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JULY 27

The Olive Branch
Prime Minister Gujral offers unconditional talks with the J&K separatists. Cautious reaction to PM's offer to "misguided youth" to return to the mainstream.
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Guns for Roses
The prime minister gives a fillip to the Naga peace process. Nagaland CM Jamir hopes the Church will perusade rebels to give up their demand for a separate state.
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Krishna Kant is UF, Cong choice for vice-president
The Andhra Pradesh governor emerges as the consensus candidate after hectic parleys.
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Krishna Kant: crusader, statesman
The front-runner for vice-president is an odd mix of Gandhi and radical politics.
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Annoyed with Heptulla, Kesri settles for Krishna Kant
N Chandrababu Naidu brings around Karunanidhi who was rooting for Barnala.
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Rabri Devi to seek trust vote on July 28
The Bihar chief minister retains all the important portfolios like her husband.
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'Rickety govt' behind 'grotesque development': Advani
Not a day passes without the prime minister making a laughing stock of himself and bringing disrepute to India in the eyes of the world, says the BJP chief.
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CPI-M to continue fight against Laloo
The United Front cannot approve the "proxy rule" in Bihar and the Communist Party of India-Marxist will continue its fight against former Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav, CPI-M general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet declared on Saturday.
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Devotees attack J&K CM Farooq Abdullah at Hazratbal shrine
The prayers resume only after the imam's appeal restores peace.
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60 per cent of India's prostitutes are minors
The National Commission for Women has called for the government to establish multilateral and bilateral agreements with foreign countries to combat the rising flesh traffic.
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'Nothing can be got done in this country without paying a bribe'
Promila Kalhan recalls the time Bharat Ratna Gulzarilal Nanda fought corruption and paid for it.
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Visit India, 55 Congressmen urge Bill Clinton
The president's presence at the golden jubilee Independence celebration will strengthen Indo-US ties.
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Kerala DD says no to 'negative' serial on freedom fighters
Kerala Doordarshan creates a controversy by refusing to telecast a 'cynical' serial on freedom.
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JULY 26

Laloo quits; wife
is the new CM
Hours after Laloo Yadav resigned as chief minister, Rabri Devi was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor A R Kidwai at Raj Bhavan. Rabri Devi, who is not a member of either House of the legislature, is the first woman chief minister of the state.
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Laloo catches critics unaware by his decision
The clever move has also ensured the RJD's entry into the United Front. For, the UF leadership's solitary condition in this regard was Laloo Yadav's resignation as chief minister.
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'This is Laloo's suicidal dip'
Bihar MPs react to the political developments in the state.
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Setback for Sharad Yadav, Deve Gowda, Paswan
By resigning on his own, Laloo Yadav has taken the wind out of the trio's sails.
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President feels indifference to corruption is a crime
... Narayanan seeks strengthening of moral fabric in inaugural address.
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States must have fuller autonomy, says Narayanan
The President harks back to Gandhian-Nehruvian values.
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Uzhavoor celebrates the Indian dream
A tiny village in Kerala is proud that one of its natives is today the President of India.
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President for consensus on social, political problems
"I represent the common expectation," says Narayanan
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Naga underground outfit agrees to ceasefire
Talks between the government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM) to follow.
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What the government plans to do for August 15
Since the starting point for everything is a committee and this is such a big occasion, we have not one, but three of them in place.
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Kesri to decide on next vice-president
..In consultation with Congress leaders and the prime minister.
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Pak's new missiles short-range, indigenously manufactured
The surface-to-air Anza has a range of 5 km, the anti-tank Bakhtar Shikan has 4 km.
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US Congress hails 50th anniversary of Independence
A delegation will arrive in India on August 7 to partake in the celebrations.
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Another case slapped against Gawli
Tenant forcibly evicted seven years ago pops up to ensure gangster stays in jail.
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Bill to abolish begging
Lok Sabha members call for the abolition of begging in the country.
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JULY 25

Can India Stay United?
K R Narayanan reflects on the nation's future. A fascinating assessment from the man who will take over as India's President today.
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Patna high court rejects Laloo's bail plea
The judge said there were prima facie charges against the Bihar chief minister.
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Veerappan threatens to behead hostages
The Nakkeeran editor, who met the brigand in his forest hideout, said the criminal was adamant that all his demands should be met in 10 days.
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Bharat Ratnas for Gulzarilal Nanda, Aruna Asaf Ali
Five years after the last Ratna was awarded, the government pays tribute to two stalwarts of the freedom struggle.
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Mahasweta Devi wins Magsaysay award
Another accolade for the celebrated Bengali novelist.
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'Gill and some officers exceeded the mandate which police officers normally exercise'
Vice-presidential hopeful S S Barnala, in a candid chat.
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Mayawati trains her guns on governor
Romesh Bhandari's refusal to sign five ordinances sparked off the duel, with his principal secretary getting caught in the crossfire.
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Govt sits pretty while bonded thousands labour under exploitation
The plight of the nearly 25,000 bonded labourers identified in a Supreme Court-directed survey in Tamil Nadu six months ago is much worse now, a people's court comprising eminent jurists, social workers and lawyers has found.
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On the road to Mansarovar...
In an attempt to strengthen Sino-Indian ties and promote world peace, 198 select yatris will leave on July 26 for a month-long pilgrimage to Mansarovar and Mount Kailas in Tibet.
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JULY 24

