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NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — A shower of sparkling meteors stormed the planet Earth past midnight Tuesday, producing a grand cosmic show watched by millions of Indians.
Nature’s Divali was enacted in the sky as tiny meteoroids left behind by comet Tempel-Tuttle streaked past, putting up a display of spectacular fireworks that sometimes appeared as fireballs and sometimes as arrows.		 line
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S. K. Sareen , being welcomed at Air Force Station, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S. K. Sareen , being welcomed at Air Force Station, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma
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Tribune Matrimonials

 Seven dead, 38 hurt in J&K blasts
SRINAGAR, Nov 17 — Seven persons were killed and 38 injured in a series of four explosions in Jammu and Kashmir since yesterday.Four civilians were killed and one injured when a device planted by suspected militants went off at Madana-Surankote in Poonch district this morning.

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Court seeks fresh CBI report on Rao's role in urea scam
NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — A Delhi court today sought a report from the CBI within two months regarding material available against former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao’s son Prabhakar Rao in the Rs 133-crore urea scam case while framing charges against eight accused in the case.

Blacklisting of agencies: India-US talks may be hit
NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — The US move to blacklist 240 Indian government agencies, private companies and research institutions may cast its shadow on the next round of talks between the Prime Minister’s special emissary, Mr Jaswant Singh and American Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott.

BJD crisis deepens
BHUBANESWAR, Nov 17 — The state executive of crisis-ridden Biju Janata Dal today ratified all decisions taken by Party president Naveen Patnaik against dissidents and empowered him to take disciplinary action against any members indulging in anti-party activities.

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Takht to hold parallel celebrations
AMRITSAR, Nov 17 — Bhai Ranjit Singh, Akal Takht chief, and the Sant Samaj have decided to hold tercentenary celebrations of the Khalsa Panth on their own, persuasion by the state government notwithstanding.

Neck and neck in Adampur
ADAMPUR (Jalandhar), Nov 17 — A tough triangular electoral battle is shaping up among the SAD, the Congress and the BSP for candidates the Adampur byelection scheduled for November 25. The byelection has become a trial of strength between Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and PCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh.
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