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Bihar
Five GRP personnel suspended
PATNA, DEC. 29. The Government Railway Police have suspended five police personnel, including a sub-inspector, on charges of dereliction of duty following the molesting and attacking of some members of a theatre group from Jammu and ...

Gujarat
Waghela bid to curb dissent
AHMEDABAD, DEC. 29. Stung by the open revolt against him by almost all the other factions of the party, the Gujarat Pradesh Congress (GPCC) president, Shankarsinh Waghela, has initiated steps for "disciplining'' the party. As the first step, ...

Verdict reserved on bail plea of Godhra accused
AHMEDABAD, DEC. 29. The special court for trial of the cases under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) today reserved its verdict till January 17, on the bail applications of 19 accused in the Godhra train carnage case. The judge, Sonia ...

Jammu & Kashmir
PoK refugees look forward to opening of border
JAMMU, DEC. 29.The proposal of the Jammu and Kashmir Government for the up-gradation of the Muzaffarabad-Uri road has brought cheer to the refugees of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) living here for the last 55 years. With the proposal seeming ...

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Three injured in grenade blast

Madhya Pradesh

Thakre cremated with full state honours
BHOPAL, DEC. 29. The mortal remains of the former Bharatiya Janata Party president, Kushabhau Thakre, were consigned to the flames with full state honours here today. The Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Vice-President, Bhairon Singh ...

Maharashtra
Advani to meet Thackeray today
MUMBAI, DEC. 29. The Bharatiya Janata Party wants to know if its oldest ally, the Shiv Sena would like the elections to the Lok Sabha early by April or on schedule in September. To ascertain Sena's views, the Union Home Minister, Mr. L.K. ...

NCP rules out merger with Congress
MUMBAI, DEC. 29.The State president of the Nationalist Congress Party, R.R. Patil, today ruled out any merger with the Congress, saying the issue was not on its agenda. Mr. Patil, who took over the Home portfolio from Chhagan Bhujbal, told a ...

New Delhi
Jal Board to discuss water tariff hike
NEW DELHI, DEC. 29.A meeting of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Tuesday - the first after the recent Delhi Assembly elections - will discuss the crucial issue of an increase in water charges for the Capital. The charges were last revised in ...

Aged couple seek protection from son, daughter-in-law
NEW DELHI, DEC. 29. An aged couple has sought protection from and action against their son and daughter-in-law for allegedly torturing them to part with their house in Mansarovar Garden in North-East Delhi. The petitioners — 78-year-old ...

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New BJP team soon

Dhaula Kuan flyover hits a rough patch

Punjab
Badal demands CBI probe against Amarinder's son
NEW DELHI, DEC. 29.The president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Parkash Singh Badal, today demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the alleged involvement of the son of the Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh, in purported hawala ...