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Referendum in Pakistan on April 30
Nearly 70 million voters would cast their votes in the referendum to decide whether Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf should occupy the office for a five-year term.

Govt notifies Al Qaeda under POTA
The move came after discussions involving visiting CIA Deputy Director John E McLaughlin and the top brass of Indian intelligence agencies.

Govt worries about Gujarat as Rocca comes calling
The US assistant secretary of state for South Asia will convey America's concern for the safety of the minorities when she meets Union Home Minister L K Advani on Tuesday.

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 Laloo Yadav demands
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Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Jana Krishnamurthy said he does not understand why an individual is being targeted for no fault of his.

PM sent emissary to assuage Naidu
A senior TDP leader told rediff.com that Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Vijay Goel carried a specific message from Vajpayee to 'assuage' the ruffled feelings of the TDP chief over Gujarat riots.

BJP chief rules out Modi's removal
Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Jana Krishnamurthy said he does not understand why an individual is being targeted for no fault of his.

Intelligence chief who warned Gujarat govt shifted
The intelligence wing of the state police has also not found any evidence to support the state government's hypothesis that the attack at Godhra on the Sabarmati Express was pre-planned.

Bomb blast in Rajouri, three killed
Around four people were injured in the explosion, which took place inside a shop.

Supreme Court issues notice to Vajpayee
A petitioner has sought setting aside the election of Vajpayee to the Lok Sabha claiming that his nomination papers were wrongly rejected.

UPDS announces unilateral ceasefire
The ceasefire has been declared to facilitate negotiation with the Centre, official sources said in Guwahati.

Congress to blame for CNG crisis: BJP
'If the Congress government in Delhi had banned registration of non-CNG buses three years ago the present crisis would not have arisen,' former chief minister Madan Lal Khurana said.

Collision between buses in TN, 16 dead
While one bus was proceeding from Namakkal to Tiruchirappalli, the other was going towards Thiruvasi, police said.

Terrorists kill 5 villagers in J&K
Four villagers were injured in the attack, which took place in village Dandali Arnas of Udhampur district.

US almost got Osama in Pakistan: Report
The Saudi renegade managed to escape hours before his hideout in Faisalabad was raided, Pakistani daily 'The Nation' reported.

Tension in UP village following violence
The trouble began over the alleged poisoning of fishes in the pond in Ishaqpur village of Azamgarh district.

Cops transferred in connection with attack on scribes
Twelve journalists, covering a peace meeting, were injured in police action at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.

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The front-runner
'In the absence of any sensational events, I think we may see P C Alexander as the next President of India before the summer is out,' says T V R Shenoy.

This is banality, Mr Advani
'As home minister, Sri L K Advani's record has been disastrous, but for his loud rhetoric every time Pakistan-based terrorists have struck,' says Arun B Srivastava.

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Air-India selloff not now, says Shourie
The government would pump fresh funds into the airliner to improve its financial health, the divestment minister said.

DPC lenders meet to decide seizure
'We want to brief all the lenders and then take a collective decision by Tuesday,' an IDBI official said.

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Lara recalled for Tests against India
Wicketkeeper Junior Murray and opening batsman Stuart Williams were also recalled to the squad for the first two Tests.

Indians make a farce out of practice game
The Indians played a limited-overs match after winning their three-day game on Sunday, and then crawled to a score of 43 from 21 overs.

Kapil sticks to his guns on Ganguly's 'attitude'
However, the former India captain refused to say anything more on the issue, saying 'enough is enough'.

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Leko wins Grand Prix title; Anand ninth
Anand blanked Alexander Khalifman 2-0 in the tie-break games to take the ninth place in the inaugural FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament.

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Lagaan wins top honours at IIFA
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Tusshar Kapoor is peeved with the IIFA.

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