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Congress celebrates win
CHANDIGARH, FEB. 27. The Congress in Haryana is celebrating its victory after virtually sweeping the Assembly elections after nine years securing more than two-thirds majority winning 67 out of 90 seats, while the Indian National Lok Dal could ...

Bhajan Lal elated
CHANDIGARH, FEB. 27.The former Haryana Chief Minister and President of the Haryana unit of the Congress, Bhajan Lal, who won from Adampur for the ninth time and who has staked his claim to the Chief Ministership, today thanked the people of the ...

Lalu says RJD will stake claim
PATNA, FEB. 27. With the National Democratic Alliance and the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led alliance deadlocked in the numbers game, the race is now on to form the next government. The RJD supremo and Railway Minister, Lalu Prasad, set the tone ...

Prominent winners, losers
The following are some of the prominent winners and losers in Bihar and Jharkhand: Bihar Winners: Rabri Devi (RJD - Raghopur-46), Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD - Bahera), Lovely Anand (JD-U - Barh), Ramshray ...

BJP to stake claim in Jharkhand
NEW DELHI, FEB. 27. The Bharatiya Janata Party will stake its claim to form a Government in Jharkhand after its legislature party elects a leader tomorrow. The party finds itself close to forming a government although it is short of a simple ...

Gyanendra's aide meets Shyam Saran
NEW DELHI, FEB. 27. On a mission here to clear the air of ``misapprehensions'' nursed by the Indian Government, a close aide of King Gyanendra today met the Foreign Secretary, Shyam Saran, and briefed him on the situation in Nepal. Sharad ...

Science channel proposal goes into a spin
NEW DELHI, FEB. 28. The ambitious proposal of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to launch a dedicated science television channel, `Jigyasa', using the capacity on ISRO's satellite, ...

India, France begin naval exercise off Kochi port
NEW DELHI, FEB. 27. The Navy today began a joint exercise with its French counterparts off the Kochi port today. Named ``Varuna 2005/1'', it will focus on mine counter measures and include the deployment of underwater combined explosive ordnance ...

Blackout
MUMBAI, FEB. 27.Most parts of Vidarbha and three districts in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra plunged into darkness, following a fire at a sub-station of Koradi Thermal Power plant tonight. — PTI ...

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