Thursday, April 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Looting erupts in Baghdad
*14 civilians killed in bombing
*Saddam’s fate not known
Dubai, April 9
The Saddam Hussein regime seemed to have collapsed in Baghdad today with US troops expanding and consolidating their control and large-scale looting breaking out in the Iraqi capital amidst scenes of jubilation after three weeks of war. In video (28k, 56k)

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  Putin invites Chirac, Schroeder for talks
  Red Cross suspends Baghdad operations
  Arabs ask for UN session

A statue of Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad on Wednesday. US troops pulled down the 20-foot-high statue and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man. — Reuters photo

Deal between allies, Iraqi top brass hinted
New Delhi, April 9
A senior Kuwaiti diplomat here disclosed today that the USA was in communication with senior leaders of Iraq’s ruling Baath Party as well as the top brass of the Iraqi armed forces and indicated that “some sort of compromise formula” might have been worked out between them and the coalition forces.

Parliament adopts resolution on Iraq
New Delhi, April 9
As Saddam Hussein’s regime appeared crumbling on the streets of Baghdad, Parliament today adopted a unanimous resolution deploring the US-led war on Iraq. 
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  Edit page: Calculations about post-Saddam Iraq

No case of SARS in India, says government
Indian Airlines pilots reluctant to fly to infected countries
New Delhi, April 9
Asserting that no case of dreaded SARS has been reported in the country so far, the government today said it had taken a number of steps at international airports and ports including the screening of passengers to the check entry of the mysterious disease.

Snag delays INSAT-3A launch
Bangalore, April 9
The multi-purpose Indian national satellite INSAT-3A will be launched into space by Ariane 5G in the early hours tomorrow after a day’s postponement due to an anomaly in a transmitter of the satellite. The Indian Space Research Organisation announced this evening that the launch would take place between 4.19 am and 5 am IST tomorrow.

All clear for Haryana online lottery
Chandigarh, April 9
Decks have been cleared for the much-publicised online lottery in Haryana following negotiations between a high-level official committee and the representatives of five companies who had responded to the Haryana Government’s invitation.

Jammu migrants twice cursed First bullets, now government apathy Jammu, April 9 About 400 families of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh migrants from terrorism-hit districts of Rajouri, Poonch and Doda in Jammu division are living in a miserable condition on the banks of the Tawi at Belicharana here. A migrant from Rajouri, Begum Jehan, cooks food outside her shanty in Jammu. — Photo Sarabjit Singh J&K page: Govt assurances fail to arrest Pandits’ exodus