The Hindu : Wednesday, December 17, 2003

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Wednesday, December 17, 2003

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'POTA accused can seek bail within a year'
NEW DELHI, DEC. 16. The Supreme Court has held that an accused under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) could seek bail under Section 49 (7) even before the expiry of the one-year period. And, on the expiry of the detention period under POTA, ...

Judev, Jogi cases a blot on democracy: Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, DEC. 16. Bracketing the Judev video and the Jogi tape episodes as two "serious warning signals" for the country's democratic polity, the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today said that it was unfortunate for him that he had to ...

RS okays Delimitation Bill
NEW DELHI, DEC. 16.The Rajya Sabha today passed the Bill to amend the Delimitation Act, 2002, with the amendment that instead of the 1991 census, the latest 2001 census figures be taken as the base for delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary ...

Rejection of Congress record, says CPI(M)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 16.The CPI (M) today said the outcome of the Assembly elections in five States was a "rejection of the record and performance" of the Congress Governments and the defeat of that party in three of the four northern States showed ...

Other Stories

7 Bhutanese soldiers killed

TN MPs take centre stage

Rly. Ministry approach to ATR `casual'

AIDWA calls for rethink on formation of self-help groups

Jaswant apologises

Gujarat agrees on CBI probe into rape incident

Ministry pulled up for delay in IT refund

In 100 years, the Wright Flyer has come a long way

BSNL places order for two million handsets

We'll amend Competition law, Centre tells court

North India shivers under cold wave

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