Wednesday
Feb 28 2001
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J&K forces, ultras guilty: US report
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THE US state department has outlined gross human rights violations by Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir even as it censured militants in the insurgencytorn state for their “concerted campaign of execution-style killings of civilians.”
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Indian identity not exactly Hindu id: Amartya Sen
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THE INDIAN identity cannot be confounded with a Hindu identity and in any definition of Indian identity “Hinduism does not have a privileged position over identities associated with other communities that make up the Indian nation”, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said here.
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US rights report slams Pakistan
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PAKISTAN’S human rights record was “poor” and the military government “committed serious abuses,” the US State Department has said in its annual human rights report.
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TN govt anti-minority: PDP
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MINORITY opposition to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu has mounted with the People’s Democratic Party alleging that the Karunanidhi government “is acting against minorities”.
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Kerala MPs praise Railway Budget
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MOST MPs from Kerala have grudgingly acknowledged that the railway budget for 2001-02 presented by railway minister Mamata Banerjee was “praiseworthy” and has done their state justice.
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Thackeray attacks government on Balco
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NOT only foes even friends have started attacking the Vajapayee government over the Balco deal. The Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray too has found fault with the process.
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PM nails Oppn `lies’ on quake relief
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PRIME Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was in a combat mode today, demolished the Opposition's charge of discrimination during relief operation in earthquake devastated Gujarat and accused his party's rivals with politicising every activity of governance.
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No shift in Indo-US relations under Bush: Experts
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INDO-US relations under the George Bush administration are not likely to undergo any major change over key issues like non-proliferation, say several foreign policy experts.
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