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Tuesday,
February 22,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Avalanches kill 82 more
300 ITBP men trapped in J&K;
IAF mounts rescue sorties
Jammu/Srinagar, February 21
More than 82 persons were
killed when snowfall-triggered avalanches swept away their
“kothars” in Qazigund and Dooru areas of Anantnag district in
South Kashmir early this morning as the death toll due to snowfall
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BREAKING
NEWS
Haryana vote count on Feb 27: SC
New Delhi, February 22
The Supreme Court on Tuesday
directed that counting of votes in Haryana should be done on
February 27 as scheduled earlier and not on February 23.
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Should ethical approval be necessary for stem cell research?
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2-yr
extension granted to AVM Masand
New Delhi, February 21
Finding itself on a sticky wicket
regarding evaluating the promotions of four officers to the rank of Air
Vice Marshals in 2003, the Defence Ministry today told the Supreme Court
it had decided to give two-year extension to retired Air Marshal Harish
Masand, who was allegedly rated down during the promotion process.
INLD
candidate moves SC over counting date
New Delhi, February 21
The dispute between the ruling INLD
and the Election Commission (EC) over advancing the date for counting of
votes today reached the Supreme Court as a candidate of the party moved a
petition challenging the poll panel's decision to this effect.
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QUOTE OF THE
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These elections are being held in Bihar; why should it have any effect on the Central Government for whose installation we have worked hard?
— Laloo Prasad Yadav, Railway Minister
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Nepal
cops feel safer in India
Jhulaghat Nepal/India,
February 21
With stepped- up chances of Maoist
insurgents crossing over to escape crackdown by the Royal Nepal Army, the
Indo-Nepal border looks quite like the Kali river that marks it,
deceptively sleepy.
Nationwide
bandh against VAT
New Delhi, February 21
 The nationwide bandh against the
proposed VAT paralysed trade and commerce in several
parts of the country today.
In video (28k,
56k)
A labourer sleeps in front of closed shops in New Delhi on Monday during
a bandh in protest against the imposition of VAT. — AFP photo
 Editorial:
Striking at VAT
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Submit details of assets, SC tells
Zahira
New Delhi, February 21
 The Supreme Court today directed Best Bakery case key witness Zahira Sheikh to furnish records of her bank accounts and properties following allegations that she had been won over by the Gujarat Government.
Bilkis
narrates rape incident in court
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Money
bags, distilleries open in Ajnala
Bhindi Saidan (Ajnala),
February 21
The money bags have been opened. On
the pretext of distributing ‘old age’ pension, cash is publicly being
distributed to woo voters.
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40 die
as avalanches bury houses in J&K
February 21, 2005
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Kashmir
cut off and in darkness
February 20, 2005
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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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