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Guj polls: Bitterness outshone bread and butter?
In what is billed as a "make or mar" battle for it, the BJP will take on Congress in a virtual straight fight in the Dec 12 elections to the 182-member state Assembly, climaxing a highly polarised run-up to the polls in the wake of Godhra train carnage and the subsequent communal violence that claimed hundreds of lives.
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NATIONAL
Mufti arrives in Delhi for talks with Centre
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed arrived in New Delhi on December 1 on a three-day visit during which he would call on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and other Union ministers.
Blackwill begins his first visit to J&K tomorrow
New Delhi: United States Ambassador Robert Blackwill begins his maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir on December 2 during which he will meet members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP)-Congress government besides senior Army officials and is likely visit Raghunath Temple which came under militant attack twice this year.
Ram temple still figures in BJP agenda: Naidu
New Delhi: In an apparent move aimed at silencing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s critics in sangh parivar ahead of the Gujarat polls, party president Venkaiah Naidu has ruled out the party abandoning its pet agenda of Ram temple, Article 370 and Uniform Civil Code even as he confessed only little success in containing indiscipline and factionalism among partymen.
Advani asks the world to 'ostracise' Pakistan
New Delhi: A day after daring Pakistan for a fourth war, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on December 1 stepped up his offensive against Islamabad and asked the
international community to "ostracise terror states".
Vajpayee, Putin set to sign 'Delhi Declaration'
New Delhi: India and Russia will sign a landmark 'Delhi Declaration' during the
three-day State visit of President Vladimir Putin from December 3 and give special focus to military-technical co-operation on which some agreements are expected to be finalised.
Pak weapons could fall into wrong hands: Putin
New Delhi: Ahead of his visit to India, Russian President Vladimir Putin has
expressed concern that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Pakistan could fall into the hands of "bandits and terrorists" who could obtain information concerning their production techniques.
'Strong nexus between ISI & Indian ultra groups'
New Delhi: Describing the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka as the "nerve centre" of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) activities, a government publication has claimed that Pakistani intelligence officials have long been engaged in networking with and co-ordinating activities of North Eastern insurgent groups and Islamic extremist elements in Bangladesh.
KASHMIR
Sakina Itoo survives another militant attack
Srinagar: Militants attacked the house of former minister and National Conference (NC) leader Sakina Itoo and shot and injured four persons in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir since November 30 night even as security personnel arrested one militant each of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
Jawan, 2 ultras among 4 dead in J&K encounter
Jammu: Militants on December 1 attacked Army troops in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir triggering a fierce gun battle in which four people, including two ultras and a jawan, were killed, a police spokesman said here.
Army, JK ultras engaged in clash; details awaited
Jammu: Militants on December 1 attacked a Road Opening Party of Army near police
lines in Bundoda area of Doda district, a senior District official said.
NORTH
Pak trying to destabilise India's economy: PM
Solan (Himachal Pradesh): Accusing Pakistan of trying to destabilise India's economy through terrorism, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on December 1 said government has information that terrorists might target more temples in the country.
SOUTH
Two suspected militants nabbed in Chennai
Chennai: Two suspected militants were taken into custody by the city police a couple of days back, from the suburban Kodingyur area, police said on December 1.
Swamy gets Musharraf's invitation to visit Pak
Madurai: The Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy has been invited by
Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff to visit that country.
EAST
'BJP top brass may approve local tie-up with TC'
Kolkata: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jana Krishnamurthy on November 30 said that the BJP central leadership might not object to an alliance with the Trinamool Congress if both parties agreed to jointly fight the Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPM) in West Bengal.
WEST
Leaders must alleviate common man's grief: Kalam
Daman: President A P J Abdul Kalam on December 1 said the country needs political leaders who are committed to alleviate the grief of the common man instead of pursuing "feats of power".
BJP manifesto stresses on development, security
Ahmedabad: Seeking a mandate on the "overall development of Gujarat and personal security of five crore people of the state" the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on December 1 released its election manifesto for the December 12 hustings.
Modi to enact anti-conversion Law if voted to power
Ahmedabad: Gujarat caretaker Chief Minister Narendra Modi on December 1 said if voted to power, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government would enact a Law to prevent forcible religious conversions in the state.
'Can't sit idle when neighbour is building bombs'
Daman: Strongly supporting the country's nuclear programme, the President A P J Abdul Kalam in an indirect reference to Pakistan stated that 'you can not sit idle when your neighbour is developing nuclear bombs.'
Guj polls: Separate polling booths for minorities
Ahmedabad: Few separate polling booths would be set up for people of minority
community in some of the riot-affected localities of Assembly constituencies falling in Ahmedabad city for maintaining peace and free and fair elections in the ensuing Gujarat elections.
Sanjay, 88 accused to appear before court on Dec 2
Mumbai: A Special Court has directed 89 accused in 1993 bomb blast case, including film star Sanjay Dutt, to appear on December 2 even as the trial has reached its fag end with Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gearing up to conclude arguments.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Assam villagers mistakenly kill 2 Army personnel
Guwahati: Armed villagers in Assam's Kamrup district killed an Army Major and a jawan of the Assam Regiment mistaking them to be militants and in a reprisal six, of the villagers were shot down and eight injured by the Army personnel on December 1.
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