Thursday, November 27, 2003, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Guns remain silent
BSF men, Rangers exchange sweets
Jammu, November 26
Security personnel of India and Pakistan exchanged sweets on Id today after the ceasefire began yesterday. The BSF, which guards the international border along the districts of Jammu and Kathua, said no firing was reported from anywhere.

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Celebrating Id after 14 years
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President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam receives a rose from a child on the occasion of Id at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. Muslims celebrate Id across the country.
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President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam receives a rose from a child on the occasion of Id at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI

Ceasefire brings hope to traders
Amritsar, November 26
Buoyed by the ceasefire announced by India and Pakistan, local exporters are hopeful that Indo-Pakistan trade would commence after revival of land and rail service from here to Lahore.

Ceasefire holding; India wary of big attack
New Delhi, November 26
The ceasefire, which India and Pakistan effected from midnight last night along the International Border, Line of Control and Actual Ground Position Line, was holding well till this evening and no violations were reported, the Ministry of Defence said.

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Ahmedabad, November 26
The retest for the cancelled common admission test for the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management will be held on February 15 next year, IIM-A Director Bakul Dholakia said here today. The much-awaited fresh date was announced in a joint statement by the directors of six IIMs after a day-long meeting.
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Cast vote and lose hands, warn Maoists
Raipur, November 26
Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh have threatened to chop off the hands of people who dared to vote in the Assembly poll on December 1. Outlawed Maoist groups operating in six districts of Chhattisgarh have issued this warning, police officials say.

Vehicles burnt, factory damaged in mob violence
Gurgaon, November 26
A mob of 1000 persons which had gathered for “Namaz” on the occasion of Id turned violent and damaged a garment unit and burnt more than 20 vehicles in Udyog Vihar here this morning.

Widow fears for her life
Jahankhelan (Hoshiarpur),  November 26
Geeta, the 20-year-old woman, whose husband Jasbir was hacked to death allegedly by four Rajput youths yesterday in the main bazaar here, today said the killers, were threatening her and might even kill her for being a witness to the crime.

Geeta, Jasbir’s widow, shows old photographs at her in-laws’ house at Jahankhelan village in Hoshiarpur district on Wednesday. — Photo by Sukhwinder
Geeta, Jasbir’s widow, shows old photographs at her in-laws’ house at Jahankhelan village in Hoshiarpur district on Wednesday.

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