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 |  PM to
        attend SAARC summit in Islamabad 
  World
        page: No
        Indian troops for Iraq, PM tells Bush 
  Editorial: Musharraf’s
        fixation SC
        pulls up Gujarat police for ‘harassing’ riot victimNew Delhi, September 25
 The Supreme Court today pulled up
        the Gujarat police for the “harassment” of a woman allegedly
        subjected to gang rape during Gujarat riots and asked its Criminal
        Investigation Department to keep away from her till her petition seeking
        CBI probe into the assault on her and some other women of a minority
        community was decided by it.
 UP
        suspends 3 bureaucrats in Taj scamLucknow, September 25
 The Uttar Pradesh Government today
        suspended former state Chief Secretary D. S. Bagga, former Principal
        Secretary to the then Chief Minister Mayawati P. L. Punia and former
        Secretary (Environment) V. K. Gupta for alleged involvement in the Taj
        Heritage Corridor controversy.
 Tripathi’s
        wife offers to surrender in courtLucknow, September 25
 Madhumani Tripathi, wife of
        controversial Samajwadi Party legislator Amarmani Tripathi allegedly
        involved in the poetess Madhumita Shukla murder case, has moved the
        Special CBI court for surrender.
  CBI
        may use lie-detector test on Tripathi 
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 | Medical
        board set up in gangrape caseHC asks DGP to file report
 Chandigarh, September 25
 In just over 24 hours after a news
        item appeared in The Tribune about a four-year-old being muted by
        gangrape, the state of Punjab today informed the Punjab and Haryana High
        Court that a three-member medical board had been constituted for looking
        into the matter.
 
 
  Rape victim’s mother meets DIG Army
        denies Brig died of bleedingNew Delhi, September 25
 The Army today denied that the
        Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers, Brig V.K. Govil, who was
        hit by the terrorists bullets during the attack on a camp in Tanda on
        July 22, died due to negligence on the part of the officials present
        there.
 Israeli
        missiles seized from house in DelhiNew Delhi, September 25
 It was an embarrassment the
        Ministries of Defence and External Affairs could well have done without.
 
 
 
            
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            | Chautala’s
              sops to employees Devi Lal’s birth
              anniversary function
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            | Karnal,
              September 25 After “Devi Rupak” of
              last year, it is “Devi Rakshak” this year. This
              social-security-oriented scheme was launched by Haryana Chief
              Minister Om Prakash Chautala, at a public meeting organised here
              to celebrate the 90th birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime
              Minister Devi Lal, today.
 |  Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, Union Defence Minister George Fernandes and Union Minister of State for Home I.D. Swami at the ‘Samman Divas’ rally in Karnal on Thursday.
 — Photo by Neeraj Chopra
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                | TRIBUNE
                  SPECIAL
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                | State
                  of universitiesA compendium
                  of special articles on institutions of higher learning in
                  Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh.
 
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                |  | PM, Bush discuss Iraq, terrorism September 25, 2003
 
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                |  | Let
                  us increase Mission strength, India tells Pak September 24, 2003
 
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                |  | Dara
                  sentenced to death in Staines murder case September 23, 2003
 
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                |  | RAW officer, 2 others killed in
        Rajouri blast September 22, 2003
 
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                |  | 12
        militants shot dead September 21, 2003
 
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                |  | Advani
                  let off; Joshi to face charges September 20, 2003
 
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                |  | SC
                  tightens noose on Maya September 19, 2003
 
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                |  | Decision
                  on troops after UN action: PM September 18, 2003
 
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                |  | SC
        stays disinvestment in HPCL, BPCL September 17, 2003
 
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                |  | Dara, 12 others
        convicted for killing Staines September 16, 2003
 
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                |  | India threatens to walk out of meeting September 15, 2003
 
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