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        Sandeep Joshi |  | MNF storms back to power
        in Mizoram Aizawl, December 2
 Blunting an anti-incumbency wave,  the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) headed by Chief Minister Zoramthanga today stormed back to power in Mizoram, securing majority in the 40-member Assembly, a mandate that could boost the Centre’s peace talks with the insurgents in neighbouring Nagaland.
 
 
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        Vote for stability India
        for Samjhauta talks on  Dec 18,19New Delhi, December 2
 Tuesday brought a mixed bag of
        developments on Indo-Pak relations as while on the one hand India
        proposed technical level talks on December 18-19 for the resumption of
        the “Samjhauta Express” train, on the other hand it shot down
        Pakistan’s sudden proposal of flying a delegation of Indian young
        businessmen from Islamabad to New Delhi in a special plane.
 
 
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        Welcome, on board Sharma remanded in police custodyMumbai, December 2
 Mr Ranjit Singh Sharma, a former Mumbai Police Commissioner, was remanded in police custody till December 9 by a Pune court today.
        Public prosecutors said Mr Sharma needed to be questioned further for his links with forger Abdul Karim
        Telgi.
 
 
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        Keepers
        of the law? PM to leave for Nigeria on Dec 4New Delhi, December 2
 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will leave for Nigeria on December 4 to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. However, he has cancelled his scheduled visit to Ghana which was originally proposed to be the second leg of his foreign tour.
 Shashank takes over as Foreign
        SecretaryNew Delhi, December 2
 Mr Shashank, a 1966 batch officer  of the Indian Foreign Service,	today formally assumed charge as Foreign Secretary.
 
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              | SC
              rejects Manu’s bail pleaNew Delhi, December 2
 The Supreme Court today
              dismissed the appeal of model Jessica Lall murder case main
              accused Sidharth Vashishat, alias Manu Sharma, son of
              Chandigarh-based former Union Minister Vinod Sharma, against the
              Delhi High Court order cancelling his interim bail.
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                |  | Badal,
        Sukhbir sent to Patiala jailDecember 2, 2003
 
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                |  | Pak to lift ban on
        Indian overflights December 1, 2003
 
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                |  | India
        differs with EU on Pak policy November 30, 2003
 
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                |  | HC
        stays tribunal order on transfersNovember 29, 2003
 
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                |  | SC upholds Punjab’s decision onliquor fee
 November 28, 2003
 
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                |  | Guns remain silentNovember 27, 2003
 
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                |  | Ceasefire
        beginsNovember 26, 2003
 
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                |  | India
        goes a step ahead, offers truce in Siachen November 25, 2003
 
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                |  | Challan sees
        rowdyism on roads November 24, 2003
 
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                |  | Chargesheet filed against Badal, five others November 23, 2003
 
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                |  | SC stays trial in Godhra, nine
          other cases November 22, 2003
 
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                |  | 27 dead, 450 hurt in Istanbul blasts November 21, 2003
 
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                |  | Militants holed up  inside BSNL office November 20, 2003
 
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