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                |  They should start another ‘Samjhauta Express’ between 7 Race Course and 10 Janpath also.
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                | by
                  Sandeep Joshi(Click
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        Tread
        with caution 
  Bahrain
        hails Indo-Pak peace progress 
  Cong
        asks PM to clarify US role in talks with Pak 
  Nation page: 
        India
        should not be party to US game, says CPM 
  World page:
         Cooperation with India not to hit
        US-Pak ties: Rumsfeld 
  Plundered
        village sees ray of hope Pawar for poll pact with CongressSangma revolts, may go to NDA
 New Delhi, January 14
 Despite a revolt in his party,  Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar will go ahead with the earlier plan to forge an electoral tie-up with Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He was authorised  by his party tonight to take a decision on the issue of alliances.
 Lok
        Sabha dissolution likely in FebruaryNew Delhi, January 14
 The Lok Sabha is likely to be
        dissolved on February 6 after a Vote-on-Account during a four-day brief
        session of Parliament beginning on February 3.
 George
        hurt in mishapBiharsharif (Bihar), January 14
 Defence Minister George Fernandes
        today escaped with minor injuries in the head and legs when his car
        crashed into a stationary truck near Nagarnausa in Bihar’s Nalanda
        district due to poor visibility.
 
          
            
              | ‘Akash’ missile
                test-fired Balasore (Orissa), January
                14
 Medium-range surface-to-air missile  ‘’Akash’’ was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range
                (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea for the second consecutive day today.  — UNI
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            | 15-yr-old ‘sold off’, rapedMadhuban (Karnal),      January 14
 A case of allegedly buying and then raping a 15-year-old Dalit girl by some persons has come to light. The main accused has been arrested, while the hunt was on for at least 10 other co-accused.
        As per information available, Neetu (name changed) was living with her
        cousin at Hardwar in Uttaranchal. On December 29, 2003, she came to
        Ambala with a woman living in their neighbourhood in a rented house.
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            |  | Indo-US
              relations set for a new high January 14, 2004
 
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            |  | Let new govt be in place by April, says PMJanuary 13, 2004
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            |  | LS
              poll may be in March or MayJanuary 12, 2004
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            |  | Decision
              on LS poll by Jan 14, says  Mahajan January 11, 2004
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            |  | Government
              doles out more concessions January 10, 2004
 
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            |  | Pre-poll
              tax sops target middle class January 9, 2004
 
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            |  | Unorganised
              sector gets social security January 8, 2004
 
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            |  | Pervez
              promises end to terror January 7, 2004
 
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            |  | Vajpayee
              meets Musharraf January 6, 2004
 
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            |  | India,
              Pak avoid Kashmir at SAARC January 5, 2004
 
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