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 | Howitzer
    production: Pretoria wants joint ventureNew Delhi, February 19
 South Africa today offered to have a
    joint partnership with India in manufacturing and marketing artillery and
    integrated ballistic systems, especially for the long-delayed mounted 155 mm
    Howitzer guns.
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    BJP a clear verdict: PMThird phase of polling ends in UP
 Allahabad, February 19
 As the campaign for third phase of
    polling in eastern and some parts of central Uttar Pradesh came to an end
    today evening, the verdict of this socially backward and economically
    underdeveloped but politically sensitive electorate will determine the
    contours of the next government in the state.
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          dies in blast; 3 ultras shot12 militants surrender
 Jammu, February 19
 A civilian, Shabir Ahmed, was
          killed and 12 others were wounded in a grenade explosion near
          Government Dak Bungalow in Kishtwar this morning. According to the
          police, a grenade hurled by a militant on the bungalow missed its
          target and exploded at a crowded place.
 
 
 
 
          
            | ‘Development’
        swallows Punjab’s tree cover
         
          
            | Chandigarh,
              February 19 Work on a number of important
              infrastructure development projects continued unabated even when
              electioneering was at its peak in Punjab early this month.
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            | A view  of the trees  felled on the  Chandigarh-Ludhiana road on Sunday.
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            |  | 9 hurt in
        UP poll violence February 19, 2002
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            |  | 8 of two families killed February 18, 2002
 
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            |  | India rejects Pak plea on list of 20 February 17, 2002
 
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            |  | USA rejects Pak plea for mediation February 16, 2002
 
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            |  | 55 to 90
        pc turnout in UP, Uttaranchal and Manipur February 15, 2002
 
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            |  | Violence marks polling in Punjab February 14, 2002
 
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            |  | Flag marches in Punjab on poll eve February 13, 2002
 
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            |  | No
        referendum on govt: PM February 12, 2002
 
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            |  | Temple
    construction from March 15 February 11, 2002
 
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            |  | Ansari
        held in UAE, brought to Delhi February 10, 2002
 
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