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 | Cold wave tightens gripSrinagar, January 8
 The freezing cold, coupled with disruption in power and drinking water supplies and icy road surfaces, affected normal life for the eighth consecutive day here today.
 
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  Delhi
        coldest in 70 years 
  Delhi page: All
        primary schools to remain closed till Jan 11 
  Chandigarh page: City
        records 1.3 °C 
  School timings
        remain unchanged 
  Ludhiana page: Freezing
        cold despite blazing sun 
  Jalandhar page: Frost damages
        potato, tomato crops in region 
  Mercury remains
        below zero 
  Weather page: No
        respite from cold wave 
 
 
          
            |  | Two Kashmiri youths walk on the frozen surface of the Dal Lake, while a Kashmiri boatman guides his
              shikara through a narrow channel of water in Srinagar on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Amin War
 |  BKU
        to hold maha panchayat todayUdham Singh Nagar, January
        8
 The controversy regarding the
        eviction of Sikh and Punjabi farmers from 1200 acres here took a new
        turn today when only nine families came forward to accept the cash
        compensation offered by the Uttaranchal Government in lieu of demolition
        of their houses.
 
 
  Punjab page: SAD
        to launch protest in Kashipur: Badal 
 6
        of Mohali family die in mishapPathankot, January 8
 Six members of a family from Mohali
        were killed in an accident on the Pathankot-Mukerian road, near Mirthal
        today. Sources said the family was coming back after paying obeisance at
        the Vashino Devi shrine. In the early hours today the Maruti 800 in
        which they were travelling collided head on with a truck.
 
 
  Chandigarh page: Wounds that will never heal CPM
        poll campaign launchedKolkata, January 8
 In a rally organised at the Brigade
        Parade Ground today, the CPM leadership headed by veteran politburo
        leader Jyoti Basu and the state Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb
        Bhattacharjee, firmly resolved to create a new record of coming to power
        for a successive seventh term after the Assembly elections to be held in
        the state some time in May-June next.
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        Tribune SpecialFunds to flow
        for Amritsar airport expansion
 Chandigarh, January 8
 The Civil Aviation Ministry has
        decided to spend Rs 80 crore on the expansion of the Guru Ram Dass
        International Airport at Amritsar. The frequency of Air India flights to
        Toronto (Canada) from this airport would be doubled by April.
 Varsities
        centres of systemic change: RodriguesAmritsar, January 8
 The Governor and Chancellor of Guru
        Nanak Dev University, General S.F. Rodrigues, today described
        universities as great instrument of change. He said according to the
        latest analysis the country would emerge as the largest economy in the
        next two decades.
 
 
 
          
            | Monkey
        rule in Udhampur villageChirai (Udhampur), January 8
 With lanes deserted, this obscure
        village in the foothills of the Pir Panchal range presents a curfew-like
        situation even at mid-noon as the residents not step out of their houses
        because of the fear of monkeys.
 
          
            |  | A passerby in a deserted lane of Chirai village in Udhampur district tries to avoid the monkeys’ attention. — Photo by writer
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								|  | PM promises voting rights to NRIs January 8, 2006
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								|  | Natwar not included in revamped CWC January 7, 2006
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								|  | AMU not a minority institution: HC January 6, 2006
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								|  | Dense
                      fog hits rail, air services January 5, 2006
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								|  | Top
                      LeT militant held for IISc attack January 4, 2006
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								|  | Manmohan’s New Year resolutions January 3, 2006
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								|  | SAFTA
        takes effect January 2, 2006
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								|  | Advani
                      quits, it’s over to GenNext January 1, 2006
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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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