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Tuesday,
April 12,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Sikkim
is part of India, says Wen
India, China thrash out framework
for settling border dispute
New Delhi, April 11
| Describing Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao’s visit as “historic and outstanding,” India and China agreed
today to upgrade their relationship to a “strategic and cooperative
partnership for peace and prosperity” coupled with thrashing out 11
Articles setting the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for
settling the vexed boundary question.
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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (left) shakes hand with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prior to the signing of a joint declaration at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
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QUOTE OF THE
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We will be able to bring even closer our
partnership.
— Wen Jiabao, Chinese Premier
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Surender
Singh’s legacy passed on to daughter
Bhiwani, April 11
The legacy of former Agriculture
Minister Surender Singh was passed on to his daughter Shruti towards the
end of his rasam pagri held at the Bhim Stadium here today. The minister
had been killed in a helicopter crash near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh
along with Haryana Power Minister Om Parkash Jindal on March 31.
Haryana
page: We’ll realise Jindal’s dream, says CM
Sudarshan’s
remarks quoted out of context, says RSS
New Delhi, April 11
A much embarrassed Bharatiya Janata
Party today moved swiftly to control the damage caused by RSS chief K S
Sudarshan’s observation made to a TV news channel that the BJP senior
leaders L K Advani and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee should
retire from active politics paving the way for younger leaders to take
over the reins of the party.
Editorial:
Bunch
of old thoughts
Dharaji tragedy:
52 bodies found
Bhopal, April 11
As many as 52 bodies have been
recovered from the Narmada at Dharaji in Dewas district where a large
number of persons had washed away on the night of April 7 following a
sudden release of water into the river from the Indira Sagar Dam.
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Notice
to govt on reservation to Dalit Christians
New Delhi, April 11
The Supreme Court today issued
notice to the Centre on a petition seeking the extension of reservation
benefit to Dalit Christians, asking it to submit an affidavit on the
issue. A Bench of Chief Justice R.C. Lahoti and Mr Justice G.P. Mathur,
issued the notice on a petition alleging that the Dalits on conversion
to Christianity were being denied the benefit of reservation available
to the SC and ST people.
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Wen
for Indian software in Chinese hardware
April 11, 2005
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Protocol
on CBMs finalised
April 10, 2005
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Foreign
trade policy sets export target of $92 billion
April 9, 2005
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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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