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Sunday,
February 20,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Kashmir
cut off and in darkness
14 buried in snow
Srinagar, Shimla, Chandigarh,
February 19
 At least 14 persons including four
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel, were feared killed and nearly
35 others were trapped in several houses in Jammu and Kashmir, where heavy
snowfall and continuous rains for the past two days have forced the
closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway and several roads linking remote
corners with main towns.
A snow covered road in Srinagar, on Saturday. The valley has been cut off from the rest of the world.
— Reuters
photo
 J&K
page: Blocked
highway starves valley of essential commodities
Vaishano
Devi pilgrimage suspended
Prof
Gupta accuses govt of negligence
Himachal
page: 20
passengers stranded in Lahaul valley
Chandigarh
page:
Chill returns to city
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YOUR VOTE |
Are political parties right
in shepherding Goa MLAs around?
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PM
ready to attend Dhaka SAARC summit in March-April
 New Delhi, February 19
India is ready to participate in the
twice-postponed 13th summit of South Asian Association for Regional
Coperation (SAARC) in Bangladesh and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be
willing to travel to Dhaka anytime between March 25 and April 12 this year
when the Indian Parliament’s Budget session will be in recess.
Quake
rumour sends tremors in Kangra, Chamba
Thousands spend night in the open
Kangra, February 19
The rumour of an expected earthquake
in the Kangra valley forced thousands of residents in the region to rush
out into the streets after midnight.
Nation
page: SC notice on quake-resistant buildings
Panic
in TN after quake in Indonesia
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QUOTE OF THE
DAY
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“Chautala’s remarks amount to character
assassination.”
—Election Commission
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Kidnappers
kill 6-year-old boy in Rewari
Rewari, February 19
Apparently irked at the non-payment of ransom and information to the
police, kidnappers killed Ankit Yadav (6) and threw his body in a mustard
field near Bhatera village, about 14 km from here, from where it was
recovered last evening.
Remand
of Abhi case accused extended
Chautala’s
remark beneath contempt: EC
New Delhi, February 19
The Election Commission today
dismissed the personalised attack by Haryana Chief Minister and INLD chief
Om Prakash Chautala on Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishna Murthy as
“beneath contempt.”
Haryana page:
Haryana
Vikas Morcha seeks annulment of poll
Chautala
blasts EC move to prepone counting of votes
Chautala’s
claim on postal ballots disputed
Haryana
Cong wants counting on Feb 24
New Delhi, February 19
The Haryana Pradesh Congress
Committee has written to the Election Commission requesting it to
take up the counting of votes for the state Assembly polls on the morning
of February 24 instead of the previous afternoon.
BJP
also for February 24
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Plane
engine catches fire
Jammu, February 19
 As many as 120 Leh bound passengers
of Allianz airlines had a miraculous escape here today as the engine of
the aircraft caught fire during takeoff.
As many as 120 passengers of an Alliance Air plane had a miraculous escape as the Jammu-Leh flight (IC-7425) was grounded at Jammu airport on
Saturday. — Photo Serbjeet Singh
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Snow,
avalanches in Kashmir
February 19, 2005
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HC stays own order on appointments
February 18, 2005
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Bus
to Muzaffarabad from April 7
February 17, 2005
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Kidnapped student killed
February 16, 2005
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Restore
democracy, India tells Nepal
February 15, 2005
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EC
lodges FIR on Gujarat riots CDs
February 14, 2005
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Military
aid to Nepal suspended
February 13, 2005
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N. Korea
goes nuclear
February 12, 2005
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11,000 troops airlifted
February 11, 2005
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