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October 6 Diesel price increased 40 per cent Despite this increase, the oil pool deficit will not be wiped out. It will only be reduced to Rs 34 billion from the present level of Rs 52 billion, the Oil Co-ordination Committee said. Pakistan arrests Amanullah Khan After his arrest, Khan told JKLF workers that the front does not recognise the LoC and "once I am freed I will make another attempt to cross the LoC". JKLF says its activists crossed LoC Twelve members crossed over to the Indian side of Kashmir from PoK and hoisted flags on trees near the border, the organisation claimed. Troops on alert in view of JKLF threat Pakistani artillery targeted several areas along the LoC in Uri sector, killing four civilians. Clinton pleads with Senate to ratify CTBT The president argued that the ratification would help stop other countries, including India, Pakistan and China, from testing and deploying nuclear weapons. RAW 'trying to thwart' Iran-Pak ties "It is our earnest desire that there should be no deterioration in relations between Iran and Pakistan, but at the same time the Indians are straining every nerve to stop normalisation in these relations," said Pakistani Interior Minister Shujaat Hussain. AP seeks Rs 7.2 billion to tackle drought The chief minister urged the Centre to immediately release an ad-hoc assistance of Rs 2 billion to undertake relief work. High court comes to Bangarappa's aid The Karnataka high court quashed a trial court order to frame charges against the former chief minister for acquiring assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Indian students win honours at astronomy Olympiad All six participants won medals at the Fourth International Olympiad at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in the Ukraine. Two of them won gold medals. BJP ready to probe VHP funds, says minister "We will definitely take action against the Vishwa Hindu Parishad if it is proved that they are using foreign funds for political propaganda in India," said Ram Naik, minister of state for home affairs. THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS The EC's hidden agenda 'The commission's announcement that its notification to the President will mention the winning candidate's party affiliation is to make conspicuous that the Congress is the single largest party,' says Arvind Lavakare. V for Vajpayee 'It seems safe to say Vajpayee is well poised to cross 272, forget the 268+1 he had six months ago. As for Sonia Gandhi, well, even 239 -- with all her allies -- seems rather far-fetched,' says T V R Shenoy. October 5 JKLF pauses, to resume march on Tuesday The pro-independence organisation interrupted its march towards the Line of Control for a night after Pakistani security forces fired warning shots and teargas to prevent them from crossing into India. LoC peaceful despite JKLF threat But security forces are in a state of high alert in view of the organisation's threat to breach the LoC in the Poonch sector. Pokhran may hit biggest defence show The US and its highly reputed defence manufacturers are set to boycott Defexpo India '99 as sanctions are still in place. 4 more extremists killed in J&K Security forces killed four militants, including a foreigner. One jawan was injured while extremists shot at and critically injured a civilian at Pattan. Investigators link Andheri shootout to 'sexport' The armed attack on orchestra organiser Jagdish Panchal last month was paid for by Bombay's dance bar owners. Bill to seize fruits of corruption ready A law providing for forfeiture of properties is a 'crying necessity' as corruption in public life has struck deep roots in the administrative apparatus, the 166th Report of the 15th Law Commission said. Jaya repeats charges against TN CM The AIADMK chief said Karunanidhi had done injustice to the state by agreeing to delete a 'vital clause' in the original Cauvery draft scheme. THE REDIFF INTERVIEW 'Technology is not the issue... It is about managing the change' 'There is no denying that a lot of impetus has been provided by the leadership of Chandrababu Naidu. But at the same time, it not as if there was nothing before that or that everything will come to a halt if he is not around,' says R Chandrashekhar, one of the brains behind Andhra's IT revolution. THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS Election khichadi IV 'The truth is that in this country, women are fair game. Should they try and achieve anything of consequence you can always put them down using sexist comments. You can take male columnists out of their jocks, but you can't take the jocks out of their mindset,' says Varsha Bhosle. Parivar and the Family 'This election is, for sure, the BJP's last hurrah. Now that it has undergone an image makeover and become another Congress party -- a cleaner version, if you will -- there is no way it will be able to withstand the Dynasty's appeal in the next round,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy. India's nuclear deterrent is not country-specific 'What is missing from the doctrine paper are the command and control mechanism, involvement of armed forces, the cost of the nuclear deterrent, and linkages with ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons. Yet, this is the first positive short step in the long march to attaining nuclear capability,' says Major General Ashok K Mehta. 'If Indians are ready to do it, what can we Italians do?' 'The editor concludes that Sonia was such a poor student that not one of her contemporaries whom he met was willing to vouchsafe that she cleared her high-school examination.' Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi durbar. Archives |
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