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Wednesday,
May 4,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
NDA
to review boycott today
Speaker writes to Vajpayee
New Delhi, May 3
The NDA's resolve to continue with
the boycott of the two Houses of Parliament appears to be weakening amid
growing differences within the alliance on the issue and a fresh appeal
from Lok Sabha Speaker to its chairman and former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee to reconsider the decision.
In video:
Somnath urges NDA to end boycott.
(28k, 56k)
 TDP
reluctant to continue boycott
Editorial: End
the boycott
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Do you approve of the amendments introduced in
the Finance Bill 2005?
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Speaker’s
ultimatum to Jaya Prada
New Delhi, May 3
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee
has issued an ultimatum to seven Lok Sabha Members, including cine actress
turned politician Jaya Prada to submit their assets and liabilities
declaration by May 16.
Punjab
VAT sops of Rs 350 cr
Chandigarh, May 3
While the Punjab Council of Ministers
today further diluted the provisions relating to value added tax, it also
announced concessions worth Rs 350 crore for farmers, traders,
manufacturers, exporters and customers by removing certain items from the
tax slabs of 12.5 and 4 per cent to zero per cent.
1971
war hero J.S. Aurora dead
New
Delhi, May 3
 Lt-Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora, who led
the Indian forces to victory over Pakistan in the war for liberation of
Bangladesh in 1971, died here this morning at a private hospital.
In video
(28k,
56k)
Obituary:
Modesty in
victory
Anita Kalra, daughter of Lt-Gen J.S. Aurora, mourns the death of her father at Friends Colony in Delhi on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Rajeev Tyagi
Govt
jobs only after dowry details: SC
New Delhi, May 3
With a view to curbing the menace
of dowry, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre and states to consider
making it a rule for every employee to furnish information at the time
of his recruitment whether he had taken dowry, if he was married when
applying for the job.
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QUOTE OF THE
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If India and Pakistan can live in peace, we can benefit from each other's growth, markets, and talent.
— Shaukat Aziz
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Punjab
SLP against HC order in a week
New Delhi, May 3
Stung by the order of the Rajasthan
High Court for handing over of the control of three headworks of the
Bhakra-Nangal project by Punjab to the BBMB, the state government today
swung into action to challenge the matter in the Supreme Court with its
Advocate-General having consultation with various legal experts here.
Rajasthan to
file caveat in SC
Punjab page: Punjab
may also challenge Rajasthan’s claim on waters
Editorial: In
hot waters
They get returns
every weekend
Diversification from crops to
marriage palaces
Paragpur (Jalandhar), May 3
The government’s proposal of
setting up a Rs 100 crore Agri-Diversification, Infrastructure, Research
and Development Fund besides encouraging contract farming
notwithstanding, a section of the farmers in Punjab has written success
stories by innovative diversification plans.
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No
tax on savings cash withdrawals
May 3, 2005
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Advani
to lead BJP in poll: Vajpayee
May 2, 2005
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Nepal lifts emergency
May 1, 2005
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India, Japan to usher
in new Asian era
April 30, 2005
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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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