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India begins troops pullout, to complete in 2 months
New Delhi: India has begun pullout of troops from along the international border with Pakistan and the whole process including de-mining operations would be completed within next two months, Defence Minister George Fernandes said on October 24.
US in EU's firing line on climate change
New Delhi: European Union (EU) hit out at the United States saying that others have to foot the bill for the latter's refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on reducing emission of greenhouse gases.
India condemns terrorist act of Chechen rebels
New Delhi: India on October 24 denounced the terrorist act in a Moscow theatre where several hundred people have been taken hostage by Chechen rebels and asked the international community to take ''firm and decisive'' steps against all states, individuals and entities, which aid and abet terrorism.
Major 'polluter' US refuses to ratify Kyoto accord
New Delhi: India's efforts to build a consensus at the UN conference on Climate Change suffered a setback on October 24 with the major polluter United States refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which calls for the reduction of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Developed nations 'cold' on climate change: NGOs
New Delhi: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on October 24 charged industrialised nations with not being forthcoming with funds to developing countries to deal with impacts of global warming even as they asked the Third World not to put roadblocks in the adaptation process.
We haven't closed, we'll be back soon: Tehelka
New Delhi: Financial constraints have forced a "temporary suspension" of the Tehelka website, which carried out a sting operation on the alleged corruption in Defence deals, but the portal refuted that it was "closing down".
Ostracise countries supporting terror: Advani
New Delhi: Accusing Pakistan of using terrorism to achieve political objectives,
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on October 24 said the international community
should "ostracise" countries supporting terror.
SC orders Karnataka to release Cauvery water
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 24 held that Karnataka has prima facie
committed contempt by "deliberate non compliance" of its order on Cauvery water and directed it to release "some water" to Tamil Nadu immediately.
Mayawati meets Advani, discusses crisis in UP
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on October 24 met Deputy Prime
Minister L K Advani here and is understood to have exchanged views on the crisis in the state following her recent Cabinet expansion.
SC flays K'taka for disobeying Cauvery order
New Delhi: Supreme Court on October 24 lambasted Karnataka for wilfully disobeying
the court's order for release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and observed that if
the state cites law and order situation as a ground for not implementing its orders, then it should go.
Manmohan optimistic about fresh talks with PDP
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh on October 24 said his party was
hopeful of sorting out problems with People's Democratic Party (PDP) on the issue of formation of a government in Jammu and Kashmir when Mufti Mohammed Sayeed meets
Sonia Gandhi on October 25.
PM 'much better', to meet RSS delegation today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, suffering from viral infection since October 20, is 'much better' on October 24 and will be meeting a Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) delegation led by its chief K S Sudarshan.
'No party can form govt in JK without NC support'
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on October 23
said no party or group of parties can form a government in the state without the
support of his party National Conference.
KASHMIR
Militant chief warns Mufti against joining govt
Muzaffarabad: A top commander of a Pakistan-based militant outfit on October 24 warned People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed against joining the new government in Jammu and Kashmir.
J&K: PDP softens stand ahead of talks with Cong
Anantnag: Ahead of the crucial talks on October 25 with the Congress on government formation, PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) on October 24 mellowed its hardline position on the much-vilified Special Task Force (STF) of the police and made right noises to Congress but made no reference to the chief minister-ship.
PDP panel meets to formalise stand on govt formation
Srinagar: Ahead of a crucial meeting between People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and Congress leaders in Delhi on October 25, the political
affairs committee (PAC) of PDP met here on October 24 morning to formulate its stand on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.
NORTH
Congress will emerge strong in UP as in JK : Sonia
Moradabad: Buoyed by the party's success in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on October 24 said the Congress' fortunes would soon change in Uttar Pradesh too as the people were "fed up with the misrule" of the Centre and state governments.
Shivani's husband identifies recovered gold chain
New Delhi: The gold chain that was allegedly stolen from slain journalist Shivani Bhatnagar on the day of the murder was on October 24 identified by her husband.
Frantic efforts on to defuse crisis in UP BJP
Lucknow: BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) general secretary Rajnath Singh was on October 24 rushed by the party leadership to Lucknow to defuse the stand off between the dissident party legislators in Uttar Pradesh and state leaders on the saffron party's ties with the Mayawati government.
5 members of Chhota Rajan gang arrested in Kanpur
Kanpur: Five members of the Chhota Rajan gang were arrested by Etawa police on
October 23, a senior police official said.
SOUTH
SC remarks on Cauvery trigger protests in Mandya
Mandya: Farmers of Indavalu and Yaliyur in Mandya district on October 24 resorted to road blockades after the Supreme Court passed sharp remarks against the state government for disobeying its orders to release Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu.
SC concerned with K'taka's stand on Cauvery
New Delhi: Raising a serious issue for the Central government, the Supreme Court on October 24 said that India's federal structure has been "dented" by the manner in which Karnataka government chose not to implement its orders for release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
Cauvery: Krishna may hold Cabinet meet tomorrow
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna is expected to convene a Cabinet meeting on October 25 following Supreme Court's sharp remarks against the state for "wilfully" disobeying its orders on release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu.
Farmers threaten to resume stir on Cauvery
Mandya: The farmers' body spearheading the Cauvery agitation in Mandya district on
October 24 threatened to resume its stir if the state government released water to
Tamil Nadu following a fresh directive from the Supreme Court.
K'taka High Court adjourns Mani bail plea to next week
Bangalore: Karnataka High Court on October 24 adjourned to next week the hearing of the bail application of Tamil activist Kolathur Mani, whom the forest brigand
Veerappan has demanded as an emissary to negotiate the release of abducted former
minister H Nagappa.
TN constitutes panel to review POTA detentions
Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on October 24 constituted a two-member committee to
review Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) detentions in the state.
7 hurt, 1 critical in Hyderabad cracker explosion
Hyderabad: Seven persons, including two girls were injured when fire crackers
exploded in a house at Chaknawadi area here on October 23 night, police said on
October 24.
EAST
4 killed, 3 injured in cracker explosion in Bihar
Patna: Four persons, including a child, were killed and three others critically
injured when powerful crackers exploded in a dealer's shop at Bhagalpur in Bihar,
police said on October 24.
WEST
Speculation rife, Guj poll officials rush to Delhi
Ahmedabad: Giving indications that the dates for the much awaited polls to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly could be announced soon, state chief electoral officer
Gurcharan Singh and his deputy on October 24 rushed to New Delhi and "are scheduled for a routine meeting with the chief election commissioner (CEC) J M Lyngdoh".
Salman Khan released on bail in car mishap case
Mumbai: Incarcerated film actor Salman Khan, charged with culpable homicide not
amounting to murder in a hit and run case, was on October 24 released on bail by a
sessions court.
Fresh bout of selling puts SENSEX under pressure
Mumbai: The SENSEX opened moderately lower and dipped further in line with downward movements in select heavyweighted counters at early stages on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on October 24 due to fresh selling by investors.
NORTH EAST & SIKKIM
Three NDFB militants killed in Assam encounter
Guwahati: Three National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants were killed in an encounter with the Army in lower Assam's Nalbari district on October 24, police sources said.
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