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Wednesday,
June 22, 2005,
Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am
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19 Gujarati tourists killed
Bus falls into gorge in Dharamsala
Dharamsala, June 21
As many as 19 persons were killed and 20 others injured when a private bus, they were travelling in, fell into a gorge here around 12:30 am today.
Almost all passengers were either BSNL employees or their family members from Vadodara in Gujarat.
This is what remains of a bus that fell into a gorge in Dharamsala on Tuesday. — AFP
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13 die as heatwave tightens grip
Chandigarh, June 21
Despite a minor drop of one or two degrees in the maximum temperature today, the heat wave continued unabated in the North West region claiming 13 more lives.
Official reports here had reported 13 more deaths due to sun stroke, dehydration or heat wave-related incidents in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh since yesterday.
Monsoon advances in East India
No shift in stand on Kashmir, PM tells Vajpayee
New Delhi, June 21
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today refuted assertions of his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the Indo-Pak peace process being Kashmir-centric, stating that there was no question of India accepting redrawing of borders or a third-party intervention to settle the issues between the two countries.
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Protests mark Amarnath yatra
Jammu, June 21
More than 200 pilgrims today left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir, marking the beginning of the pilgrimage.
The pilgrims left in 10 vehicles this morning from Jammu for their onward journey via the Baltal route, official sources said. |

A family waits for permission at the Baltal base camp on Tuesday to proceed towards the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. — PTI
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Roadmap on Siachen given to govt, says Army chief
New Delhi, June 21
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh having expressed his desire recently to convert the world’s highest battlefield, the Siachen glacier, into a mountain of peace, the Army today said it had already forwarded a roadmap to the government to this effect.
No POTA
case against Godhra accused : panel
New Delhi, June 21
The Special Public Prosecutor has
placed before the Special Court in Gujarat the “opinion” of the
POTA review committee, which says that “there is no prima facie
ground for proceeding against the accused” in the Godhra train
massacre case. (Details story on Nation
page)
Divorce: husband can’t withdraw consent once given
New Delhi, June 21
Adding a new twist to consensual divorces, the Delhi High Court has ruled that no husband can unilaterally withdraw consent for such a divorce which he had given to settle dowry complaint cases instituted against him by his erstwhile wife.
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Petrol, diesel costlier
June 21, 2005
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Anil
Ambani enterprises in power
June 20, 2005
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Ambanis
reach accord
June 19, 2005
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Bonanza
for farmers
June 18, 2005
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Cabinet
nod for dual citizenship
June 17, 2005
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Be
impartial, PM tells Governors
June 16, 2005
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Punjab
hikes power tariff by 10.27 pc
June 15, 2005
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15
dead, 90 hurt in Pulwama blast
June 14, 2005
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Let Siachen be a peace mountain: PM
June 13, 2005
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A
world first in N-power programme
June 12, 2005
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Storm
wreaks havoc
June 11, 2005
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