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Sonia campaigns in Naveen's constituency
HINJILI, FEB. 17. After her "Jansampark Yatra" in Orissa yesterday, the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today campaigned in the Hinjili constituency, which the caretaker Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal president, Naveen Patnaik, represents ...

`Balance between legislative supremacy and human rights needed'
NEW DELHI, FEB. 17. Asserting that the judiciary's role was to protect the Constitution and democracy, the President of the Israeli Supreme Court, Justice Professor Aharon Barak, today said democracy, either old and well established or new, ...

SC allows Editors Guild to implead in The Hindu case
NEW DELHI, FEB. 17.The Supreme Court today permitted the Editors Guild of India to implead itself as a party in the two writ petitions filed by five senior representatives of The Hindu and the Editor of the Tamil newspaper, Murasoli, ...

Navjot Sidhu, Jitendra, Oberoi join BJP
NEW DELHI, FEB. 17.The Bharatiya Janata Party today celebrated the entry into the party of several persons from different walks of life, including the former test cricketer and now television commentator, Navjot Singh Sidhu, and film star of ...

People waiting to throw out Krishna Government: JD(S)
NEW DELHI. FEB. 17. The Janata Dal (Secular) has welcomed the decision to hold simultaneous polls in Karnataka, and said that it would form the next government. "We welcome the decision; the people are just waiting to throw out the Krishna ...

Guwahati zoo to get four Royal Bengal tigers
GUWAHATI, FEB. 17. In the wake of the death of a tiger in the Assam State Zoo here today, the authorities are speeding up the acquisition of four Royal Bengal tigers from the Mysore Zoo under an exchange programme. The Divisional Forest ...

Christian Council assails harassment of converts
HYDERABAD, FEB. 17. The All-India Christian Council has condemned the tonsuring of six women in Orissa for embracing Christianity. The incident took place in Kilipala village in Jagatsinghpur district on February 6. In a statement here, Joseph ...

Other Stories

Congress to counter BJP campaign

Venkaiah not to contest elections

Kapil to campaign for friends

E.U. troika likely to raise n-issue with Pakistan

Lyngdoh disapproves of `Shining India' ads

We will bring Bommai, Deve Gowda together: Swamy

People's Conference comes out of Hurriyat

Walkout in J&K Assembly over Bandipora incident

Raghunath Jha returns to RJD

Indian elected chairman of U.N. panel

`ISRO working on astronomy satellite'

President of South Indian Numismatic Society

Fast attack craft delivered to Navy

Irrigation less dependent on canals, says study

Concern over growing violence against women

Former Mumbai police chief's petition dismissed

Telgi's plea rejected

Notice on use of flag

Kalam for setting up varsity in Nalanda

Man nabbed near mission sentenced

AICC member joins JD(U)

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