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Monday,
March 28,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
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battalions to curb influx of Maoists
New Delhi, March 27
India has decided to strengthen its
surveillance on the porous Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders keeping in
view the security threat from the conflict between the Nepalese Government
and Maoists. Home Minister Shiv Raj Patil today announced to double the
strength of security forces guarding the two frontiers within two years.
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Will the US F-16s to Pakistan ignite a new arms race in
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US defends sale of F-16s to Pak
The Bush administration on Friday insisted its decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan and “multi-role combat aircraft” to India would help promote stability in the region even as critics warned the sales would trigger an arms race between the neighbours.
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 Lockheed
offers ‘exclusive’ F-16s
Editorial:
Relations beyond
F-16s
Nation page: No
decision yet on US offer: Pranab
World page:
F-16 sales decision rejuvenates Lockheed Martin
11 of
family killed in mishap
Ferozepore, March 27
Eleven persons of a family were
killed and a child was injured seriously when a Toyota Qualis in which
they were travelling rammed into a truck near Kot Karor village, about 25
km from here, at about 6 a.m. today.
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Punjab
page: Pall of gloom at Dhimawali
The damaged Qualis which collided with a truck near Kot Karor village on the GT Road in Ferozepore district on Sunday.
— Photo by Anirudh Gupta
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We are being asked to wait until 2007 for general elections, but this is not acceptable to us because Pakistan is burning and our people are suffering.
— Benazir Bhutto
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Record high in
liquor vends’ licence fee in Haryana
Chandigarh, March 27
The gamble of Haryana Chief
Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Excise and Taxation Minister Venod
Sharma has paid off. The state has recorded an18 per cent increase in
the licence fee of liquor vends over that of last year. This increase is
only from 18 districts.
India,
Pakistan to exchange passengers’ list
New Delhi, March 27
India and Pakistan will exchange
this week the list of 30 passengers, who will travel by the first bus
between Srinagar and Muzzafarabad on April 7.
J&K page: Preparations
on for smooth journey
to Muzaffarabad
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Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi
plays a reverse sweep as India’s Rahul Dravid looks on during the
fourth day’s play of the third Test match between India and Pakistan in Bangalore on Sunday.
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Amrita Thappar is Miss India
Mumbai, March 27
Dazzling beauty from Pune Amrita Thappar was declared Pond’s Femina Miss India-Universe at a glittering ceremony here tonight.
A post-graduate diploma holder in fashion designing, Amrita was crowned Miss India by last year’s winner Tanushree Dutta.
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Newly crowned
Pond's Femina Miss India-Universe Amrita Thappar (centre) poses
with Niharika
Singh (Miss India Earth, left) and Sindura Gadde (Miss India
World) in Mumbai on Sunday.
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Pak to get
F16s, Bush tells PM
March 26, 2005
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21 states agree to
implement Vat
March 25, 2005
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Kashmir
issue can stall peace
process: Pervez
March 24, 2005
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Punjab proposes cess on diesel, petrol
March 23, 2005
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Kalam
calls for politics of development
March 22, 2005
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Speakers
voice concern
March 21, 2005
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PM
criticises USA for visa denial
March 20, 2005
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USA denies visa to Modi
March 19, 2005
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FM hints at rollback of tax on cash withdrawal
March 18, 2005
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US refuses to stop F-16 sale to Pak
March 17, 2005
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