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Sunday,
May 7,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
States told not to overdraw
power
New Delhi, May 6
Amid the worsening power situation in North India, the Power Ministry today warned states, including Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, against overdrawing power from the grid as it could result in collapse of the grid, that had been facing a power deficit of over 4000 MW.
Delhi page: Govt
reverses decision on loadshedding
In
video: Divine help invoked for electricity woes. (28k,
56k)
In video
(28k,
56k)
Sex racket protesters teargassed
Srinagar, May 6
The police lobbed teargas shells and used batons to disperse students of Kashmir University and Regional Engineering College, protesting against the alleged police inaction against those involved in the sex racket here, as they tried to take out a procession in defiance of the prohibitory orders in force in the city, official sources said.
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Jammu and Kashmir University students hold a protest demonstration against the sex racket in the valley in Srinagar on Saturday.
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14 die in Rohtak mishap
Rohtak, May 6
Fourteen persons were killed and four injured, one of them seriously, when a maxi cab collided with an oil tanker head on at Bhagwatipur village, about 12 km from here, this evening.
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PM watches live missile firing in Arabian Sea
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with wife Gursharan Kaur flanked by Naval Chief Arun Prakash and CNC, Western Naval Command, Vice-Admiral Sangram Singh Byce, on board the aircraft carrier INS Viraat off the coast of Goa on Friday afternoon
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Haryana transport strike ends
New Delhi, May 6
There is some good news for commuters as the Haryana Roadways employees decided to call off three-day-old strike today following a long-drawn meeting between the state government and union leaders that carried on almost till midnight. Cong to press for multi-agency probe against Chautala
New Delhi, May 6
Asserting that the Chautala family’s vast assets extend much beyond the Indian shores into foreign lands as well, Haryana’s Congress government is now in the process of approaching the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to press for a multi-agency probe into former state Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala’s total worth.
Haryana page:
Naveen Jindal
new HOA chief, Chautala group cries foul
Nation page: Ajay
Chautala’s house raided, car seized
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PM visits Mahajan's house
Mumbai, May 6
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called on the family of late Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Pramod Mahajan to offer condolences.
Paswan launches Dalit yatra in UP
New Delhi, May 6
With an eye on the next year's Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) President Ram Vilas Paswan today launched a yatra to mobilise the support of Dalits and Muslims.
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New Delhi sizzles at 44.5°C
New Delhi, May 6
Delhi today witnessed the hottest day of the season so far with the maximum temperature rising up to 44.5°C.
Weather page:
Sriganganagar records 47.7°C
A farmer taking watermelons on camel-back across the Ganga at Phaphamau in Allahabad. — PTI
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Angry protests, firing leave 17 hurt in J&K
May 6, 2006
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CBI raids 24 places of Chautalas
May 5, 2006
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Army deployed in Vadodara
May 4, 2006
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Indo-Pak
officials hold talks on CBMs
May 3, 2006
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22 Hindus massacred in Doda
May 2, 2006
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Taliban
behead Indian engineer before deadline
May 1, 2006
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Taliban
abduct Indian engineer
in Afghanistan
April 30, 2006
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Left
leaders oppose hike in quota
April 29, 2006
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Arjun promises wider debate on
quota issue
April 28, 2006
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Maoists
lift blockade
April 27, 2006
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