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Kalam leads nation in paying homage to Gandhi
A grateful nation, led by President A P J Abdul Kalam on October 2 remembered and paid homage to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on the occasion of his 133rd birth anniversary.

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NATIONAL
Media distorting facts on disinvestment: PM
New Delhi: Accusing sections of media of distorting facts on the disinvestment issue, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on October 2 regretted that an atmosphere was being created as if the entire privatisation process has come to a halt due to differences within the government.

Shastri remembered on his 98th birth anniversary
New Delhi: Floral tributes were paid to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 98th birth anniversary on October 2.

Spread message of peace, tolerance: Abdul Kalam
New Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam on October 1 said there was need for all to rededicate themselves to foster unity of minds in the motherland and spread message of peace, tolerance, communal harmony and national development on the occasion of birth anniversary of father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi.

KASHMIR
Army foils infiltration bid, kills 4 militants
Jammu: Army on October 2 foiled a major infiltration bid gunning down four heavily armed Hizb-e-Islami militants after a six-hour battle near the line of control (LoC) in Mandi area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.

Shah ridicules foreign diplomats witnessing polls
Srinagar: Senior separatist leader Shabir Shah on October 2 questioned the rationale of foreign diplomats witnessing the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was not meant for resolution of the Kashmir issue but had only administrative use.

Top militant held in Srinagar, arms recovered
Srinagar: In a major catch, Border Security Forces (BSF) have arrested a top militant of pro-Pakistan al-Umar Mujahideen outfit, Shabir Ahmed Zargar and recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition from him, BSF sources said on October 2.

3 NC workers killed for 'participating' in polls
Srinagar: Militants shot dead three National Conference workers, including a village head, for "actively participating in the Assembly polls" in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on October 1 night, police said on October 2.

5 BSF jawans, sarpanch among 8 killed in Kashmir
Srinagar: In the second attack on the Border Security Forces (BSF) in as many days, militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) on October 2 morning near Tral township of South Kashmir's Pulwama district killing five jawans, police sources said.

Police suspects LeT, JeM role in bus attack
Jammu: The terrorist attack on a bus near Jammu on October 2 morning in which two persons were killed and 13 others injured might be a handiwork of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant outfits, a top Jammu and Kashmir police official indicated.

Powerful blast rocks bus near Jammu, 2 killed
Jammu: Two persons were killed and 13 others were injured, some of them critically, when a powerful explosion rocked a bus near Manda on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on October 2 morning, official sources said.

NORTH
Gandhi's statue vandalised at Meerut college
Meerut: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a statue of Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary on October 2 at the Meerut College, where a student's stir is on against setting up of a police post at the campus, official sources said.

SOUTH
CMC sorts out Cauvery water-sharing dispute
Chennai: The Cauvery Monitoring Committee on October 2 "sorted" out issues relating to the sharing of Cauvery waters.

'Nothing wrong in sending Mani as emissary'
Bangalore: Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, V Srinivas Prasad, on October 2 said that there was nothing wrong in deputing Tamil activist Kolathur Mani as an emissary to secure the release of abducted former Karnataka minister, H Nagappa, from the clutches of forest brigand Veerappan.

Nanje Gowda demands CRA meeting for tomorrow
Bangalore: Former Karnataka Minister, H N Nanje Gowda on October 2 asked the Prime Minister, A B Vajpayee to convene an emergent meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) by tomorrow (October 3) to resolve the water sharing row between the state and Tamil Nadu.

Maran conscious, in stable condition: Doctors
Chennai: The condition of Union Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran "remains stable and he is conscious", according to a medical bulletin issued by a corporate hospital in Chennai, where he is undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU).

1 dead, 48 take ill due to food poisoning in TN
Madurai: One person died and 48 others, including several children, who took 'idlis' (a rice dish) from a roadside eatery, were admitted to hospital following vomiting and dizziness at Moolakarai near here, police said on October 2.

EAST
India has successfully cornered Pakistan: Sinha
Ranchi: India has been successful in "cornering" Pakistan by getting the world community convinced that it was the real sponsor of cross border terrorism, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said on October 2.

World knows who sponsors terror in India: Sinha
Ranchi: External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on October 2 lambasted Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for irresponsible statements when most nations, he said, were convinced who the real sponsor of terrorism in India was.

2 killed as miscreants attack SUCI office in WB
Srinagar: In the second attack on the Border Security Forces (BSF) in as many days, militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) on October 2 morning near Tral township of South Kashmir's Pulwama district killing five jawans, police sources said.

WEST
'Temple attack a fallout of Modi's utterances'
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress unit president Shankersinh Vaghela on October 2 accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi for being responsible for the terrorist attack on Akshardham temple and charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government with plunging the state into unprecedented communal cauldron.

Manisha injured in mishap during film shooting
Mumbai: Popular Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala on October 2 sustained leg injuries after she fell from a horse-carriage during the shooting of a film.

Fresh communal clashes erupt in Bhavnagar, 5 hurt
Bhavnagar: In fresh outbreak of communal clashes, tension gripped Prabhudas area of the city on October 2 as two groups indulged in heavy stone-pelting, prompting police to open fire to disperse the mobs.

Death toll in Goa mid-air collission rises to 17
Panaji: The death toll in the mid-air collision of the two IL-38 cargo transport planes of Indian Navy in Goa on October 1 has risen to 17 with the recovery of two more bodies on October 2.

NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
IA to fly ATR planes in NE during winters: Shourie
New Delhi: Four 50-seater (Avions de Transport Regional) ATR aircraft would soon be inducted in the fleet of Indian Airlines' wholly owned subsidiary, Alliance Air, on dry lease to start feeder operations in the North East in the winter schedule.

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