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The Indian Express daily newsletter
Edition of Friday, September 24, 2004
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INDIAN EXPRESS
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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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Job guarantee: Bengal says Objection, Comrades
Guess which is the first state government to ask for a relook at the proposed National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which the Left has been pushing to ��prioritise?�� The
Left Front government of West Bengal. The draft Act, posted on the web, has provoked
West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta to meet his party�s politburo members
Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury in New Delhi.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55739
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To balance Minister�s trip to Arafat, PM sits with US Jewish leaders
Hours after he spoke at the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met
representatives of the American-Jewish community this afternoon. But, as sources here
confirmed, the meeting was neither an accident nor a generality but more of a
balancing act. Because less than a fortnight ago, Minister of State for External
Affairs E Ahamed had travelled to Palestine where he met Palestinian president Yasser
Arafat and Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55740
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Health insurance for all is Sonia panel�s latest
The National Advisory Council, headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, today
discussed the public healthcare system and decided to make six specific
recommendations to the Government, including one for a national health insurance plan.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55746
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At UN, Singh returns the General�s compliments
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh�s invocation to the free market yesterday gave way to
the expression of multilateral good today when he praised the role of the UN in
moderating the excessive enthusiasm of countries, as in Iraq, and formally staked
India�s claim to a permanent seat in an expanded Security Council.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55749
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On VAT, at least, a step forward as FM promises to pay
Finally, an issue on which most parties saw eye to eye. After the cracks on FDI limits
and the disagreement over inviting ��outsiders�� to review the Tenth Plan progress,
most State Finance Ministers signalled that they were ready with their Bills on VAT
even as Finance Minister P Chidambaram promised to fully compensate them for any loss
in revenue in the first year after they switched to the new system from April 2005.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55750
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CBI wades in babu�s Rs 2.75-cr cash
It�s probably the biggest seizure of cash ever from an Indian bureaucrat facing
corruption charges. Today, CBI officers unearthed Rs 2.75 crore in fresh currency
notes belonging to Central Excise Commissioner Prahlad Ajwani from a flat in Mumbai�s
Nana Chowk.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55752
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Daughter�s murder cloud, no rain on Bibi parade
Taint may be the bitter flavour of the political season but that hasn�t come in the
way of Bibi Jagir Kaur. Accused by the CBI in the alleged murder and abduction of her
daughter, Jagir Kaur was back today to start her third innings as the 39th president
of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Her second was cut short following the
criminal case against her over the mysterious death of her daughter Harpreet.
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55755
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ANALYSIS
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Draconian assault on citizens� rights
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55714
Hello, Mr Terrorist, please come in
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55713
More in Analysis at http://www.indianexpress.com/analysis.html
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EDITS
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Reformer�s riposte
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55702
What�s the good word?
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55703
Say boo to the bogey
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55701
More in Edits at http://www.indianexpress.com/edits&columns.html
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COLUMNS
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Truth is transparent in Darfur
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55705
When will peace finally break out?
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55706
More in Columns at http://www.indianexpress.com/edits&columns.html
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SPORT
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Chopra spared the axe
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55729
Anju jumps ahead of Athens champ to pocket gold medal
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55731
Reality byte: India are a good ODI team, with many ifs and buts
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55723
More in Sport at http://www.indianexpress.com/sport.html
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NATIONAL NETWORK
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How India got them out, away from KGL glare
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55741
Day after, friends try to see reason
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55742
Mirage crashes, pilot safe
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55745
More in National Network at http://www.indianexpress.com/national_network.html
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INTERNATIONAL
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UK, Iraq say will not give in to kidnappers
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55734
Indians don�t need visas, says Mauritius
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55735
More in International at http://www.indianexpress.com/international.html
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BUSINESS
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State tax concessions to be routed via Committee
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55718
Suzuki ups investment by Rs 500 cr
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55719
Birla Sun Life AMC close to buying Alliance
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55717
More in Business at http://www.indianexpress.com/business.html
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FROM THE FIELDS
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Pawar hopes run into seed shortage
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55707
Leh berry loses juice
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55708
Farms nurture tourism dreams for FICCI
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=55709
More in From The Fields at http://www.indianexpress.com/from_the_fields.html
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