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* India ignores Rice objection on gas pipeline

* PM to visit US in July New Delhi, March 16 India and the United States broke new grounds today in bilateral cooperation as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the Indian leadership that an institutionalised mechanism of an ‘energy dialogue’ would be in place soon.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shakes hands with Foreign Minister Natwar Singh prior to a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
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Sachin joins 10,000-run club

Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat to acknowledge the crowd after completing his 10,000 runs during the first day of the second India-Pakistan Test match in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Pervez to watch last one-dayer at Delhi

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Dravid’s ton helps India recover

Plenty of cricket left in me: Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat to acknowledge the crowd after completing his 10,000 runs during the first day of the second India-Pakistan Test match in Kolkata on Wednesday. — Reuters
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Kanishka case: both Malik, Bagri acquitted
Vancouver (British Columbia), March 16
Two Sikh activists were cleared today of involvement in the 1985 bombing of Air-India Flight 182 that killed 329 persons. A Canadian judge said Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri were not guilty of murder and conspiracy charges.

Judge’s disclosure to be probed
New Delhi, March 16
Opposition led by the BJP today walked out of both Houses of Parliament over Supreme Court Justice S.N. Variava’s revelations that attempts had been made to replace the trial judge in the fodder scam case against Railway Minister Laloo Prasad.

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	PUNJAB: 40 pc increase in temporary resident visas to Canada
	HARYANA: Composition of 2 Assembly panels assumes significance
	J&K: Mufti, British MP discuss Indo-Pak ties
	HIMACHAL: Fiscal responsibility Bill passed
	DELHI: Man threatens to post ‘nude’ pix on Net
	CHANDIGARH: Admn announces changes in land allotment policy
	LUDHIANA: Obscene posters dot city
	OPINIONS: Justice Variava’s disclosure
	BUSINESS: Review tax exemption in hill states: PHDCCI
	NATION: Doors open for talks, Sonia tells Naxals
	WORLD: Pakistan’s no to third party mediation
	SPORTS: Dravid’s ton helps India recover

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"...We try hard to make the point that this is not a hyphenated relationship... The India and Pakistan relationship. This is a relationship with India. We also have a relationship with Pakistan and we are concerned about the well-being of both".
— Condoleeza Rice

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PM meets LS Speaker
New Delhi, March 16
In a bid to clear the air that differences had arisen between the executive and the legislature, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the initiative in meeting Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee here this morning over breakfast and put the record straight.

Buses to Nankana Sahib this Baisakhi

Nankana Sahib (Pakistan), March 16
While Indian Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi today laid the foundation stone of Baba Guru Nanak dual carriageway, the first lot of 10 buses carrying Sikh devotees from Amritsar to the historic town will ply on April 13, the Baisakhi.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh performs the Sewa of Chaur Sahib at Gurdwara Janam Asthan Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Nankana Sahib on Wednesday.

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Musharraf praises Indian hospitality
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Centre to widen Ambala-Shimla highway
New Delhi, March 16
The Union Government has given a go-ahead to widen the much-awaited 168 km Ambala-Kalka-Shimla national highway to four lanes under the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP-III).

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