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Alert
sounded as Pareechu level rises
Reckong Peo, August 6
The water level in the Pareechu
rivulet rose by over 8 ft this evening. An alert was sounded by the
district administration of Kinnaur to all those living in the low-lying
areas along the Sutlej to shift to safer places.
Nation page:
Mumbai
paralysed
Woman
killed, 15 hurt in grenade attack
in J&K
Srinagar, August 6
A woman was killed and 15 persons,
including six policemen, were injured when militants lobbed a grenade on
a police party in Sopore town of Jammu and Kashmir today.
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An injured person being taken to hospital after militants attacked a police patrol party at the main chowk, Sopore, in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on
Sunday.
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Musharraf overthrew the Sharif government on October 12, 1999 to save his neck.
— Siddiqul Farooq
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Amarnath yatra
suspended after landslides
Srinagar, August 6
The pilgrimage to the holy cave
shrine of Amarnath was suspended today after incessant rains triggered
two massive landslides on the yatra route and left 1,000 devotees
stranded at various halting points. However, chopper service to the
3,880 m-high cave housing the naturally formed ice-lingam, continued
unaffected, official sources said.
Suraj Bhan
dead
New Delhi, August 6
Mr Suraj Bhan, senior BJP
leader and Chairman of the National Commission for SC/STs, died at
the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here this evening
following a cardiac arrest, sources close to the leader said.
Suraj Bhan |
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Haryana page
Obituary: Suraj Bhan — a
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Indo-Pak
‘peace meeting’ put off
Islamabad, August 6
An Indo-Pak "peace
conference" that was to begin in Lahore today was put off due to
the Pakistan Government's reluctance to grant visas for 182 Indian
delegates, including Magsaysay winner Sandeep Pandey and documentary
filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, its organisers said.
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Pak
aiming at third-party mediation
New Delhi, August 6
Pakistan’s unprovoked move of
initiating a tit-for-tat game with India of expelling diplomats on
espionage charges is being seen here as Islamabad pitching for a
third-party mediation in the Indo-Pak talks.
Editorial: Tit for tat
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India, Pak expel diplomats
August 6,
2006
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Pathak
report leak rocks Parliament
August 5,
2006
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Bridge
washed away
August 4,
2006
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Privilege notice against Jaswant
August 3,
2006
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6 schoolchildren die as bus falls into canal
August 2,
2006
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Lok
Sabha passes profit Bill
August 1,
2006
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‘Mole’ not named in letter, says PM
July 31,
2006
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Kalam
for speedy justice in terror cases
July 30,
2006
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Peace must for J&K’s progress, says Kalam
July 29,
2006
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US
House approves
N-deal with India
July 28,
2006
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