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Monday,
March 14,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
UPA to contest Jharkhand Speaker’s post
Floor test on March 15
Ranchi, March 13
Battlelines were tonight drawn for a show of strength between Jharkhand’s ruling NDA and the Opposition UPA for the post of Assembly Speaker ahead of the confidence vote for Chief Minister Arjun Munda, both to be held on March 15, a day later than scheduled.
NDA meeting today
Special article: Governors in the dock
Nation
page: SC
hearing on Jharkhand issue today
UPA
mishandled Jharkhand, Bihar, alleges Jyoti Basu
In video: Senior
BJP leader Karia Munda sworn-in as Pro-Tem Speaker of Jharkhand
Assembly. (28k, 56k)
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Should Indian and Pakistani fishermen jailed for crossing nautical boundaries be released?
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Chander Mohan likely to be Dy CM
New Delhi, March 13
Amid indications that Haryana PCC chief Bhajan Lal’s son Chander Mohan would be appointed Deputy Chief Minister, AICC members today talked to state Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda about the distribution of portfolios to the 10 ministers who had taken the oath on March 10.
18 Haryana districts get new DCs
Chandigarh, March 13
In its first administrative reshuffle today, the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress Government reiterated that its first priority was a clean administration.
More
related stories on Haryana page
Mufti oversees work on road to LoC
Kaman Post (LoC),
March 13
The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, is visiting New Delhi tomorrow to meet the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and discuss further issues related to the beginning of bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad. |

Workers repair the Uri-Muzaffarabad road near the Kaman post, 127 km from Srinagar, on the LoC on Sunday. The road has been out of use for the past five decades.
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Full
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QUOTE OF THE
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The Congress is trying to wash its hands of the sin it committed in Jharkhand and Goa.
— M. Venkaiah Naidu
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Jammu-Srinagar highway closed again
J&K
page: Kashmir separatists to wait and watch
Modi gets stormy reception at Kolkata
Kolkata, March 13
The Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, was “confined to the airport’s VIP lounge for over three hours today following a demonstration by Congress and CPM supporters. This was Mr Modi’s first visit to the city after the Gujarat riots.
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Youth Congress activists block Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s car at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata on Sunday.
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Advani defends Modi
New Delhi, March 13
BJP chief L K Advani has yet again defended Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, under criticism from his party legislators for his style of functioning, saying there are no complaints about his administrative capacity.
19
killed in bus mishap near Mussoorie
Dehra Dun, March 13
Nineteen persons were killed and many injured in a bus accident near
Dhanolti ahead of Mussoorie today. The accident took place when the bus carrying about 30 passengers fell into a 1500-foot deep gorge late in the afternoon, officials said.
Rathore shines as India win gold
New Delhi, March 13
Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore helped India win the team gold in the company of Ronjan Sodhi in the men’s double-trap shooting event of the Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championship in Melbourne, according to information received here today.
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Munda, 5 others
sworn in
March 13, 2005
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Soren quits,
Munda made CM
March 12, 2005
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Speaker to seek Kalam’s view
on SC order
March 11, 2005
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Jharkhand
floor test on March 11
March 10, 2005
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Bihar’s
turf war shifts to Union Cabinet
March 9, 2005
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President’s
rule imposed on Bihar
March 8, 2005
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President’s
rule likely in Bihar
March 7, 2005
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Hooda
takes oath as Haryana CM
March 6, 2005
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Hooda
to be Haryana CM
March 5, 2005
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Kalam summons Jharkhand Governor
March 4, 2005
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Soren is Jharkhand CM
March 3, 2005
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