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      | by
        Sandeep Joshi(Click
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        says no to JPC probe in Judeo case 
  New Delhi, December 11 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
        today took the Opposition to task for what he called ‘unfair
        criticism’ of the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Judeo case
        and said there was no need for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe
        into this issue as any JPC would have to rely on the CBI only for any
        inquiry.
 
 
  Walkout over Prasad’s
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        Cabinet
        okays new Bill on defectionNew Delhi, December 11
 Moving towards further electoral reforms the government has decided
        to bring in a Constitutional amendment to disallow defectors from
        holding office of profit till they win the next elections.
 
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            |   Chandigarh
              page: US
              salutes son of India Chandigarh, December 11
 In perhaps the first ceremony of its kind in the country, a top US
              Army officer led fellow officers and men to pay tributes to
              Indian-born US Army trooper, Sgt Uday Singh, at his parental home
              in Sector 18 here today.
 
  Uday
              Singh cremated with US honours |  Development
        to be BJP’s plank for LS pollNew Delhi, December 11
 BJP General Secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said development would
        be the main poll plank of the party in the Lok Sabha elections next year
        even as it would not hesitate to counter the Opposition on Hindutva
        issues like Ayodhya.
 
 
 
          
            
              | Bihar
        girl is UNICEF role modelNew Delhi, December 11
 
  Her
        parents wanted to marry her off when she was 10 years old. She was not
        permitted to go to school as she was expected to do the household chores
        at home. 
 Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi with tribal girl Lalita after releasing the UNICEF report “Girls Education and Development” at a function in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTI
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                |  | Amarinder parades 40 MLAs in Delhi December 11, 2003
 
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                |  | Badal, Sukhbir get bail December 10, 2003
 
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                |  | RS
        members come close to blows December 9, 2003
 
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                |  | 5
        killed in Andhra communal violence December 8, 2003
 
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                |  | Jogi offered money to
        MLAs, says BJP December 7, 2003
 
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                |  | SC to hear Badal’s petition on MondayDecember 6, 2003
 
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                |  | BJP sweeps out Congress from 3 statesDecember 5, 2003
 
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                |  | Turmoil in Parliament over
        PSUs, Judeo issueDecember 4, 2003
 
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                |  | 31 die in bus mishap near ChambaDecember 3, 2003
 
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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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