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India-European Union strategic alliance mooted
NEW DELHI, JUNE 22. The European Commission has called for a strategic alliance to promote an effective multilateral approach between the European Union and India, suggesting that the two entities coordinate their positions on a number of issues ...

Thackeray disappoints BJP
MUMBAI, JUNE 22. The Shiv Sena chief, Bal Thackeray, did not attend the dinner hosted here tonight by the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In a statement here, he made it clear that it would not be possible to discuss political ...

'Waiting for report on Tehelka'
MUMBAI, JUNE 22. The Defence Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, today indicated that the Government would wait for the report of the Justice S.N. Phukan Commission before taking any decision on the Tehelka matter. Mr. Mukherjee was responding to a ...

No time frame fixed for reopening consulates: Natwar
NEW DELHI, JUNE 22. The External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh, said today that no time-frame had been fixed for reopening the Indian and Pakistani consulates in Karachi and Mumbai. Asked whether accepting Pakistan's demand for the return of ...

Ishrat's friends being questioned
MUMBAI, JUNE 22. The Gujarat and Thane police continued questioning the friends, associates and relatives of collegian Ishrat Jahan Shamim Raza who was killed in a police shoot-out in Ahmedabad last Tuesday. Amar Jadhav, Deputy Commissioner of ...

"Javed's relatives will claim body"
PUNE, JUNE 22. The Additional Police Commissioner, Ashok Dhivre, today said that the relatives of Javed Gulam Muhammad Sheik, killed in the June 15 police encounter in Gujarat, had informed him that they would reach Ahmedabad, possibly tomorrow, ...

Sinking borewells, rising debt
NALGONDA, MEDAK & NIZAMABAD (ANDHRA PRADESH): Musampally has more borewells than people. This village in Nalgonda district has barely 2000 acres under cultivation. But it boasts over 6,000 borewells — two to every human being. Over 85 per ...

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BJP brainstorming session in July

IAF to participate in multi-nation exercise in Alaska

Foreign Secretaries to take up Baglihar row

U.S. policy may deter India's growth in satellite launch market

Congress objections referred to Returning Officer

Missing photos

Curfew relaxed in Sardana

Historians begin work with 'open mind'

White paper demanded on Railway safety

National programme for diabetes control planned

Laloo examining Godhra carnage from Railways' angle

He wanted to demonstrate the firearm to Kalam

Probe into aircraft snag to be completed soon

European Union team for involving Kashmiris

Subsidy for Indo-Dutch ventures to promote small sector

West Bengal rights panel directive to Government

Pawar is NCP leader in Lok Sabha

6 killed in landmine blast

Rail project gets shot in the arm

Saving trees or themselves?

Train passenger raped

Moustache that scared a Pakistani ranger

Resist populist pressures, says industry body

Bureaucrat appointed Member-Secretary of ICHR

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