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Indian Foreign Secretary K. Raghunath speaks to journalists during a briefing with his Pakistani counterpart Shamshad Ahmed and Pakistani spokesman Tariq Altaf in Islamabad
Indian Foreign Secretary K. Raghunath (left) speaks to journalists during a briefing with his Pakistani counterpart Shamshad Ahmed (right) and Pakistani spokesman Tariq Altaf in Islamabad on Saturday. AP/PTI		 India, Pak agree to end risk of war
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 — The Indian delegation is returning to Delhi on the eve of Divali with a lot of thunder but not much light. So much hinges on every high-level Indo-Pakistan contact that quite a few people expect the participants to have Alladin’s lamp tucked somewhere in their luggage. When the hard rubbing does not bring out the genie, there is a sense of disappointment

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PM responds to Badal's SOS
NEW DELHI, Oct 18 — The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, has invited the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, to attend an emergency meeting here on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in the farm sector in the state as a result of the untimely, unprecedented rains.

Flood warning along Yamuna, Beas
YAMUNANAGAR, Oct 18 — Unprecedented rain in Yamuna's catchment area has created havoc in the entire region. It is learnt that for the first time since 1955 the water level has touched 5.41 lakh cusecs at Tajewala headworks in October.
...in Delhi too

Muddled paddy procurement
CHANDIGARH, Oct 18 — Paddy procurement operation is dreadfully muddled in Punjab, thanks to the lackadaisical handling by the state's agencies.

Rocket attacks kill 11 in Kabul
KABUL, Oct 18 — A string of rocket attacks on Kabul, the worst in two years, is taking a heavy toll on civilian life and has left at least 11 dead and cutting the last direct access routes to the outside world.

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Nathpa project in jeopardy
SHIMLA, Oct 18 — A question mark has been put on the completion of the 1500-MW Nathpa Jhakri power project with the World bank deciding to midway suspends its $ 437 million loan for the Asia's largest underground hydroelectric project. The decision of the World Bank has created panic as the project, near here, has remained in rough waters ever since work on it began in 1989.


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IN PASSING
IN PASSING
Sir, no need to worry, they are new toy bombs!
By Sandeep Joshi
 
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