Sunday, December 7, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Jogi offered money to MLAs, says BJP
Plays tape as proof; Cong suspends Jogi

Ajit JogiRaipur, December 6
Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley today alleged that outgoing Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi today offered bribe to newly elected BJP MLAs to defect and form a breakaway group whom the Congress would then extend support in forming government.

‘Tape concocted’

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Bihar DGP removed, will move SC
D.P. OjhaPatna, December 6
Controversial Bihar Director-General of Police D.P. Ojha, who had angered the government with his repeated attacks on politicians, was today unceremoniously removed from his post barely two months before his retirement.

Sonia against leadership change in Punjab
New Delhi, December 6
Stymied by the election debacle in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, the Congress high command is against changing the leadership in Punjab.

Ambika Soni likely to face fire
Ambika Soni CWC meeting today to discuss defeat
New Delhi, December 6
The Congress Working Committee meeting here tomorrow to analyse the Assembly election results promises to be more than an ordinary stock-taking exercise.

Nation page: Bodo Tigers lay down arms



A leader of the Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) holds up a rocket launcher before laying arms at Kokrajhar, Assam, on Saturday. A total of 2,641 cadres of the BLT laid down their arms. — PTI photo
A leader of the Bodo Liberation Tigers holds up a rocket launcher before laying arms

Be responsible in criticism, PM chides Sonia
Abuja (Nigeria), December 6
In a veiled attack on Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said he was not averse to criticism by her but it should be done in a restrained language.

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C’wealth sets terms for Pak re-entry

Abuja, December 6
The 54-nation Commonwealth is unlikely to re-admit suspended Pakistan until President Pervez Musharraf gives up his military title and his powers to sack Parliament, the group’s Secretary General said today.

Sushma meets Badals in jail
Says facilities not up to mark
Patiala, December 6
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today that she was not satisfied with the facilities provided to SAD President Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal, and advised the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to maintain “political decency”.

They’re getting colas, says CM
Punjab page: Tohra denied entry to Central Jail

Cross-border marriage today
Qadian, December 6
The first cross-border marriage after attack on the Indian Parliament would be solemnised at Qadian, the international headquarters of Ahmadiya Muslims, here tomorrow even as the Government of Pakistan has refused to give visas to any of the relatives of Maqbool Ahmed, a Qadian-based journalist and his fiance, Tahira Hazur.
Harsuchetan Kaur applies ‘mehndi’ on the hands of Tahira Hazur Harsuchetan Kaur applies ‘mehndi’ on the hands of Tahira Hazur, a Pakistani national who will marry her Indian cousin, Maqbool Ahmed, on Sunday at Qadian. 
— Photo Rajiv Sharma.

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