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Opp
MPs not allowed to tour Ahmedabad |
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A
team of MPs comprising Sitaram Yechuri, Shabana Azmi, Raj Babbar
and Amar Singh were today denied permission by police to visit
the riot-affected areas of Ahmedabad. The team that returned
to Delhi, criticised the Gujarat government for the way it is
handling the situation. |
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Communities are settled too close for Army comfort |
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Restoring
peace in Gujarat is no easy task. And 24 hours after its deployment,
the hurriedly pushed in Army realises that. Aerial pictures
of Ahmedabad’s ghettos show how close the two communities live
to each other and are an indicator of Army’s difficulties in
keeping them apart. |
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George
says Rajkot to get more troops |
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Defence
Minister George Fernandes here today announced that more columns
of armed personnel would be despatched to Rajkot. Three columns
have already reached the city and one more was scheduled to
arrive. |
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Curfew
only way to stem violence |
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There
was no let-up in violence today. Two deaths and five incidents
of stabbing were reported from the city. Curfew, which had been
relaxed from 12 noon to 4 pm, was reimposed till midnight. Curfew
was imposed in Wadhwan after a mob went on the rampage. |
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Rioters on loose, govt gags media |
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Star
News went off air today in major towns and cities of Gujarat
after cable operators were ordered to block the channel, that
has been showing extensive coverage of the riots in the state. |
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Noon
show covers up for... |
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The
VHP and the Bajrang Dal today put up a show to keep the 250-odd
railway policemen at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus busy. With
saffron bandanas around foreheads, the men chanted Ram ka naam,
and were promptly arrested right in front of reporters and TV
cameras. |
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States
crack whip as kar sevaks head for Ayodhya |
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With
the situation getting out of hand in Gujarat and threatening
to do so in Ayodhya, the Government has started acting to stem
the flow of kar sevaks into the town. |
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Cancellations overbooked on the Northern Railways |
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Even
as the railways swung into action, cancelling trains going towards
Ayodhya and Faizabad, thousands of passengers cancelled their
bookings even to other areas. |
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Maybe
saffron muffler saved his neck |
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He
came to Ahmedabad to attend a festival to promote brotherhood,
but little did the French documentary filmmaker know that three
days after he reached the city, he would have to flee for his
life. |
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