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Friday,
May 20,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Cabinet clears mid-term appraisal of 10th Plan
GDP may be down from 8.1 to 6 or 7 pc
New Delhi, May 19
The Union Cabinet today approved the mid-term appraisal (MTA) of the 10th Five Year Plan (2002-07). The
MTA, which would now be discussed at the next meeting of the National Development Council
(NDC), has listed 58 policy imperatives to pitchfork the economy into a high growth trajectory.
Union Finance Minister P. Chindambram comes out after attending the Cabinet meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Is it right to ban dance bars
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No hike in passenger fares: Lalu
New Delhi, May 19
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav today dismissed ongoing speculation about hike in passenger fares despite a recent decision by his ministry on revision of reservation fee for mail and express trains.
Dara gets life term instead of death penalty
 Cuttack, May 19
Faced with death penalty for the gruesome murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, Dara Singh got a reprieve today with the Orissa High Court commuting his sentence to life imprisonment while acquitting 11 others convicted earlier.
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In the NDA, we had the biggest regret for the Gujarat riot.
— Mr Sharad Yadav
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NDA
in disarray, Sharad Yadav attacks Modi
New Delhi, May 19
There seems to be no end to woes of the BJP-led National Democratic
Alliance as senior Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav today
lashed out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the post-Godhra
riots holding him responsible for the alliance defeat in the Lok Sabha
poll.
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Punjab
CM Captain Amarinder Singh at a meeting with Mike Whitby, President of Birmingham City Council at Birmingham airport on Thursday. Whitby proposed a strategic partnership between Birmingham and Jalandhar. Birmingham has a large concentration of Punjabis most of them hailing from the Doaba region.
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SGPC panel seeks removal of scenes
Lays down code for film-makers
Chandigarh, May 19
While laying down a tough code for film and serial makers with regard to the playing of Sikh characters and the use of Sikh religious symbols and Gurbani in their productions, the SGPC President, Bibi Jagir Kaur, today said that the controversial film “Jo Bole So Nihal” had not only hurt the feelings of the Sikhs but also distorted Gurbani and the sacred Sikh slogan.
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A notice announcing the last show of 'Jo Bole So Nihal' put up outside Harchand Palace in Bathinda on Thursday.
— Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera
‘Jo Bole So Nihal’ withdrawn from Punjab, Delhi theatres
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UPA, Left rift widens
May 19, 2005
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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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