Action at last!
The Union government orders a CBI probe into the Upahaar cinema fire. The theatre's owners are remanded to judicial custody in Tihar jail.
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Bhujbal hatched plot to desecrate Ambedkar statue, claims associate
The Congress leader, his associate alleges, asked him to take responsibility for the incident.
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Sikkim Deputy CM sacked
Sources said Liksom was dropped from the ministry for alleged anti-party activities and masterminding a conspiracy to dislodge the CM.
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Eight more discharged in Jain hawala case
Ajit Kumar Panja, Motilal Vora, P Shiv Shankar, Yashwant Sinha are among those let off.
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Congress faction teaming up with BJP to dislodge me: Vaghela
Only six of the 28 MLAs belonging to the Urmilaben Patel faction are said to be behind the move though.
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Antony's liquor ban proves a mega boon for Kerala politicians and police
The arrack ban imposed in Kerala since April 1996 is proving to be a virtual gold mine.
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Ban on PWG extended, but will it end Naxal violence?
The going may get tough for the Naidu government if he slaps the Disturbed Areas Act on parts of Telangana. More so, because the Naxals now support the separate Telangana demand.
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Chandra Swami pleads against order in St Kitts case
The tantrik challenges the legality of Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke's order to frame charges against him and his aide.
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New Delhi and the north to get additional 150 mw of power
Surplus power from the eastern region to be diverted.
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No unilateral nuke disarmament, says Pak president
The Pakistan president voices concern over India's missile plans to the visiting Japanese foreign minister.
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13 US congressmen urge rejection of anti-India amendment
Adoption of the amendment, they say, will send the wrong signals to the Gujral government.
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Rights bodies welcome govt decision to sign UN convention against torture
The decision, taken at a Cabinet meeting recently, comes 10 years after the convention came into force.
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Pak fundamentalists assaulted, raped and murdered minority freedom: US report
Islamic extremists in Pakistan have assaulted, raped and even murdered members of religious minorities there, a state department report says.
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JULY 23

Lethal Weapon!
'If the police kills two of his men, Veerappan kills four policemen,' says Nakkeeran editor R Gopal, just before he travelled to the jungles to negotiate the dreaded sandalwood smuggler's surrender.
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Laloo and gang go Chacha-wooing
Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav on Tuesday touched Congress president Sitaram Kesri's feet -- telephonically, that is.
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'Desperate J and K militants may attempt Purulia-type arms-drop'
Disclosing that effective steps have been taken to defeat such a move, the general-officer-commanding-in-chief said the valley will be normal by next spring.
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17 soldiers killed in Assam this month
A majority of the attacks were carried out by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland.
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Punjab cops break bus blast cases, arrest KZF deputy chief
The Punjab police has arrested Khalistan Zindabad Force deputy chief Attarjit Singh in connection with the bus blasts in Pathankot in May and June.
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Prasar Bharati Act to give autonomy to AIR, DD notified
It had become necessary to ''emancipate'' Doordarshan and All India Radio from government control as these organisations, despite their excellent work, enjoyed little credibility, I&B Minister S Jaipal Reddy said.
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Arun Gawli arrested
The gangster and aspiring political leader was picked up on Tuesday for an assault on a Bombay journalist.
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Congress driving wedge between Sena and dalits: Thackeray
To gain political mileage, the Congress is even roping in underworld leaders, he alleged.
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Bihar assembly recommends creation of Jharkhand state
Laloo Yadav said West Bengal, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh should adopt similar resolutions for an early implementation of the proposal.
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JULY 22

Action at last!
The Union government has asked Bihar Governor A R Kidwai to deal firmly with lawlessness in the state if Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav's supporters create mayhem.
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Keep RJD out of UF till Laloo is cleared in fodder scam: DMK chief
M Karunanidhi says his support for the Bihar chief minister was never unconditional.
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Karunanidhi's moves defy logic, cause confusion
A TMC leader feels the confusion might have been caused by an improper brief on the ongoing fodder scam case in the Patna high court.
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J and K assembly speaker escapes bid on life, three killed
A vehicle, carrying securitymen, is blown up in the landmine blast on the national highway, nearly 30 km from Srinagar.
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Govt planning to revive National Security Council
The preference is for a small council as opposed to the large and cumbersome one set up by V P Singh.
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Ramoowalia flays Washington for raising the bogey of human rights violations
These people are concerned only about the rights of the militants, ignoring their violent acts. What about the human rights of the countless victims of militancy in Punjab and elsewhere, asks the Union welfare minister.
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Hope is on the way
Tamil Nadu's Dr MGR University is on the verge of launching an information digest about organs for patients and hospitals who are badly in need for transplantation purposes. And this, as far as India is concerned, is a first.
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