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            |  |  | More powers for security forcesCentre preparing balanced Bill
 New Delhi, August 24
 The Centre is understood to have embarked on an informal exercise to prepare a draft Bill seeking to provide special powers to the security forces engaged in counter-terrorist operations while  making sure that human rights are not trampled upon.
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            |  Be happy. At least there is something more dirty than politics!
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              Sandeep Joshi |  | Madarsas
        push up land pricesPatna, August 24
 These are disturbing facts for the
        internal security of the nation. The talks are not only in the air but
        the Indian Military and Civil Intelligence agencies also admit it in
        their reports.
 Chohan
        renounces secessionismWants KPS Gill tried
 New Delhi, August 24
 Former Director-General of Police,
        Mr K P S Gill, and other senior officials should be prosecuted for
        crimes against innocent persons during militancy, said Khalistan
        idealogue Dr Jagjit Singh Chohan, here today.
 
 
 
          
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          American bollworm and desi babasBathinda, August 24
 As farm scientists have failed to
          control American bollworm farmers of the cotton belt have turned to
          ‘tantriks’ and ‘babas’ for some remedy to the problem. And
          these ‘babas’ are minting money out of the helplessness of the
          farmers.
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            |  | Badal backs Centre on amnesty issue August 24, 2001
 
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            |  | No
    blanket amnesty for Punjab cops August 23, 2001
 
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            |  | Meeting on SYL
        deadlocked August 22, 2001
 
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            |  | PM
    against fresh round of talks at WTO meet August 21, 2001
 
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            |  | Nine
        Pakistani soldiers killed along LoC August 20, 2001
 
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            |  | Major infiltration attempts at
        LoC August 19, 2001
 
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            |  | SC lays down law on
        non-MLAs as ministers August 18, 2001
 
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            |  | Pak not to raise
    Kashmir issue at  world fora: PM August 17, 2001
 
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            |  | Ultras kill 5 in Udhampur August 16, 2001
 
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            |  | 13 killed in HP landslides August 15, 2001
 
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