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Sonia to step up Congress campaign
The whirlwind tour of Sonia Gandhi will begin from today. The next 10 days may prove to be the most important and crucial for the Congres, when it unleashes Sonia Gandhi in her most intense form yet: forty nine election meetings in 12 States.
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Israel may not heed US plea
The Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to heed US advice to hold its fire if struck by missiles by Iraq. Despite Iraq's denials, Israel believes Saddam Hussein's military may still have some of the 45 biological warheads it once had, and enough missiles and warplanes needed to deliver them.
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Minority welfare occupies a major part of JD manifesto
The Janata Dal in its 20-page manifesto released yesterday by H D Deve Gowda and Madhu Dandavate has promised a separate ministry for minorities and a welfare package for Scheduled Castes and backward classes. The manifesto seeks a clear mandate in the coming elections for the United Front, and incorporates several aspects of the common manifesto released earlier by the Front.
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Purohit back in Cong; hits out at ex-party
The Congress received a shot in the arm when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the dissolved Lok Sabha Banwarilal Purohit rejoined the party. After being Congress member of Lok Sabha twice, Purohit had resigned from the party and joined the BJP in 1991.
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