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Wednesday,
May 18,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
More
charges framed against Lalu Yadav
 Ranchi,
May 17
The CBI today filed charges against
Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with his alleged role in
perpetrating a multi-million rupees fodder scam, along with former Bihar
Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra in 1996.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad arrives to appear before a special CBI court in the fodder scam case, in Ranchi on Tuesday. — PTI
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page: Cracks within Left on Lalu’s continuation
If
Lalu doesn’t quit, dismiss him: BJP
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PM
promises strict N-safeguards
 New
Delhi, May 17
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today
sought to assure the international community about its non-proliferation
concerns and said that India was prepared for “broadest” engagement
with the international non-proliferation regime provided its indigenous
nuclear and strategic programme was not subject to “externally imposed
constraints”.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets Ram Narain Agarwal, the Lifetime Achievement Award winner of Distinguished Scientist during a Defence Research and Development Organisation technology awards presentation ceremony in New Delhi on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
Govt
silent on Chinese incursion in Arunachal
New Delhi, May 17
The government today maintained total
silence on reports of a Chinese incursion in Arunachal Pradesh even as
Beijing denied such reports.
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In the defence field and the nuclear field, our strategic programmes are indigenous and not dependent on external sources of support. Nor can they be the subject of externally imposed constraints.
— Manmohan Singh
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Bhat mourners fired
upon, two killed, 20 hurt
 Srinagar,
May 17
Two mourners were killed and 20
injured when scooter-borne militants hurled a grenade and opened fire at
a congregation on the fourth day of mourning at Bagh-e-Mehtab here this
afternoon.
A wounded person is carried to a hospital in Srinagar after a grenade explosion on the outskirts of Srinagar left two persons killed and 20 injured.
— Tribune photo by Amin War
Notice
to Sukh Ram, EC on HVC-Cong merger
New Delhi, May 17
The merger of Himachal Vikas
Congress, an outfit formed by former Union Communication Minister Sukh
Ram, with the Congress prior to the last Lok Sabha elections has been
challenged in the Delhi High Court by one of his ex-party colleagues on
the ground that the merger was “improper” and in violation of
election laws.
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Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat (right) kisses Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan at a photocall for Hong Kong director Stanley Tong’s film “The Myth” during the 58th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday.
— Reuters
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SEBs
unbundling delayed
New Delhi, May 17
To avoid a showdown on the eve of
UPA anniversary bash and soaring mercury, the government today extended
by six months the date of unbundling state electricity boards.
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NHRC
notice to Punjab on custodial death
New Delhi, May 17
The NHRC has issued notice to the
Punjab police on the death of a 37-year-old Dalit man who is alleged to
have died in police custody last month.
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CWC
pats Sonia, Manmohan
May 17, 2005
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Punjab to promote religious tourism
May 16, 2005
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Opposition is fine,
but be responsible: Sonia
May 15, 2005
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Phukan
report rejected
May 14, 2005
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Blast
outside school leaves 2 dead, 52 hurt
May 13, 2005
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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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