The Hindu : Tuesday, February 17, 2004

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India, Pakistan can reach accord, says Sinha
NEW DELHI, FEB. 16.It will not be difficult for India and Pakistan to reach an agreement on the time-frame, detailed agenda and the level of talks, the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, said here today. Such agreements in the ...

Sonia wishes Varun success
BERHAMPUR, FEB. 16.The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today wished her nephew, Feroze Varun Gandhi, all success in his new-found career in politics. "My nephew Feroze Varun Gandhi is embarking on a political career, and I wish ...

Amita Singh is now in Congress
NEW DELHI, FEB. 16. The former Bharatiya Janata Party's Uttar Pradesh Minister, Amita Singh, today joined the Congress on a day when the former Union Minister, Maneka Gandhi, joined the BJP. The decision to admit her was announced by the ...

Poll panel completes consultation
NEW DELHI, FEB. 16.The Election Commission today completed its consultation on poll preparedness with 29 States and tomorrow it will hold discussions with officials of Jammu and Kashmir. During today's meeting, presided over by the Chief ...

BJP parliamentary board reviews alliances
NEW DELHI, FEB. 16. The Bharatiya Janata Party's Parliamentary Board met here this morning to take a hard look at the party's alliances and work out its timetable on the assumption that the Lok Sabha elections would start around April 20. At a ...

PDP leader, two policemen killed in J&K
SRINAGAR, FEB. 16. A leader of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and two policemen were killed near here today. Ghulam Mohammad Dar, a PDP block president, was shot dead by militants outside his house in Hydepora locality, ...

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Transfer of Godhra case: apex court notice to Gujarat

Army wants bar on raising porter companies to go

Baby discharged after CM intervenes

`Bandipora-type incidents will create hurdles for talks'

Armymen to don new colour uniform

Curbs on outsourcing not the only concern: official

A miss at MIFF, accolades at Berlinale

Court notice to Punjab Government

Centre's assurance to court on wheat patent