Sunday,
November
16,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
G-20
battles division
Slowdown will push
millions back into poverty: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, warning that a slowdown of
growth in the developing countries will push millions of
people back into poverty and have an adverse effect on
nutrition, health and education levels, on Saturday said it
was imperative that growth in these countries was not
affected.
US President George W. Bush addresses G-20 leaders during an official White House dinner ahead of the summit on
financial markets in Washington DC on Friday. — AFP
photo
RBI allows
housing firms to raise funds overseas Mumbai, November 15
After pumping in around Rs 2.80 lakh crore liquidity into the
banking system, the Reserve Bank today announced a slew of
measures to give a boost to the real estate sector, in
addition to taking steps to arrest decline in forex reserves.
Editorial Peeping into the
future Beyond the moon landing By H. K. Dua
It
was an exciting bit of news
that broke at 8:31 p.m. on Friday and in a moment it boosted the morale
of the entire nation that has lately been trying to cope with gory
headlines.
Polls 2008 Jammu & Kashmir ‘They can kill me, they can’t
make me vote’ Srinagar, November 15
You need not venture deep into the valley to gauge the mood of the
voter. Disenchantment is evident in the heart of urban Srinagar, from
where the National Conference’s chief ministerial candidate Farooq
Abdullah is seeking election.
Militants lurk in the shadows
Security forces have stepped up vigil around the Peer Panjal range,
following intelligence inputs suggesting that armed militants are
desperate to infiltrate into India to sabotage the ongoing poll process.
A high-ranking official confirmed that word had been sent around for
intensification of patrolling close to the gaps on the Line of Control
(LOC).
Madhya Pradesh HC dismisses Cong candidate’s
plea Jabalpur, November 15
Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by
Congress candidate from the Silwani constituency in Raisen district
Jaswant Singh Raghuvanshi challenging the returning officer’s decision
to reject his nomination papers for the Assembly polls in the state to
be held at the end of this month.
Chhattisgarh Top leaders gear up for Round 2
After the Phase-I poll on Friday the focus has now shifted to the
remaining 51 constituencies of the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly,
which will go to polls on November 20. For the second innings, the BJP will once again be fielding its
senior leaders L.K Advani, Rajnath Singh over the next three days. On
Friday senior party leaders Narendra Modi and Venkiah Naidu besides star
campaigners Shatrughan Sinha and Navjot Sidhu were in the state to woo
88,19,264 electorate in eight remaining districts.
A chronic problem Amritsar, November 15
The border belt nowadays is in the grip of Hepatitis C, which is likely
to assume alarming proportions in the coming days. After detection of about 180 cases of hepatitis B, C and
HIV virus among special police officers (SPOs) in Tarn Taran district,
NGOs have found that villagers of the border belt of Amritsar and Tarn
Taran have been greatly infected with hepatitis B.
Editor-in-Chief, Publisher &
Printer: H.K. Dua Published from The Tribune House, Sector
29-C, Chandigarh, India, 160030
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