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Friday,
May 13,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
BREAKING
NEWS
 Govt rejects Phukan Commission report
Blast
outside school leaves 2 dead, 52 hurt
Srinagar, May 12
Two women were killed and at least 52
others injured, most of them schoolchildren, in a grenade explosion
outside a school near Lal Chowk here this afternoon.
An injured girl being rushed for medical aid after a grenade explosion outside the gate of a school on Residency Road of Srinagar on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Amin War |
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Are public places becoming increasingly unsafe
for women?
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BJP
crisis deepens
Sunder Singh Bhandari attacks
Modi, Advani
New Delhi, May 12
The ongoing crisis in the Bharatiya
Janata Party deepened further today when former Gujarat Governor Sunder
Singh Bhandari caused a serious embarrassment to the party and BJP
president L. K. Advani by pointing an accusing finger at Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra Modi for the break of widespread post-Godhra riots.
Paswan
proposes, Sonia disposes
New Delhi, May 12
There were few takers in the
Congress for LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan’s fresh initiative on
government formation in Bihar. Mr. Paswan today suggested that he was
willing to drop his earlier opposition to RJD’s support provided the
Congress proposed a Muslim Chief Minister. The proposal was shot down by
AICC general secretary Ambika Soni.
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QUOTE OF THE
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The riots were taken lightly and this left a deep scar which needs to be tended to. People would continue to remember Godhra in the same way they recalled the assassination of Mahatma
Gandhi.
— Sunder Singh Bhandari
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Three
lakh rural households sans power in Punjab
New Delhi, May 12
Electricity supply has failed to
reach over three lakh households in rural Punjab, the richest state in
the country. The state claimed to achieved 100 per cent rural
electrification in early seventies.
Girl
paraded naked by father
Ferozepore, May 12
In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly paraded naked at Alike village along the
Indo-Pakistan border falling under the Sadar police station by her
family members. In her statement given to the police, the victim alleged
that her mother, who had died some time ago, had finalised her marriage
with a boy named Palli, alias Pehalwan, who was in some way related to
her.
CM
tells officials to keep away from rally preparations
Chandigarh, May 12
Government officers in the field
are uncomfortable as the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh
Hooda, makes a break with the past to organise a “dhanyawad rally”
at Jind on May 14 to thank the people for giving a massive mandate to
the Congress in the last Assembly elections. The AICC President, Ms
Sonia Gandhi, will address the rally.
Prithivi
testfired
Balasore, Orissa, May 12
The medium-range surface-to-surface-missile Prithivi was successfully testfired from the Integrated Test Range
at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from here, today.
Special Story
Shift in Army’s war strategy
Gag (Jalandhar), May 12
Exercise Vajra Shakti, the first field exercise held by the Army after adopting its new doctrine, has revealed a perceptible shift in the deployment and use of defensive formations and an increasing role for the special forces in spearheading offensives.
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Sonia lambasts BJP for boycott
May 12, 2005
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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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