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Thursday,
March 3,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Soren is Jharkhand CM
Governor’s action triggers protests
Ranchi, March 2
A seven-member UPA ministry headed by JMM chief Shibu Soren was today sworn in as the Jharkhand Chief Minister following Governor Sibtey Razi’s controversial decision to invite him to form the government, triggering a storm of protests by the BJP-led NDA which dubbed it a “constitutional outrage.”
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NDA to stall Budget session
New Delhi, March 2
By inviting JMM chief Shibu Soren to form the government in Ranchi, Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibte Razi has provided the necessary lever to the BJP and its allies in the NDA to launch a frontal attack against the Manmohan Singh government.
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Nation page: Oppn
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Cong
to back RJD in Bihar
Paswan looks the other way
Patna, March 2
Ignoring its ally Lok Janshakti
Party’s reservations, the Congress today pledged its support to the RJD
in the formation of government in Bihar.
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What should state governments do to promote school education?
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H.K. Dua (Editor-in-Chief)
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RJD ki sarkar saat janam mein bhi nahin banegi (RJD government will not be formed even after seven births).
— Ram Vilas Paswan
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Sonia to name Haryana CM today
Chandigarh, March 2
The heartbeat of Haryana Congress leaders has the dangerous level following the submission of their report by the observers appointed by the high command for the first meeting of the Haryana Congress Legislature Party held here yesterday to elect its leader, to the AICC President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi.
Editorial:
Women in the House
One-year
jail for Maj-General
Chandigarh, March 2
A General Court Martial today
sentenced Major-Gen P.S.K. Choudhary to one year’s rigorous imprisonment
besides being cashiered from service for his alleged involvement in the
Tehelka scam.
FM
may revisit fringe-benefit tax proposal
New Delhi,
March 2
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today hinted that the limit of tax-free
cash withdrawal from banks may be enhanced and was open to look at
“alternative” ways to check transactions in black money. (Details
on Business page)
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Sikh school in France by Sept
New Delhi, March 2
Even as the Sikh community living
in France continues to mobilise international opinion against the ban on
wearing of turbans in educational institutions, the apex body of
gurdwaras there has decided to set up a school funded and managed
exclusively by the Sikhs.
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Paswan meets Sonia
March 2, 2005
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IT relief of Rs 1 lakh for all
March 1, 2005
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Cong sweeps Haryana
February 28, 2005
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Laloo
tables populist Rly Budget
February 27, 2005
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Pak
must end terror for better ties: Kalam
February 26, 2005
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Militants storm DC’s office complex, 8 dead
February 25, 2005
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Violence
mars Ajnala bypoll
February 24, 2005
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175
bodies found in Banihal
February 23, 2005
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Avalanches
kill 82 more
February 22, 2005
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40 die
as avalanches bury houses in J&K
February 21, 2005
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