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Sunday,
September 2,
2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
A Tribune
Exclusive
When
Advani said he won’t contest
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New Delhi, September 1
Before the BJP’s
flip-flop on opposition to the nuclear deal, BJP
leader L.K. Advani told the RSS top brass that he
would be quite content not to contest the next
election. A somewhat surprised RSS representative
Mohan Bhagwat is then learnt to have told him that the
perception that the RSS was favouring selected BJP
leaders was wrong.
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L.K. Advani
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Sonia pats PM
New Delhi,
September 1
For the second time in
two weeks, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has publicly
backed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the controversial
Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Gandhi’s unequivocal support
is significant as the UPA government in general and the
Prime Minister in particular have been severely criticised
over the nuke deal by the Left parties and the opposition.
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"We
have negotiated with America keeping our national
interests in the forefront and India’s nuclear
defence programme has been in no way
undermined...
— Sonia Gandhi
in a letter congratulating Manmohan Singh and his team
of negotiators on the Indo-US nuclear treaty |
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Does
India need a federal anti-terror
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Every
Saturday
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will not open gates of heaven: Bardhan
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Aligarh,
September 1
The CPI on Saturday
disagreed with the views of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
that India cannot afford to miss the “bus of nuclear
renaissance” saying it was a misconception that all
“gates of heaven” will open after it inks the nuclear
deal with the US. |
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| Disagreeing with PM’s views that India cannot afford to miss the “bus of nuclear renaissance”,
Bardhan says it will “not open all gates of heaven” |
12
hurt in car blast on Srinagar airport road
Srinagar,
September 1
Twelve persons,
including seven civilians and five security personnel, were
injured when militants detonated an IED planted in a parked
car on the airport road at Hyderpora here this evening.
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Security forces jawans inspect the damaged car which was blasted by militants in Srinagar on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Amin War |
Curfew
in Allahabad after police-public clashes
Lucknow,
September 1
An uneasy calm
prevailed in Allahabad today where curfew was imposed early
this morning in five police station areas following an
attack by a mob on the Kareli police station. Ten policemen,
including SSP K.S. Pratap Kumar, were injured in the attack.
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Spectrum today
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Panchayat
‘snatches’ baby of same-gotra couple
Katlehri (Karnal),
September 1
On the order of a gotra panchayat
a 10-day-old baby was forcibly taken away for his parents for the
simple reason that the parents were a same gotra couple. The father of
the child was also fined Rs 65,000.
Man
beaten to death, cop suspended
Moga, September 1
Surinder Singh of Dala village
was beaten to death allegedly by employees of a gaushala and the
police here yesterday. According to sources, employees of the gaushala,
run by a society, and police personnel mercilessly thrashed Surinder
to death on the charge that he wanted to steal some cows.
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Two
UK churches say yoga ‘un-Christian’, ban group
London, August 31
At a time when Indian yoga camps
are spreading far and wide in Britain, two churches here have banned a
group from conducting yoga classes because the ancient practice is
allegedly “un-Christian”. The yoga class for children was to be run
by Louise Woodstock at the Silver Street Baptist Church and St James’
Church of England in Taunton, Somerset.
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