EXPRESSINDIA.COM The Indian Express Group _________________________________________________________________ The Indian Express daily newsletter Edition of Monday, December 13, 2004 _________________________________________________________________ INDIAN EXPRESS ********************* TODAY'S TOP STORIES ******************* Star gives BJP soap opera a twist Indian television�s most famous bahu and BJP�s star in the Lok Sabha campaign, Smriti Irani, gave her party a few straight-out-of-the-serial moments today. She first sought the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ��for the sake of the party�s image and for Gujarat�s pride�� and later, under pressure from the party, withdrew the statement ��unconditionally.�� http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60756 _______________________________________________________________ US arms sale to Pak will hit peace process: Pranab Rejecting the US line that its move to supply sophisticated arms and F-16 fighters to Pakistan was aimed at countering terrorism, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today that the deal will affect the peace process between the neighbours. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60758 _______________________________________________________________ Why Khanna probe has action not-taken report On Monday, the Railway Board will meet to finalise an action taken report on the Justice G C Garg commission report on the 1998 Khanna rail accident that killed 210 people. The meeting, as usual, will be chaired by the board�s chairman, R K Singh. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60757 _______________________________________________________________ Dixit-Aziz back channel: Traditional opponents in Pak try to undermine it When the word appeared in Pakistani media earlier this month that the National Security Adviser J.N. Dixit was all set to meet his Pakistani counterpart Tariq Aziz in Amritsar, the government simply cancelled the meeting. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60759 _______________________________________________________________ This Bogota model will soon make Delhi breathe easy The World Bank may have tagged it Asia�s most polluted city, but New Delhi is now poised to turn the corner on India�s road to cleaner air. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60760 _______________________________________________________________ In AIR basement, voices from India�s past are getting a new life <i>�Ami Berlin theke kotha bolchi.�</i> In 1943, somewhere from Berlin, Subhas Chandra Bose made that address. Later, All India Radio acquired a recording from NHK Japan, making it the oldest of the spoken word in its possession. Now, a 30-member team is hard at work in the underbelly of AIR to save some of Bose�s oldest-available speeches for posterity. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60761 _______________________________________________________________ With door closing, hockey coach Rach puts his foot down The Indian hockey team may just have lost its 15th coach in the last 11 years. Minutes after India fell short of bronze at the Champions Trophy here, beaten 2-3 by Pakistan today, coach Gerhard Rach said the IHF had informed him that it could ��no longer afford him��. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60712 _______________________________________________________________ When three minutes feel too long, you know it�s a bad date At �22 a night, 23 dates sound like a steal. Great for busy professionals like Sharmila who value their time. The smart British Asian advertising executive in her mid-30s is standing in line outside a bar just off Oxford street, central London�s shopping hub, on a chilly Sunday evening. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=60762 _______________________________________________________________ /------------------------ advertisement ------------------------ No 1 Indian Matrimonials - 550,000+ members, 150,000+ photo profiles, 16,000+ successful matches! 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