer to Hurriyat standsNew Delhi, September 9
 The Centre’s special gesture last month during the meeting of the Inter-State Council in Srinagar that the political leadership is willing to hold discussions with the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) stands despite Pakistan’s machinations to split the separatist conglomerate and foist a hardliner at its helm.
 J&K Govt takes
        over Muslim Auqaf TrustSrinagar, September 9
 The coalition government has wrested control of all assets of the Muslim Auqaf Trust that looks after 89 shrines in Jammu and Kashmir and has constituted a body to look after the affairs of these assets and properties.
 
 
 
            
                | Freed prisoners narrate tales of suffering, indifference
         
          
            | Barara (Ambala), September 9“We were stuffed into a container without any ventilation or light for our journey towards greener pastures”, say illegal immigrants who have returned to India from Pakistan.
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            | Inderjeet Singh of Barara (Ambala) with a child after his release from a jail in Pakistan.
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                | In our
                  series, State of Universities, Assistant Editor V. Eshwar
                  Anand examines the functioning of Dr Y.S. Parmar University of
                  Horticulture and Forestry at Nauni, Himachal Pradesh,on Edit page.
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                |  | Mamata returns sans portfolioSeptember 9, 2003
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                |  | Mamata to be reinducted into Cabinet todaySeptember 8, 2003
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                |  | 8
        killed in Srinagar blastSeptember 7, 2003
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                |  | BSP heads for splitin UP
 September 6, 2003
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                |  | Kalam calls for second Green RevolutionSeptember 5, 2003
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                |  | Govt
              clears 8000-cr Hawk dealSeptember 4, 2003
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                |  | Day of terror in J&KSeptember 3, 2003
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                |  | SC
        refuses to stay Babri trialSeptember 2, 2003
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                |  | Five
                  arrested for Mumbai blasts September 1, 2003
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                |  | Mastermind of Parliament attack Gazi Baba killed August 31, 2003
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