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           CDS
          issue being politicised 
          New Delhi, May 21 
          Reports that the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sushil Kumar, has
          decided to “opt out of the race” for the first Chief of Defence
          Staff of the country has again thrown up the issue that the armed
          forces are getting increasingly politicised. 
        India condemns
        Taliban decree 
        New Delhi, May 21 
        India today strongly deplored the Taliban regime’s reported decree imposing a separate dress code for Hindus in Afghanistan saying that it “patently discriminates against minorities”. 
        
         
              
           
          
           
            
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           Bachan
          for action against Dupalpur 
          Says he will take up
          ‘pigeons’ issue with Vedanti 
          Amritsar, May 21 
          The case of disappearance of “pigeons” (the term used for persons
          who go to foreign countries on ministerial visas) from Canada will be
          taken up by Dr Gurbachan Singh Bachan, Secretary, SGPC, with the
          Jathedar of Akal Takht and Mr Jagdev Singh Talwandi, President, SGPC.  | 
             
           
    
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            Samata
    reschedules executive meeting 
            May 21, 2001
        
    
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            Decision on J&K truce extension
        soon: Advani 
            May 20, 2001
        
    
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            Badal pleads for ‘blacklisted’ Sikhs 
            May 19, 2001
        
    
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            Cabinet expansion in early
        June 
            May 18, 2001
        
    
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            Kashmir issue
        bilateral 
            May 17, 2001
        
    
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            President not consulted on Jaya’s installation 
            May 16, 2001
        
    
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            Jaya
            sworn in CM 
            May 15, 2001
        
    
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            AIADMK, Cong, Left Front back in
        power 
            May 14, 2001
        
    
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    Hinduja brothers allowed to go abroad 
            May 13, 2001
        
    
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            Decision on CDS deferred 
            May 12, 2001
        
    
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