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Saturday,
October 22,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Indo-US
N-deal by early 2006
 New
Delhi, October 21
Washington looks upon
India as “a global partner” with which it has
consciously decided to cooperate in a dizzying array of
transnational challenges and as a major pointer to this
the US Congress would approve the July 18 Indo-US nuclear
deal before President George W. Bush visits New Delhi
early next year.
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran (left) shows the way to US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Friday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
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Are institutions where ragging takes place also to blame, along with the errant students?
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Army
for recognition of ground position in Siachen
New Delhi,
October 21
As India and Pakistan
are trying to work out a diplomatic solution to the
Siachen Glacier, Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh
today said that New Delhi had conveyed to Islamabad that
‘‘some form of acceptance and verification of the
existing ground position was essential, before any
withdrawal could take place’’.
Nation
page:
Navy promised long-term funding
Onion
prices shoot up
New Delhi,
October 21
Onion prices rose
sharply across the country and virtually doubled in
Maharashtra as heavy rain destroyed crops in six major
onion producing states signalling a crisis-like situation.
No
interference in BJP’s internal matters: RSS
Chitrakoot,
October 21
The RSS today refuted
suggestions that it was interfering in the internal
affairs of the BJP, saying it was entirely the prerogative
of the party to decide who should be its President or the
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Adoor
gets Phalke award
Ansari
innocent, says complainant
Lucknow,
October 21
In a dramatic
development Jitendra Yadav, a Mau resident, met Chief
Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today to give a clean chit to
Independent Mau MLA and muscleman Mukhtar Ansari in the
case of his (Yadav) younger brother’s murder.
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Contract workers can’t claim regularisation: SC
New Delhi, October 21
In a ruling that would discourage the state governments to give employment through back door by engaging workers on daily wages or contract, the Supreme Court has held that such employees would not be entitled to salary equal to those of regular employees recruited through a due selection process laid down under the law.
(Details on Nation page)
Uma temporarily
halts oust Gaur campaign
New Delhi, October 21
Ms Uma Bharti, who had kept the BJP Central leadership on tenterhooks in the
past one week, today agreed for a temporary truce and announced that she will
not take up the issue of removal of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babu Lal Gaur
till the end of Bihar Assembly polls on November 18. (Details on Nation
page)
Infosys
accuses Gowda of lying
Bangalore/Hyderabad,
October 21
Software giant Infosys today virtually accused former Prime Minister H D
Dewe Gowda of lying even as it indicated that it had a right to create
its own campuses in Karnataka. (Details
on Business page)
Editorial: Driven
to despair
Seven get life term
for murder of Canadian NRI Jassi
Sangrur, October 21
In the much-publicised supari
killing of Jaswinder Kaur, alias Jassi, a 25-year-old non-resident
Indian from Canada, Mr Inderjit Singh Walia, Additional Sessions Judge,
Sangrur, today awarded life imprisonment to seven accused, including a
Head Constable of Punjab police, while four others were acquitted. All
the seven accused have also been ordered to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 each.
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Changes in uplinking policy okayed
October 21, 2005
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Saddam defiant at trial
October 20, 2005
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J&K
minister shot
October 19, 2005
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34
tribesmen killed in Assam
October 18, 2005
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Rain
hits relief work in Uri
October 17, 2005
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Vote
for new Bihar, says Sonia
October 16, 2005
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UT
Judge knifed to death in Patiala
October 15, 2005
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Road
to Aman Setu damaged
October 14, 2005
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Landslides, snow hit rescue work
October 13, 2005
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PM announces Rs 500 cr
more aid, toll rises to 1300
October 12, 2005
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