Terror strikes in North-East
35 dead, 100 injured as blasts rock Dimapur

Dimapur, October 2 Two simultaneous bomb blasts in Dimapur Railway station and Hongkong Market in Nagaland left at least 35 persons dead and 100 injured on the birthday of the apostle of non-violence, Mahatma Gandhi, today.	Debris and bodies of blast victims lie inside Dimapur railway station in Nagaland on Saturday. — Reuters photo
Ultras gun down 19 in Assam

PM briefs Advani, Jaswant on meeting with Musharraf
New Delhi, October 2
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh today and in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani, respectively, yesterday as part of his plan to brief the allies as well as the Opposition on his meetings with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and US President George Bush in New York last week.

Rain hits paddy crop in Malwa Bathinda, October 2 Heavy rain in the region has taken a toll on thousands of tonnes of paddy lying in the grain markets of Malwa, besides hitting the standing paddy crop.
A farmer tries to save his paddy stock at the grain market after rain lashed Bathinda on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Kulbir Beera

Punjab page: Rain has farmers worried

‘Sold’ widow faces police indifference
Chandigarh, October 2
Back home in Jalandhar, Sarabjeet Kaur is already losing hope of justice, courtesy indifference of cops who have not yet registered a case on her complaint.

NSG smells sabotage as Army finds more rockets
Ghaziabad, October 2
At least 18 more rockets were found today as the Army, called in by the UP Government following the state experts' inability to handle the huge quantity of explosives, continued to scour through truck-loads of scrap from Iran, two days after an explosion killed 10 persons and injured eight at a factory here.

Snowfall in Himachal
Shimla, October 2
Higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh experienced fresh snowfall today, plumetting the temperature in the region. The high altitude areas in the tribal district of Lahaul Spiti and Kinnaur experienced snowfall since this morning, while Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul Spiti, received rain today.