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Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Sonia lambasts BJP for boycott
Defends Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, May 11
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today came out in stout defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh even as she lambasted the BJP-led NDA for spreading canards against him in crude and offensive language.
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Is it right to resume arms supplies to Nepal?
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President seeks detailed report on EC controversy
New Delhi, May 11
Even as President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is believed to have sought a detailed report from the Manmohan Singh Government about the controversy surrounding the Election Commission and alluded to the constitutional body doing an excellent job in overseeing the conduct of the gigantic democratic process in the country, Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and pressed for the resignation of Election Commissioners B.B. Tandon and N. Gopalaswamy.
PIL moved against Chief Election Commissioner
Editorial:
Cracking the
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One killed, 45 hurt in Srinagar blast
Srinagar, May 11
A pedestrian was killed and nearly 45 others were injured, 10 of them seriously, when an IED planted by suspected militants in a car went off in the Jawahar Nagar area here today.
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Not even our most bitter critic can accuse our Prime Minister of being arrogant, subjective and or inconsiderate. Yet, this is what the BJP has done.
— Sonia Gandhi
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Sarajevo-born director and festival jury president Emir Kusturica (centre) poses with jury members, Mexican actress Salma Hayek (left) and Indian actress Nandita Das, during a photo call on the opening day of the 58th Film Festival in Cannes on Wednesday. — Reuters
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Bus to Nankana Sahib soon
Islamabad, May 11
Carrying the peace process forward, India and Pakistan today agreed in principle to run bus services between Amritsar-Lahore and Amritsar-Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak, but deferred their operationalisation by two months to work out more technical details.
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Army’s tactical network goes hi tech
Gag (Jalandhar), May 11
In a bunker beneath the swirling dust and sun-baked plains of Punjab, a group of Army officers in battle fatigues sit before a bank of computers, processing information flowing in on data lines from various formations deployed in the field for operations.
Resort coming up on forest land
Basali (Ropar), May 11
A large luxury resort being developed on ecologically fragile land in the Lower Shivalik Hills near Ropar has come under the scanner of the Punjab Forest Department for alleged violation of the Forest Act.
Haryana to have separate gurdwara body
Draft Bill ready
Chandigarh, May 11
On May 6, in Amritsar, when Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda stated that his government was actively considering the demand of Haryana Sikhs for the formation of a separate Haryana gurdwara parbandhak committee, he surprised many.
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SC
stay on Bhakra, Beas projects
May 11, 2005
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EC takes Chhapra to Kalam
May 10, 2005
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India
not to insist on veto power
May 9, 2005
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Two ECs must quit, says Lalu
May 8, 2005
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CAG raps
NDA govt
May 7, 2005
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PM puts
Opposition on the mat
May 6, 2005
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George
cleared VIP planes for Justice Phukan, says Pranab
May 5, 2005
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NDA
to review boycott today
May 4, 2005
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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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