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					Sunday,
                      July 10, 2005, 
										Chandigarh, India 
									Updated at 3:00 am
                      (IST)
 
                      
							 
						
                      Militants bought bags in Lucknow 
        
        Major lead in Ayodhya attack case 
        Lucknow, July 9 
        Militants roamed around in the streets of Lucknow two days before they attacked the makeshift temple in Ayodhya. This puts at rest the speculation regarding their arrival straight from Jammu or Nepal. 
         
         
                      Govt to tackle terrorism firmly: Patil 
                      
         
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
        
                      
                      
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         RSS targets Advani 
        Fumes over ideological erosion 
                      
        
        New Delhi, July 9 
        In an obvious displeasure against Bhartiya Janata Party President L.K. Advani, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh
        today said it had taken serious note of the “ideological erosion” among like-minded organisations. 
         
                      
        
        
          
            21 die in Rishikesh bus accident 
        Dehra Dun, July 9 
        Twentyone persons were killed and 25 others were injured in a bus accident a few kilometers before Rishikesh in Tehri district today.
                      
        
               
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          Ajit Agarkar, Dinesh Kartik and Rahul Dravid during the ongoing fitness and conditioning camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday.
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        Violence in UK: SAD (A) appeals for restraint 
                      
        
        Chandigarh, July 9 
        The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has appealed to the Sikhs all over the world to exercise utter restraint and not get provoked  by  hate violence which has reportedly erupted in some parts of England following bomb blasts in London a few days ago.
                      
        
          
        World page: Man being quizzed for lead to
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         Cong defends Manmohan’s
        Oxford speech 
        New Delhi, July 9 
        
        The Congress today found itself on the backfoot over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Oxford speech in which he acknowledged the “beneficial” consequences of British rule in India. 
                      
        
         
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        PM  for joint efforts to fight terrorism
         
                      
        
        
                      
        World Page: 
        Manmohan had great strength
        of mind: teacher 
        
        
         Amarnath yatra resumes 
                      
                      
        Srinagar, July 9 
        After a day’s suspension due to inclement weather, the pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine resumed from the Baltal base camp here while the first batch of yatris left via the traditional Pahalgam route today. 
                      
                      
         
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         Despite threat of action, petro dealers to go on strike 
        Chandigarh, July 9 
        The State-owned oil companies have asked their dealers not to
        participate in the ensuing indefinite strike from July 18. 
         
                      
        Rafiq Zakaria is no more 
                      
                      
        Mumbai, July 9 
        A freedom fighter, Islamic scholar, and Congress party leader Dr Rafiq
        Zakaria died of a massive heart attack this morning in Mumbai. 
        
         
        
        
                      
        
                      
                      
         
         
         
        
							
 
								
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         After floods, it is fear of diseases 
        Mandi, July 9 
        Over 300 flood-ravaged villagers rendered homeless by floods in the Banjar subdivision in Kulu district and Bali Chowki and Chachiyot in Mandi district run a high risk of water-borne diseases and infections as the flood and landslides have contaminated water sources in the areas. 
         
        In video:  One billion rupees aid for flood hit areas in Himachal
        Pradesh. (28k, 56k) 
        
         
         
        Rs 500
        cr aid for Gujarat, 37 crore for HP 
        
         
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                            PM
                      upbeat on G-4 solidarity 
                            July 9, 2005 
                            
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                            TERROR STRIKES LONDON 
                            
                            July 8, 2005 
                            
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                            PM
                      rules out Pak hand in Ayodhya 
                            July 7, 2005
                            
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                            6 ultras killed as they storm Ayodhya temple 
                            July 6, 2005
                            
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                            TRS quits Cong govt in Andhra 
                            July 5, 2005
                            
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                            Thackeray
sacks Rane 
                            
                            July 4, 2005
                            
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                            PM
                      favours no-first-use N-doctrine 
                            July 3, 2005
                            
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                            Gujarat flood kills 94; 500 cr aid announced 
                            July 2, 2005
                            
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                            Houses can be sold floor-wise 
                            July 1, 2005
                            
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                            India, US sign 10-yr defence agreement 
                            June 30, 2005
                            
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                            Terror
                      in Pak, PoK still exists: Pranab 
                            June 29, 2005
                            
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