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F-16s escort
India-bound plane back,
12 arrested
Amsterdam, August 23
A U S Northwest Airlines plane bound for Mumbai was turned back to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport today accompanied by Dutch F-16 fighter planes due to worrying passenger behaviour, officials said.
Capt,
Dullo differ on alliance with Left
Chandigarh, August 23
Differing with the President of the
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, with regard
to forming an electoral alliance with Left parties in the coming
Assembly elections, the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today
categorically said he would not enter into any such tie-up with them in
Punjab.
Notice
to Centre on ‘profit’ law
New Delhi, August 23
The controversy over the new
office-of-profit law that has been haunting the UPA Government from the
very beginning refused to be resolved as the Supreme Court today took
cognizance of a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of
the legislation and issued notice to the Centre.
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There is no scope for capping of our strategic programme. It will be decided by the people, government and Parliament of the country and not by any outside power.
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State-wide protest
against hair-cutting incident
Jalandhar, August 23
Over 10 Sikh youths were injured
here today as the police cane charged members of various Sikh
organisations, who were protesting against the cutting of hair of a Sikh
boy in Rajasthan by some unscrupulous elements.
Nation page: Sikhs go on rampage in Jaipur
Protests against cutting of hair
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Policemen cane charge a group of Sikh youngsters, in Jalandhar on Wednesday. They were protesting against the hair-cutting incident in Rajasthan. |
Doctors
to go on mass casual leave today
New Delhi, August 23
Threatening to intensify their
agitation against proposed reservations in elite government institutes,
the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association and medical students today
observed a black day here on the second day of their renewed protest. 
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IPS
officers can be in state vigilance commission
Chandigarh, August 23
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt
Amarinder Singh, today virtually cleared the way to appoint an Indian
Police Services officer as a member or as the Chairman of the proposed
State Vigilance Commission.
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Maths magician turns down Fields Medal
Chandigarh, August 23
Over a century-old puzzle of the Poincare Conjecture stands solved and the genius behind it - Russian mathematician Dr Grigori Perelman - wants no accolades, no awards and no recognition for this achievement, which has brought with it the prestigious Fields Medal, an analogue of the Nobel Prize in the field of Mathematics.
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2 ministers resign on Telengana
August 23, 2006
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Cabinet
okays staggered quota
August 22, 2006
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Quota Bill likely to be cleared today
August 21, 2006
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Govt drops RTI amendments
August 20, 2006
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President clears ‘Profit’ Bill
August 19, 2006
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PM’s
reply mellows CPM on N-deal
August 18, 2006
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Crisis in Punjab as 6 power units collapse
August 17, 2006
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PM
tells Pak to take steps to prevent terror
August 16, 2006
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LTTE bid to kill Pak envoy
August 15, 2006
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NRI son among terror suspects
August 14, 2006
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