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                | In our series, the state of medical institutions, Senior Staff
                  Correspondent Pratibha Chauhan examines the functioning of Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, on 
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            |  Ever since he was brought in for interrogation every night has been a pop nite.
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              Sandeep Joshi |  | Cong plays down ‘ultimatum’ to
        NCPNew Delhi, October 13
 The Congress today played down the crisis facing the coalition government in Maharashtra, saying the party did not wish to ‘vacate’ the political space in the state for ‘communal forces’ and it was for the Nationalist Congress Party to clarify its stand.
 
 
  Threat to Maharashtra Government blows
        over 3
        booked under POTA for Gateway ofIndia blast
 Mumbai, October 13
 In the first arrest in the Gateway
        of India blast case, the police today booked under POTA prime accused
        Sayed Mohammed Hanif, his wife Fahimida and associate Arshat Shafi Ahmed
        Ansari, who are already in judicial custody in connection with the
        Ghatkopar explosion.
 
 
 
 
          
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            | Red Arrow aircraft from the British RAF take part in a joint aerobatics display in Hindon on the outskirts of New Delhi on Monday. Aircraft from the RAF and the Indian Air Force staged a joint display of aerobatics for the first time.
              — Reuters |  
 Rifle
        recovered from Maya’s farmhouseNew Delhi, October 13
 The CBI has claimed to have
        recovered an automatic rifle from the farmhouse of former Uttar Pradesh
        Chief Minister Mayawati at Bulandsher and has informed the district
        administration for taking necessary action.
 
 
 
            
                | Ultras
        switch over to satellite phonesJammu, October 13
 Terrorists operating in Jammu and
        Kashmir are gradually switching over to satellite phones and shunning
        the traditional walkie talkie wireless sets to communicate with their
        mentors in Pakistan and their contacts here to prevent the Army from
        intercepting their transmits.
 
 
  J&K page: 6
        terrorists, soldier killed |  |  
 
 
 
            
                |  | Faizabad
        sealed off October 13, 2003
 
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                |  | 2,000
        Shiv sainiks held in Ayodhya October 12, 2003
 
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                |  | 300
                  Shiv Sainiks held in Ayodhya October 11, 2003
 
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                |  | CDs
                  seized from Daler’s office October 10, 2003
 
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                |  | Vigilance
                  team quizzes Badal October 9, 2003
 
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                |  | Jogi
              chargesheeted October 8, 2003
 
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                |  | 5 states go to polls
        on Nov 20, Dec 1 October 7, 2003
 
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                |  | Israeli jets hit camp near Damascus October 6, 2003
 
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                |  | Government
        warns telecom operators October 5, 2003
 
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                |  | Mulayam’s
                  Cabinet now has 98 members October 4, 2003
 
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                |  | 6 rights activists detained October 3, 2003
 
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