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      September 8, 2004, Chandigarh, IndiaUpdated at 3:00 am (IST)
 
 Natwar,
      Kasuri promise visa-free travel to journalistsNew Delhi, September 7
 External Affairs Minister K Natwar
      Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri played to the
      gallery this evening. They exhibited their newly-struck personal chemistry
      and made spontaneous announcements of a liberal visa-free regime for
      journalists of the two countries.
 
 
  Kasuri
      visits Ajmer 
  Editorial:
      Tread with caution 
  J&K
      page: Kasuri
      fails to unite Hurriyat leaders 
  Kasuri’s
      ‘anti-India’ stand ruffles BJP 
 
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      Musharraf may meet on Sept 22
      
       
        
          | New Delhi, September 7 As the first round of 'composite
            dialogue’ between India and Pakistan wound up here, Prime Minister
            Manmohan Singh and President General Pervez Musharraf could have
            their first meeting on September 22 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York.
 
 
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          |  Pak
            army to shift headquarters |  Soren
      not releasedFails to give passport details
 Jamtara (Jharkhand), September 7
 Though a Dumka court today granted
      bail to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Sibu Soren in a case relating to
      election violence in 2004, he could not be released as he was unable to
      give his passport number to a Giridih court as demanded.
 
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          | Janmashtami
      celebrated 
  Mumbai, September 7 Human
      pyramids were formed to break ‘dahi-handis’ (curd pots) and people
      from all walks of life thronged temples since midnight last night to
      celebrate ‘’Janmashtami’’.
 
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      56k) 
 
 
 Curd flows as the top person of a human pyramid breaks a curd pot hung from a decorated rope between buildings on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami, the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna, in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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      for fresh probe in Tehelka case
 
  Shimla,
      September 7 The Congress is in favour of a fresh
      probe into Tehelka case on the pattern of  Godhra carnage.
 
 Congress leader Ambika Soni addresses a press conference at Shimla on Tuesday. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh is also seen in the picture.
      — Photo by Anil Dayal
 
 
 Haryana
      plans uniform  power tariffChandigarh, September 7
 The Haryana Cabinet, which met here
      today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala,
      decided to introduce a uniform rate of tariff for both metered and
      unmetered connections, thus withdrawing the slab system of tariff and
      giving relief to farmers to the tune of Rs 138 crore.
 
 
  Business
      page: PHDCCI for Haryana power policy 
  Haryana
      page:
         Power-less wires could give Chautala a
      shock 
 114
      die in China floodsBeijing, September 7
 Floods and landslides triggered by
      torrential rains have killed at least 114 persons and left over 77 others
      missing in south-west China with the army being deployed to rescue
      thousands of marooned people, local officials said today.
 
 
  World
      page: Typhoon pounds Japan; eight dead 
 
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            |  | PM
      rules out China-type talks on Kashmir September 7, 2004
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            |  | Natwar,
      Kasuri hold positive talks September 6, 2004
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            |  | Ordinance soon to repeal POTA September 5, 2004
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            |  | 150
      die as commandos storm school September 4, 2004
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            |  | Fresh probe into Godhra fire ordered September 3, 2004
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            |  | PM’s package for
        Amritsar September 2, 2004
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            |  | Politics overshadows celebrations September 1, 2004
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            |  | Sifti
      da ghar overflows August 31, 2004
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            |  | Pakistan 
      says no to extradition treaty August 30, 2004
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            |  | Arunachal CM joins Cong with Cabinet August 29, 2004
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            |  | Bomb
      attacks, arson in Maharashtra; 18 hurt August 28, 2004
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            |  | Budget passed without
        debate August 27, 2004
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