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'Indo-Pak diplomatic stand-off may continue'
India and Pakistan are likely to maintain their cool diplomatic stand-off despite having withdrawn war-ready troops from their common border, analysts warned on October 18, adding the road to peace was long.
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NATIONAL
Centre will go ahead with disinvestment: Jaswant Singh
New Delhi: Admitting that the government had "lost focus" on the disinvestment programme, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on October 18 asserted there was no rethinking on the issue and the government will go ahead with it.
Pak-N Korea nexus on nuke tech worries India
New Delhi: Voicing concern over reports of clandestine transfers and acquisition of missile and nuclear technology involving Pakistan and North Korea, India on October 18 said 'the issue needs to be seriously investigated".
Kishore follows Singhal's lead, attacks Brajesh
New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) senior vice president Giriraj Kishore on
October 18 joined his leader Ashok Singhal in attacking National Security Adviser
Brajesh Mishra, accusing him of "putting India in US lap".
'Unhappy' Bharti seeks more debate on divestment
New Delhi: The disinvestment controversy refuses to die down with Coal and Mines
Minister Uma Bharti joining hands with some of her Cabinet colleagues to express
unhappiness over the way privatisation was being carried out.
India flays US' double standards on pollution
New Delhi: India on October 18 lashed out at the United States and other developed nations for holding only developing countries responsible for pollution without pointing a finger at their industries and associated emissions.
Jethmalani warns against sidelining Kashmir MLAs
New Delhi: Kashmir Committee chairman Ram Jethmalani on October 18 said the attempts to "marginalise" elected representatives of the valley in the process of government formation would not augur well for future as it was Kashmir which posed the problem and not Jammu or Ladakh.
G B Pattanaik to be next Chief Justice of India
New Delhi: Justice Gopal Ballav Pattanaik, senior most judge of the Supreme Court, has been appointed the Chief Justice of India with effect from November 8.
Naga peace interlocutor briefs Advani on talks
New Delhi: Centre's interlocutor for Naga peace talks K Padmanabhaiah on October 18 briefed Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani in New Delhi about the progress made in his discussions with National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) (Issac-Muivah) leaders in the recent past.
Malaysia too against unilateral action on Iraq
New Delhi: Malaysia on October 18 shared India's view that there should be no unilateral action against Iraq and warned any such move would aggravate the situation, which may result in more recruits for terrorist organisations.
KASHMIR
Hizb vows to fight on despite troop pullback
Muzaffarabad (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir): A top Muslim militant group fighting in
Kashmir on October 18 said India's planned troop withdrawal from the Pakistani
border would not make any difference to the Kashmiris' quest for freedom.
Governor's Rule in JK would be short-lived: Cong
New Delhi: Accusing Farooq Abdullah of engineering instability in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on October 18 expressed the hope that Governor's rule would be short-lived and a popular government installed at the earliest.
PDP hopeful of govt formation within days
Srinagar: Terming the imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir as an "expected" move, two senior PDP (People's Democratic Party) leaders on October 18 expressed the hope that a government would be in place in the next few days.
CLP meets to discuss imposition of Governor's rule
Srinagar: A crucial meeting of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) began in Srinagar on October 18 morning to discuss the political situation in Jammu and Kashmir following imposition of Governor's rule in the state.
'Onus on PDP to end impasse, allow Azad as CM'
Srinagar: Congress on October 18 said the onus to end the political impasse in Jammu and Kashmir lay with People's Democratic Party led by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed by allowing Pradesh Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad to lead a coalition government.
'Constitution didn't permit me to stay beyond Oct 17'
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on October 18 said he did not continue as the caretaker Chief Minister as the Constitution did not allow him to function beyond midnight, October 17 night.
NORTH
Governor gives nod for prosecution of ex-Himachal CM
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Suraj Bhan has granted sanction for prosecution of former Chief Minister and Congress leader V B Singh in a case pertaining to alleged favours shown by him in allocation of Khair wood quota to a firm days before demitting office in March 1998, highly placed sources said on October 18.
Dissidents ask BJP ministers to quit UP govt
Lucknow: Upping the ante, dissident Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators in
Uttar Pradesh, sulking over being ignored in recent ministry expansion, on October 18 demanded en masse resignation of all party ministers from Mayawati-led coalition government.
Security tightened for Kalam's Uttaranchal visit
Dehra Dun: Security has been tightened in Uttaranchal in view of President A P J Abdul Kalam's one-day visit to the state on October 19.
SOUTH
Emissary asks K'taka to make its stand clear
Mysore: Janata Dal-United (JD-U) local leader Ponnachi Mahadevaswamy who has agreed to go as emissary to meet forest brigand Veerappan to secure the safe release of former minister Nagappa, on October 18 demanded the state government to make its stand clear on the abduction issue.
24-hour transport strike badly affects Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: People across Kerala was badly hit as private transport vehicles kept off the road in response to the 24-hour strike by owners associations and trade unions which began midnight, October 17 night.
Central
5.76 tonnes of stolen explosives recovered in MP
Balaghat: In continued search operations, Madhya Pradesh police on October 17
recovered 5.75 tonnes of explosives, looted by banned People's War Group (PWG)
naxals, from the jungles in the district.
EAST
'No decision yet on PM attending SAARC meet'
Ranchi: External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on October 18 said no decision had been taken as yet on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee going to Islamabad to attend the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit there in January.
Orissa judicial officers threaten to resign en masse
Bhubaneswar: The judicial officers of Orissa have threatened to resign en masse unless the state government implements the orders of the Supreme Court on the revised pay structure of the sub-ordinate judges as recommended by the Shetty commission.
2 killed in Bihar firing as protest turns violent
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): Two persons were killed and six others injured when police opened fire on a mob which attacked Maniyari police station with stones and brickbats protesting against alleged thrashing of a villager in Muzaffarpur district, police said.
WEST
Key witness in Bharat Shah case turns hostile
Mumbai: A key witness in the case of alleged nexus of Bollywood with underworld on October 18 turned hostile in a special court even as accused and film financier Bharat Shah urged for permission to go abroad from November 6 for a fortnight on a business trip.
Sporadic violence in Kutch over religious conversion
Ahmedabad: Sporadic incidents of violence and arson have been reported from Adeshar village, about 180 km from Bhuj town in the Kutch region on October 18, police sources at Bhuj said.
Thackeray continues his tirade against NDA govt
Mumbai: Continuing his tirade against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on October 18 virtually warned the Centre that it should honour issues raised by Sena or "be prepared to face the consequences".
I will not seek anticipatory bail: Thackeray
Mumbai: Fully standing by his 'Dasara' speech containing anti-Muslim remarks, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on October 18 said he will not seek anticipatory bail in the criminal case registered against him and blamed Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshumukh and not his 'bete noire' Chagan Bhujbal for the decision to proceed against him.
SENSEX opens firm on fresh rally in IT stocks
Mumbai: The SENSEX opened firm and later remained trapped in a small range at early stages on the back of fresh rally in IT stocks on October 18 on continued buying by operators.
BJP office-bearers' meet to review party's performance
Mumbai: The defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally National Conference in the recent Jammu and Kashmir elections will come up for review at the four-day meeting of central office bearers of BJP beginning in Mumbai on October 19.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
3 NDFB ultras killed, arms, ammunition recovered
Guwahati: The Army on October 18 shot dead three activists of the banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam's Sonitpur district.
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