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Sunday,
January 1,
2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Advani
quits, it’s over to GenNext
Parting shot —
dispel impression that RSS controls BJP
Mumbai, December 31
Mr Lal Krishna Advani today formally quit as the president of the
Bhartiya Janata Party. At a
press conference here marking the end of the party's silver
jubilee celebrations, Mr Advani said he was handing over the reins
of the party to Rajnath Singh.
Outgoing BJP President L K. Advani greets his successor Rajnath Singh at a press conference in Mumbai on Saturday. — AFP
photo
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YOUR VOTE
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Do you feel that terrorists are still being trained in Pakistan?
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India:
The Tasks Ahead
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS,
INAUGURAL SESSION
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Manipur
IG killed in ambush
Imphal, December 31
In a major attack ahead of New Year
celebration, gunmen killed Inspector-General of Police (Intelligence)
Tungkut Thangthuam, his bodyguard Havildar, S. Khamkhanjam Paite and
critically injured three policemen in an ambush at Oinam in Manipur’s
Bishenpur district today.
3-year
jail for ex-chairman of Himachal board
Kangra, December 31
Former Chairman of the Himachal
Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Board Surender Mohan Katwal was
today sentenced for three-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 was
imposed on him under the Prevention of Corruption Act for tampering with
the results for the appointment of the Vidya Upasaks in 2001.
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Fireworks explode
above a heart-shaped design on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a
New Year’s fireworks display. — Reuters
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In video (28k,
56k)
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held in phone tapping case
New Delhi, December 31
The owner of a detective agency in
South Delhi was arrested in connection with the alleged phone tapping of
Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh. Bhupendra,
running the agency in South Extension-I, was nabbed last night.
Bomb
scare in train
Mumbai, December 31
All passengers of the Mumbai-
Ferozpur Janata Express were asked to get down from the train at Surat
around 1.50 pm today following an anonymous call that a bomb has been
planted in the train, according to Western Railway sources.
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Quote
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While the IQ of some leaders was very
high, their EQ (emotional quotient) was
very low.
— L.K. Advani
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CPM
leader, wife gunned down by Maoists
Kolkata, December 31
In a daring attack, MCC and PWG guerrillas gunned
down the CPI(M) zonal committee secretary, Mr Rabindranath Kar, and his
wife early this morning at Bhomragar village of Banduan in Purulia
district, 250 km from here. They also burnt their
bodies inside the house, which was set on fire.
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Tourists
throng Shimla
Shimla, December 31
Notwithstanding the freezing cold,
more than 1 lakh tourists have thronged the town to celebrate the New
Year eve, with all hotels booked to capacity. According
to the police, more than 80,000 tourists have descended on the town to
celebrate the New Year eve.
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Fresh
terror threat on New Year’s Eve
December 31, 2005
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CM sees LeT hand in IISc shooting
December 30, 2005
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Terror
strikes IIS campus
December 29, 2005
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Advani to quit on December 31
December 28, 2005
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Maya expels stung MPs from party
December 27, 2005
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Delhi
mall cave-in leaves 11 dead
December 26, 2005
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2 Haryana trucks torched in Assam
December 25, 2005
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11 MPs expelled from Parliament
December 24, 2005
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Curfew
in Morena after BSP leader’s murder
December 23, 2005
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Expel 10
exposed MPs, says Bansal panel
December 22, 2005
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