Saturday, December 20, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Samjhauta to resume from January 15
New Delhi, December 19
The Samjhauta Express, symbol of India-Pakistan people-to-people contacts, will start rolling between the two countries from January 15, 2004, “as per the earlier time-table”. This announcement was made at the end of two-day technical-level talks between the two countries today.
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World page: IA flight to Lahore likely from Jan 1
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Daler denied bail, told to surrender
Daler MehndiNew Delhi, December 19
The Supreme Court today declined to grant anticipatory bail to Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi, an accused in a human trafficking case, and ordered him to surrender before the trial court at Patiala on January 8 if he wanted to keep his bail petition pending.

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 Daler to be presented before Patiala court
 Bail plea of Shamsher’s wife rejected

30 camps of Indian insurgents demolished
Samdrup Jongkhar (Bhutan), December 19
A top ULFA leader, Bening Rabha, has been reportedly captured by the Royal Bhutan Army in the Himalayan kingdom and all 30 camps of the ULFA, NDFB and the KLO have been demolished, prompting the cornered outfits to call a retaliatory 48-hour general strike in Assam and north Bengal.

Former Indian cricketer Maninder Singh chats with Pakistani veterans before the first India-Pakistan veterans cricket match in Jalandhar on Friday. Sports page: Pak veteran cricketers feel at home
Former Indian cricketer Maninder Singh chats with Pakistani veterans before the first India-Pakistan veterans cricket match in Jalandhar on Friday. — PTI
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Cong rebels leave for Punjab
New Delhi, December 19
Wary of annoying the party’s central leadership, Punjab Congress dissidents abandoned their earlier plans of hanging about Delhi for the next few days and quietly left for Punjab today.

Scope for PM to expand Cabinet
New Delhi, December 19
The passing of the 97th Constitution Amendment Bill by Parliament this week restricting the size of the Cabinet is unlikely to create any heartburn amongst the NDA partners as the present Council of Ministers is well within the limit set by the Bill of 15 per cent of the House.

No question of J&K secession, says Sinha
Islamabad, December 19
Rejecting the so-called third option of an independent Kashmir, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha has asserted that there was no question of secession of Jammu and Kashmir or any other part from the Indian Union.

Bhujbal seeks Advani’s help in Telgi probe
Mumbai, December 19
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has asked Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani to investigate allegations that he was involved in the multi-crore fake stamp paper racket masterminded by Abdul Karim Telgi.

Shehnaz, Mobin finally go home

Wagah, December 19
Happiness and tension both here writ large on the face of Shehnaz Parveen, a resident of Pakistan- occupied Kashmir as she finally returned home today.

Shehnaz Akhtar and her daughter Mobin Kesar (six) being repatriated to Pakistan at Wagah joint checkpost on Friday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma		 Shehnaz Akhtar and her daughter Mobin Kesar (six) being repatriated to Pakistan at Wagah joint checkpost on Friday.



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