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Friday,
April 29,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
NDA
leaders meet Kalam, seek Lalu’s ouster
New Delhi, April 28
NDA leaders today met President
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to advise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remove
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav from the Cabinet.
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PM calls
on Kalam
BJP President L.K. Advani and NDA Convener George Fernandes address the media after giving a memorandum to the President in Delhi on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Rajeev Tyagi
In video: BJP decides to continue with parliament boycott. (28k,
56k)
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Should off-season foreign trips by legislators/ministers be banned?
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Guilty
in arms deal case to be punished: Pranab
New Delhi, April 28
As the controversy raged over the
alleged payoffs in a deal for purchase of Anti-Material Rifles from South
African firm Denel during the NDA regime, the government today said the
guilty would be punished in case of any lapses.
Pak
boy undergoes bloodless liver
transplant in Delhi
New Delhi, April 28
 Safi
Khan, a four-year-old Pakistani boy suffering from congenital liver
disease is assured of a better quality of life after a successful liver
transplant without any blood transfusion at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here.
Four-year-old Pakistani boy Safi Khan with his mother Anila Khan after undergoing bloodless liver transplant at Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi on Thursday.
— Photo by Rajeev Tyagi
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QUOTE OF THE
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I cannot as Secretary-General have a preference for any of the options or express an opinion on which individual country or countries should be members of the Security Council.
— Kofi Annan
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 No
new veto powers in expanded UN Security Council
New Delhi, April 28
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan
today categorically said India’s aspirations for a seat in the
Security Council were legitimate even as the five permanent members were
unwilling to create any additional veto.
PM
apologises for minister’s absence
New Delhi, April 28
A visibly embarrassed Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh today apologised for the absence of Labour
Minister K. Chandra Shekhar Rao in the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour
and said he would ask his Cabinet colleagues to give due priority to
Parliamentary work.
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cops leave gun in gurdwara, suspended
Phagwara, April 28
Two members of a police control
room (PCR) patrol party, identified as Pargat Singh and Daljit Singh,
were suspended this evening by the Deputy Superintendent of Police here
after they reportedly left behind their Sten gun in a gurdwara last
night. The suspension has been ordered for negligence.
Vijay steps on Tiger’s tail
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Last year Vijay Singh of Fiji defeated Tiger Woods in a head-to-head showdown at the Deutsche Bank Championship, took away his No 1 ranking, plus his player-of-the-year status and Vardon
Trophy.
This year he is playing even better. He has passed the $40 million earnings and he is all set to take the No 1 ranking again from Tiger Woods.
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Tiger Woods
Vijay Singh
(Detailed report on Sports page)
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Military aid in doldrums as Nepal arrests Deuba
April 28, 2005
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21
states agree on uniform VAT rates
April 27, 2005
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Laloo charge-sheeted
April 26, 2005
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Manmohan
calls for restructuring of UN
April 25, 2005
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Military aid for Nepal
April 24, 2005
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PM
meets King today
April 23, 2005
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17 killed as trains collide in Gujarat
April 22, 2005
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Phukan
report to be tabled in House
April 21, 2005
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Parivar in
trouble
April 20, 2005
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India,
Pak give a push to peace process
April 19, 2005
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