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 A visibly relieved Dr Murli Manohar Joshi answers a phone call while holding his grand-daughter at his residence in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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        leaders to challenge Rae Bareli verdictLucknow, September 30
 Vishwa Hindu Parishad international
        president Ashok Singhal today said that he and other leaders of the
        organisation would challenge the special Rae Bareli court’s September
        19 verdict on framing of charges against them in the Babri Masjid
        demolition case.
 Bharat
        Shah convicted of having underworld linksQuantum of sentence today
 
  Mumbai, September 30 A special court in Mumbai today
        found film financier and diamond merchant Bharat Shah, film producer
        Nazim Rizvi and his assistant Abdul Rahim Allahbaksh Khan guilty of
        having links with the underworld.
 
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        hurt in grenade blast; SPO killedSrinagar, September 30
 More than 20 persons, including 14
        pedestrians and six security force personnel, were injured in a grenade
        explosion at Shopian in Pulwama district this morning.
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        to consult Jaitley on KannappanNew Delhi, September 30
 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
        will consult Law Minister Arun Jaitley on the issue of Non-Conventional
        Energy Minister M. Kannappan, whose sacking has been demanded by Tamil
        Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa for allegedly supporting the LTTE.
 Staff
        regularisation policy okayedChandigarh, September 30
 The Haryana Cabinet today approved
        a policy for the regularisation of adhoc, contractual and daily-wage
        employees. It was decided to regularise those employees, who had
        completed three years of service on September 30.
 Stay
        on Calcutta’s functioning vacatedAmritsar, September 30
 The Sikh Gurdwara Judicial
        Commission today vacated the ex-parte interim order against Mr Manjit
        Singh Calcutta who was restrained from functioning as chief secretary of
        the SGPC.
 
 
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                | State
                  of universitiesA compendium
                  of special articles on institutions of higher learning in
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                |  | Al-Qaida’s
        call to topple Musharraf September 30, 2003
 
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                |  | India beat Pak, lift Asia Cup September 29, 2003
 
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                |  | 2
                  cr Bangladeshis in India: Fernandes September 28, 2003
 
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                |  | No
                  bilateral talks with Pak at SAARC meet: PM September 27, 2003
 
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                |  | No
                  negotiations on terrorism September 26, 2003
 
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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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