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Thursday,
April 7,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Ultras storm Srinagar Tourist Centre
Muzaffarabad bus passengers evacuated, both militants killed
Srinagar, April 6
Only hours before the launch of the
Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service, militants launched a suicide attack
on the Tourist Reception Centre this afternoon in which both militants
were killed.
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 Passenger
missing
J&K
page: Loopholes in security exposed
World page: Pak
for peaceful settlement of Kashmir issue
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Is imposing VAT on defence canteen stores justified?
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Flames touch the skies near the Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation office at Srinagar; and (right) police jawans escort their injured colleague and BBC correspondent Altaf Hussain to safety after militants stormed the building on Wednesday afternoon.
— Tribune photos by Amin War
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PM undeterred, to flag off bus
today
New Delhi, April 6
Undeterred by the militant attack on Srinagar’s Tourist Reception Centre today where passengers of the inaugural
Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service were reportedly lodged, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will flag off the first bus tomorrow in Srinagar as scheduled.
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Bus to run on schedule:
Pak
Bus service step towards lasting peace: UK
J&K page: Pak’s
involvement in bus issue unfortunate, says Syed Geelani
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Full
coverage: India
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QUOTE OF THE
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Terrorist attack a desperate act of desperate people.
— Manmohan Singh
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CPM
to review UPA regime’s functioning
New Delhi, April 6
Putting the possibility of a strong
third front at the centrestage of national politics, the ongoing 18th
party congress of the CPM will make an indepth review of the functioning
of UPA Government and chalk out the party’s future strategy, senior
leader Prakash Karat said today.
Nation
page: Basu for intensifying fight against Cong
Editorial:
Comrades apart
Petrol,
not liquor, costlier in Punjab
Chandigarh, April 6
While the prices of diesel and
petrol have gone up marginally since April 1, the cess on liquor —
both Punjab medium and Indian-made foreign — is yet to be levied
in Punjab. “No final decision has been taken on the levying of cess on
Punjab medium liquor and Indian-made foreign liquor,” says a senior
functionary of the Excise and Taxation Department
Business
page: IOC
hikes aviation fuel price
Haryana
to hike ST on diesel
CBI
conducts nationwide raids
New Delhi, April 6
In its second nationwide special
raid against corrupt officials across the country, the CBI today
conducted raids at as many as 144 places and registered 45 cases against
at least 85 persons, including 53 public servants.
Conclave
to elect Pope from April 18
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Private
airlines poaching IA pilots
New Delhi, April 6
The hammering of final nails in the
coffins of Indian Airlines and the Alliance Air seems to have begun with
the expanding private airlines’ and those looking to start their
operations afresh poaching heavily on the public sector airlines for
their experienced pilots. While the Ministry of Civil aviation has
chosen to turn a blind eye to this poaching from the private
airlines’, Indian Airlines seems to be the biggest loser.
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Kaman Bridge all set for
historic event
April 6, 2005
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200 escape from burning train
April 5, 2005
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Nitish Kumar faces roadblocks
April 4, 2005
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Pope John Paul II is dead
April 3, 2005
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PM
open to talks with Musharraf
April 2, 2005
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Jindal, Surender Singh die in copter crash
April 1, 2005
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Traders’ strike almost total
March 31, 2005
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2,000 feared dead in quake
March 30, 2005
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Pak
to buy 70 F-16s
March 29, 2005
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20
battalions to curb influx of Maoists
March 28, 2005
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Pak to get
F16s, Bush tells PM
March 26, 2005
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