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              | by
                Sandeep Joshi(Click
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  New Delhi, January 1 Congress President Sonia Gandhi called  up Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Mayawati late Wednesday night, ostensibly to greet her for the New Year but essentially to build bridges with her with an eye on the Lok Sabha poll.
 
 
  Maya
        open to Sonia as PM 
  Editorial:
        Roadblocks for
        Congress 
          
            |  | Prime
                Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee presents a bouquet to President
              A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to mark the New Year at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New
                Delhi on Thursday. — PTI |   Advani talks to Jayalalithaa Chennai, January 1
 In the midst of political churnings following DMK’s withdrawal from the NDA, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani today spoke to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa over telephone.
 Enough evidence against
        Telgi,says SIT official
 New Delhi, January 1
 The kingpin of the multi-crore stamp paper racket  Abdul Kareem Telgi is now trying to divert the attention of the investigators  as he had allegedly revealed some crucial  information recently when he was subjected to the scientific interrogation, including brain fingerprinting and nacro analysis, in Bangalore.
 
          
            
              | Jagmeet plays peacemakerAsks Congressmen to assemble at Maghi Mela
 Chandigarh, January 1
 Holding the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as premier investigation agency of the country, Mr Jagmeet Singh Brar, MP, and a General Secretary of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC), says the  credibility of this agency, which has won the faith and trust of people, cannot be  doubted.
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                |  | Foreign Secys struggle to iron out
        differences January 1, 2004
 
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                |  | Pak
        not to raise Kashmir issue December 30, 2003
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                |  | India
        to call for joint SAARC plan on terror December 29, 2003
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                |  | Indian
        security cover for
        Vajpayee in Pak December 28, 2003
 
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                |  | Musharraf’s attackers identified December 27, 2003
 
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                |  | Musharraf
        escapes assassination bid December 26, 2003
 
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                |  | EC censures Amarinder, Ajit Jogi December 25, 2003
 
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                |  | Stop terror for talks, PM tells
        Pakistan December 24, 2003
 
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                |  | Ex-PM
        Rao, Chandraswami let off in cheating case December 23, 2003
 
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                |  | CBI registers case against Judeo, three others December 22, 2003
 
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