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Friday,
March 4,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 6:30 pm (IST)
BREAKING
NEWS
 Hooda to be new Haryana CM
Rane wins vote of confidence in Goa
Kalam summons Jharkhand Governor
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Was the Jharkhand Governor right in swearing in JMM chief Shibu Soren as Chief Minister?
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NDA parades 41 MLAs
New Delhi, March 3
Mounting pressure on the UPA government, the NDA today paraded 41 MLAs from Jharkhand to prove its majority in the 81-member Assembly before President APJ Abdul Kalam, who assured them that he will do whatever he can after his meeting with Governor Sibtey Razi tomorrow.
In video
(28k, 56k)
Nation
page: Parliament
adjourned yet again
Rahul
protests against frequent Parliament adjournments
Bad omen for
democracy, says Mulayam
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BJP President L.K. Advani, George Fernandes and Arjun Munda with 41 MLAs of Jharkhand going to meet the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal |
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QUOTE OF THE
DAY
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Most people,
even the media, are under the mistaken impression that
Chidambaram announced a specific allocation of Rs 1000 crore
for the plant at Chennai. This is factually incorrect.
— Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu
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CLP to decide Haryana
CM today
New Delhi, March 3
The Congress will tomorrow announce the name of new Haryana Chief Minister.
A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party has been called tomorrow at 4 pm. The meeting, which will be held in the Parliament annexe here, is expected to formally elect the new leader.
Congress mulls Central rule
in Goa
THE Congress leadership is coming around to the view that the Goa Assembly be placed under suspended animation and President’s rule imposed in the state.
Special
Economic Zones at Mohali, Amritsar soon
Chandigarh,
March 3
The Centre, on the recommendation of the Punjab Government, has
finalised the setting up of two Special Economic Zones in
the state for “boosting exports, and the state’s overall
economy”. (Details on Punjab
page)
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Narayanan representative for China
New Delhi, March 3
India’s National Security Adviser, Mr M. K. Narayanan was today appointed Special Representative for border talks with China, sources in the Prime Minister’s Office told The Tribune tonight.
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Mian Mir’s descendants denied ‘siropa’
Amritsar, March 3
The 19th descendants of Sai Mian Mir, the Muslim seer who laid the foundation stone of the Golden Temple and those of Nabi Khan Ghani Khan who had once saved the life of Guru Gobind Singh, were denied
'siropa' by the SGPC during their visit here today. |
Nasin Maqdoom Sayeed Chand Pir Qadri (left), 19th descendant of Sain Mian Mir, who laid the foundation stone of the Golden Temple, bows to pay obeisance on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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FORUM
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New
question: What should state governments do to promote school education?
Write to: The Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune, Sector 29-C,
Chandigarh;
or e-mail at
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