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Thursday,
May 19,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
UPA, Left rift widens
Only agree to fight communal forces
New Delhi, May 18
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UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting today ended on a discord note with the Communists disassociating with the Congress-led coalition’s assessment of the performance of Manmohan Singh government during the past one year. |
Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
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Cabinet nod to ban dance bars, ordinance soon
Mumbai, May 18
The Maharashtra Government today finally decided to impose a statewide ban on dance bars, with the Cabinet giving its approval for promulgation of an ordinance.
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Chandigarh
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for zoo animals
Royal Bengal tigers take a splash in a pool to beat the heat at the Chhat Bir Zoo, near Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
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The UPA partners and the Left parties reaffirmed their resolve to confront and combat communal forces and strengthen the secular pillars of the Indian state.
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India holds talks with
N-suppliers
New Delhi, May 18
A delegation of the 30-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group
(NSG) held a crucial round of talks with senior officials of the Ministry of External Affairs here recently which may have an immense strategic significance for India in the near future.
Opinions
page: Nuclear
power play
CM to help scrap ‘blacklist’ of Punjabis in Canada
Rajasansi (Amritsar), May 18
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today agreed to help end ‘blacklist’ of Punjabis, settled in Canada and other countries. He said he would take up the matter with the Ministry of External Affairs in this regard.
Punjab
page: Six
Punjabis elected to British Columbia Assembly
Number of tigers at Dudhwa park goes up
Lucknow, May 18
There is welcome news from the Dudhwa National Park. If the preliminary report of the tiger count is to be believed, the number of tigers in the reserve may have gone up from the 110 recorded in 2003.
Former HC judge summoned in land scam case
New Delhi, May 18
Taking cognizance of a CBI chargesheet in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) land scam case, a city court today issued summons to former Delhi High Court Judge, Shameet Mukherjee who was forced to resign two years ago in the wake of alleged judicial misconduct while dealing with a case involving property of a hotelier.
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‘Jo Bole So Nihal’ screening stopped
in Amritsar
SGPC panel to submit report today
Amritsar, May 18
Even as the screening of the controversial Hindi film “Jo Bole So Nihal” has been stopped at the local cinema, a special show was arranged for members of the SGPC panel by owners of the theatre so that they could finalise their report scheduled to be submitted at the meeting at Chandigarh tomorrow.
Nation
page: Remove obscene scenes from film: UP
Sikhs
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More
charges framed against Lalu Yadav
May 18, 2005
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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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