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Advani must quit:
Cong
Shiv Sena also joins
chorus
New Delhi, August 8
Expressing serious concern over the continued killings of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress today sought the resignation from Home Minister L. K. Advani. The party said it would press for Mr Advani’s resignation in Parliament also.
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Defence
officers seeking VRS
Shortage of personnel in armed
forces
New Delhi, August 8
A serious shortage of personnel at all
levels stares hard in the face of the armed force with an increasing number
of officers and men seeking voluntary retirement and the youths staying away
from the Services in preference to the lucrative job opportunities in the
civil sector.
CM gets free hand on nominees
PAC meets on Assembly elections
Chandigarh, August 8
Playing a political master stroke, the President of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today acquired all powers to select party candidates for the coming Assembly elections in the state.
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Be brave, we have to bear all this for the sake of ‘coalition dharma’!
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Suspend
Bhullar, says Punjab
Chandigarh, August 8
The Punjab Government has recommended the suspension of Additional Director-General of Police Daljit Singh Bhullar to the Union Government after his conviction in a triple murder case.
SGPC panel indicts Bibi’s
ex-PA
Amritsar, August 8
A five-member inquiry committee comprising Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
members has indicted Mr Harjit Singh, Assistant Secretary and former personal assistant to Bibi Jagir
Kaur, for excess recruitment.
66
years gone, but no rail line
Qadian (Gurdaspur), August 8
The project to lay a railway
line from Qadian — the headquarters of Ahmadiya Muslims — to
Ambala has been hanging fire for the past 66 years. A survey in this
regard was conducted during the British regime in 1935. |

Remains of the railway line which was planned to link Qadian with Ambala.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma |
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Ultras open fire at Jammu railway station, kill 9
August 8, 2001
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Caravan of peace to Pak will continue:
Jaswant
August 7, 2001
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Bodies cremated, curfew in Bhaderwah
August 6, 2001
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Ultras massacre 17 in Doda
August 5, 2001
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UTI crisis resolved
August 4, 2001
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Motion on UTI defeated
August 3, 2001
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Vajpayee opens his heart
August 2, 2001
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Vajpayee offers to quit office
August 1, 2001
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Parliament security being revamped
July 31, 2001
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Vajpayee
to visit Pak
July 30, 2001
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