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Saturday,
April 30,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
BREAKING
NEWS (updated at 4.30 pm, IST)
 King Gyanendra lifts emergency
India welcomes Nepal King's move, wants more
India, Japan to usher
in new Asian era
New Delhi, April 29
India and Japan today took their relationship to a higher pedestal as they
decided to hold annual Prime Minister-level meetings, initiate a
high-level strategic dialogue, close ranks in fighting global terrorism,
launch an oil and natural gas cooperation and work closely on all
international platforms aimed at bringing in a new Asian era.
Delhi page: Delhi
Metro a symbol of Indo-Japanese
cooperation: Koizumi
Delhi
students give Koizumi Japanese-style welcome
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi with Dr Manmohan Singh just before a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Friday.
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Should India accept UN Security Council membership even without veto?
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A
divided NDA meets on Monday
Parliament boycott issue
New Delhi, April 29
Faced with division within, the NDA has decided to call a meeting of NDA MPs on Monday morning to decide on whether or not to boycott Parliament further.
Sonia
pulls up party MPs
New Delhi, April 29
Congress MPs have been pulled up by
party President Sonia Gandhi for absenting themselves from Parliament.
Taking strong exception to the lack of quorum in Parliament, she has
conveyed her displeasure to the Parliamentary Affairs Ministers and party
whips and asked them to ensure that members and ministers devote
sufficient time to Parliament.
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QUOTE OF THE
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I feel much more popular here than in Japan. I hope that in the future, children will play an important role in strengthening our friendship by acting as a bridge between India and
Japan.
— Junichiro Koizumi
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India
may reject World Bank panel on Baglihar
New Delhi, April 29
India has the option to reject two
times the names of neutral experts suggested by the World Bank on the
Baglihar dam controversy and it looks reasonably certain that India will
exercise this right given under the Indus Water Treaty.
Karunakaran to quit
Rajya Sabha
Thiruvananthapuram, April 29
Preparing for a possible break with the Congress, senior leader from Kerala K. Karunakaran today said he has decided to quit his Rajya Sabha seat which he won as the party candidate a year ago.
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Congress keeps watch on Kerala
Govt ratifies EPF interest rate
New Delhi, April 29
The Finance Minister today ratified the 9.5 per cent rate of interest on the Employees Provident Fund
accumulations for 2002-03 and 2003-04.
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No
birth certificate for Haryana school admission
Chandigarh, April 29
The Haryana Government today
decided to dispense with the condition of producing a birth certificate
at the time of seeking admission in government primary schools of the
state.
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Pollution
still stalks Taj: report
 New
Delhi, April 29
Petroleum Ministry’s 10-point
programme, which includes supply of the LPG to all households and
industrial units within the Taj Trapezium Area, has failed to save the
national monument from pollution.
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NDA
leaders meet Kalam, seek Lalu’s ouster
April 29, 2005
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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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