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Lankan Parliament suspended
* Kumaratunga acts in PM’s absence
* 3 ministers sacked
* Army deployed
Colombo, November 4
In a surprise move, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga today sacked three key ministers, suspended Parliament and deployed troops while her arch-rival Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was away in Washington, throwing the country into political crisis and raising questions over the future of the faltering peace process.

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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, long-time political rivals, chat during a ceremony to mark Sri Lanka’s 54th independence day celebrations in Colombo in this file photo taken on February 4, 2002 Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga (right) and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, long-time political rivals, chat during a ceremony to mark Sri Lanka’s 54th independence day celebrations in Colombo in this file photo taken on February 4, 2002. — AP/PTI photo






Malik confessed to Kanishka bombing, says witness
Vancouver, November 4
A key witness in the Air-India trial has testified that one of the chief accused had confessed to the bombing of the Kanishka flight and had the blessing of his Sikh spiritual adviser in carrying out the plot.

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Mulford’s appointment as US Ambassador approved
New Delhi, November 4
India has approved the “agrement” of Mr David C. Mulford, a Republican politician close to President George W. Bush, who has been proposed by Washington as the next US Ambassador to India, diplomatic sources here told The Tribune today.

17 Punjab district police chiefs shifted
Chandigarh, November 4
The Punjab Government today ordered a major shake-up in the police. The transfers have been ordered when the DGP, Mr A.A. Siddiqui, is away to Delhi. The chiefs of 17 of the 23 police districts have either been replaced or sent to other districts.









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PDP leader among six killed
Srinagar, November 4
A People’s Democratic Party leader and a jawan were among six persons killed in militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, an official spokesman said here today.

Mourners offer prayers near the coffin of Ghulam Mohammad Ganai, a senior member of the People’s Democratic Party, in Pampore, 15 km south of Srinagar, on Tuesday. Ganai was shot dead by militants. — Reuters pages		 Mourners offer prayers near the coffin of Ghulam Mohammad Ganai, a senior member of the People’s Democratic Party, in Pampore, 15 km south of Srinagar, on Tuesday. Ganai was shot dead by militants.
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 9 convicted in Hashmi case
Ghaziabad, November 4
A local court has convicted nine persons for the murder of noted theatre activist Safdar Hashmi here 14 years ago. Additional District Sessions Judge C D Rai yesterday found the accused guilty after examining about 24 witnesses and will sentence them on Wednesday.

 Editorial: Murders most foul

Report indicts Himachal varsity VC
Shimla, November 4
Mr Arvind Kaul, Chief Secretary, submitted the report of the inquiry conducted by him into the allegations against Dr S.D. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University, to the Governor, Mr V.S. Kokje, here today.

First abandoned, then found carrying HIV
Prayers to save little Nikita
Jalandhar, November 4
She is too innocent to know why nature has played such a dual cruel joke with her, first by having been abandoned in fields and then by having detected to be HIV positive at the tender age of about two months.
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