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Saturday, April 23, 2005, Chandigarh, India
 Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

PM meets King today
Natwar asks Nepal to release political detainees
Jakarta, April 22
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today on a three-day visit to attend the Asian-African summit on the sidelines of which, he said, he was looking forward to meeting Nepal’s King Gyanendra.		 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (centre) and his wife Kristiani Herrawati greet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the presidential palace for a dinner with leaders attending the Asia-Africa Summit in Jakarta on Friday.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (centre) and his wife Kristiani Herrawati greet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the presidential palace for a dinner with leaders attending the Asia-Africa Summit in Jakarta on Friday. — Reuters photo

Manmohan meets Pervez
 World page: Call to bring Bandung spirit alive

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Call of adventure
Ruchika M. Khanna

All for joy
by Seema Sachdeva

THIS ABOVE ALL:
In the words of nani
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Denel cases referred to CBI
New Delhi, April 22
 Having frozen all transactions which the Ministry of Defence was negotiating with the South African firm Denel, following charges that it paid a British firm to obtain classified documents, the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee today referred all deals with this company to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Cornering deals Denel style




Pak girl arrives for heart surgery
Wagah, April 22
After two-and-a -half- year-old Noor Fatima, a Pakistani girl whose heart ailment had aroused emotions across the Indo-Pak divide two years ago, another girl from Pakistan, Binish Fatima, of the same age group, reached here today to undergo surgery for plugging multiple holes in her heart. Binish Fatima, two-and-a-half -year-old Pakistani girl, crossed over into India at Wagah along with her parents on Friday to undergo surgery for plugging multiple holes in her heart.
Binish Fatima, two-and-a-half -year-old Pakistani girl, crossed over into India at Wagah along with her parents on Friday to undergo surgery for plugging multiple holes in her heart. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma
Special article: Politics of the bus
 Nation page: Delhi may help Pak to set up metro rail
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PUNJAB: Creation of vet varsity mired in controversy

HARYANA: 15 cops suspended

HIMACHAL: Leprosy patients oppose move to close hospital

DELHI: Lovelorn teenager throws acid on girl

J&K: 70 Hurriyat activists detained

CHANDIGARH: Contest poll, Bansal dares General

LUDHIANA: Encroachments removed in Pavittar Nagar

OPINIONS: Commission and omission

BUSINESS: IPCL board notes Anil’s resignation,
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NATION: BJP seeks Laloo’s resignation over safety issue

WORLD: Call to bring Bandung spirit alive

SPORTS: China eves dash India’s hopes


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Siddiqui tipped to be Election Commissioner
New Delhi, April 22
The superannuated Director General of Police of Punjab, Mr A.A. Siddiqui, is strongly tipped to be an Election Commissioner in the three-member Commission with Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy retiring on May 15.

Probe into train mishap begins today
Vadodara, April 22
Even as the railway authorities today said that 16 persons died and 137 were injured in the Sabarmati train mishap at Samlaya on Vadodara-Godhra section of the Western Railway yesterday, the list of dead provided by Railway officials and the hospitals put the toll at 19, including the four unidentified bodies.
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 Nation page: GMs, DRMs to be responsible for accidents
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Another BSF patrol party attacked
Agartala, April 22
The Border Security Force has refuted charges levelled by Bangladeshi Rifles that it has posted additional forces along the Indo-Bangla border near the Akahura check post even as another BSF patrol part