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 | Friday,
                      February 2,
                      2007, Chandigarh, IndiaUpdated at 3:00 am (IST)
 
 Ordinance route for live action
                       
                        
                          | New Delhi, February 1 The viewers across the country would be able to catch the cricket action live with the Union Cabinet today giving its nod for the promulgation of an Ordinance making it mandatory for the sports channels, radio stations and content providers to share live telecast with public broadcaster Prasar Bharati for sporting events of “national importance” at home and abroad.
 | Mexican wave out Melbourne:  Cricket Australia today announced a ban on the Mexican wave at all its one-day international venues to prevent the fans’ unruly behaviour during the matches.  CA Chief James Sutherland said the Mexican wave had become a blight on the game and the ban would prevent a repeat of the loutish behaviour that marred a match in Melbourne last month.(Details
                            on Sports page)
 |  Jessica Case29 hostile witnesses get time to explain flip-flop
 
                        
                          | New Delhi, February 1 The Delhi High Court today gave two weeks’ time to all the 29 hostile witnesses in Jessica Lall murder case to submit their replies why they had turned hostile during cross-examination by the trial court after they made their appearance.
 | NBWs against 3 The court issued non-bailable warrants against Vrun Shah, Mukesh Saini and Narayan Singh when they failed to appear today as per the direction, which ultimately ensured their presence in the afternoon.
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            | Punjab Votes ’07 Post-Beas, heavy force ordered
 Beas/Amritsar, February 1
 Even as the Deputy Election Commissioner (DEC), Mr R. Bhattacharya, visited Beas for first-hand information of the firing incident in Beas, Mr Sunderam Krishana, Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, said 200 companies of para military forces would be deployed in the state to ensure free and fair elections.
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                DAY: All of us pay our fond tributes to Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia who founded The Tribune 126 years ago this day.
 |  Manifestly simian in UttarakhandNew Delhi, February 1
 The hapless people of Uttarakhand could well get a respite from marauding monkeys as the ruling Congress has promised to raise a ‘langur sena’ to chase away these simians if the party is returned to power in the next month’s Assembly poll.
 SC lays 8-point criteria for compassionate govt jobNew Delhi, February 1
 The Supreme Court today held that the compassionate employment to the kin of a government servant on his death could not be claimed in a routine manner but would be available if the family was entirely in penury.
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              LIGHTNING: His co-rider grounded, a participant in Rural Olympics tries to buck up his oxen to qualify for the time trial at Kila Raipur in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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            | Cop held for bid to enter PM’s house New Delhi, February 1
 A drunk Delhi Police constable tonight tried to sneak into the high-security official residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Race Course road here.
 
 
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              | Union minister asked not to visit GorakhpurGorakhpur, February 1
 The Union Minister of State for Home, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, was today asked not to visit the riot-torn district of Gorakhpur, even as he announced that the Centre might take action if the situation did not return to normal soon.
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                                  |  | Chorus in Tataland February
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                                  |  | Dimpa
              led attack, Rajan fired AK-47: SAD January
                                    31, 2007
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                                  |  | Akali,
                      Congress workers clash January
                                    30, 2007
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                                  |  | Fresh clashes in Singur January
                                    29, 2007
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                                  |  | No pension funds for stocks, says  EPF board January
                                    28, 2007
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                                  |  | India, Russia for axis with China January 26, 2007
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                                  |  | Fifth
                      Gen combat aircraft in Putin’s sales bag January
                                    25, 2007
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                                  |  | It’s Sidhu vs Singla January
                                    24, 2007
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                                  |  | SRE-1 brought home January
                                    23, 2007
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