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Saturday,
April 9,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Foreign
trade policy sets export target of $92 billion
New Delhi, April 8
The government today unveiled the
annual supplement of the foreign trade policy raising the export target to
$ 92 billion in the current fiscal and announced an array of trade
promotion and procedural simplification measures while keeping the rural
economy at the epicentre.
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Poor
and powerful bid final goodbye to Pope
 Vatican
City, April 8
Pope John Paul II was laid to rest in
Saint Peter’s Basilica today after an elaborate and emotional funeral
rite attended by one million people and watched by countless others around
the world. Vatican officials said the Pope’s body, encased in three
caskets, was buried in the crypt close to the spot believed to contain the
remains of Peter, the apostle chosen by Jesus Christ to found his church
almost 2,000 years ago.
An empty chair is seen behind the altar and Pope John Paul II’s casket (at bottom) during the funeral in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican City on Friday.
— AP/PTI photo
Anil
Ambani meets Finance Minister
Mumbai, April 8
Reliance Industries Vice-Chairman
Anil Ambani today met Finance Minister P. Chidambaram at a hotel in Mumbai
just a day after he accused a senior RIL Director of conspiring to tap his
home and office telephones.
China
to help Bangladesh N-programme
Dhaka/Colombo, April 8
China has offered Bangladesh
assistance in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. An agreement to this
effect was signed during the visit of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to
Dhaka yesterday.
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Full
coverage: India
vs Pak
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The country was committed to improving Indo-Pak ties through a process of negotiations and other peaceful
measures.
— Sonia Gandhi
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Chinese
PM arrives today
New Delhi, April 8
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
is arriving in India tomorrow on a four-day official visit to signal
Beijing’s perceptional leap about India and with a positive mindset of
resolving the decades-old border dispute while going full throttle for
intensifying bilateral cooperation in all spheres.
SC upholds HC ruling, orders Brigadier’s promotion
Upholding a Delhi High
Court order quashing court martial proceedings against a Brigadier, the
Supreme Court (SC) has paved the way for his promotion to the rank of
Major- General.
2nd
Administrative Reforms Commission to be set up
New Delhi,
April 8
The Union Cabinet decided today to set up the second Administrative
Reforms Commission (ARC) and constituted a committee headed by the
Cabinet Secretary to fill the backlog of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled
Tribes vacancies.
(Details on Nation
page)
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Emotional
outburst in Kashmir
Salamabad/Uri, April 8
It was picture perfect as an
uncontrollable Justice Syed Sharief Hussain Bukhari, former Lahore High
Court Judge, reunited with his nephew and other family members after
more than 58 years, turning the atmosphere emotional.
 J&K
page: Forces in a tizzy over security of PoK
visitors
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Resurrection of
hopes:
An old woman touches the face of her nephew who came by the first Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service that started between India and Pakistan after 57 years on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Amin War |
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Bus passengers bridge the divide
April 8, 2005
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Ultras storm Srinagar Tourist Centre
April 7, 2005
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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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