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Monday,
October 10,
2005, Chandigarh, India
Updated
at 3:00 am (IST)
Death toll 30000, still rising
Many towns flattened
Islamabad, October 9
An estimated 30,000
persons were killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir by a massive earthquake, the region’s Minister for Works and Communication, Mr Tariq Farooq, said today.
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700 perish in J&K
Uri, October 9
Stepping up rescue and relief efforts, troops joined by local people today struggled to
access remote villages and sifted through rubbles of
flattened houses pulling out more bodies in quake-hit Kashmir valley as the death count in the killer tremblor leapfrogged past 700. |
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Should Punjab have a nuclear power
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A Kashmiri woman wails near the debris of her house in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir; and (right) three-year-old Nahida Kousar recovers in a Jammu hospital on Sunday after the devastation caused by Saturday’s earthquake. — PTI and Reuters
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Help
yet to reach needy
Uri, October 9
The 60-year old Rasheeda Begum was
fending for herself even till today as no one had come forward to help
her injured husband to be evacuated for medical assistance to the nearby
medical camp, more than 36 hours after the tragedy struck the entire
region.
Children look at a huge crack caused by an earthquake in Simbal camp, about 25 km southwest of Jammu, on Sunday. — Reuters |
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QUOTE
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Sachin makes such a big difference to the team. Individually, he has been very successful. I hope that from his own point of view as well as that of the team he does well here.
— Greg Chappell
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Sonia,
Pranab visit Uri
Uri, October 9
The UPA Chairperson, Ms Sonia
Gandhi, here today assured all possible help from the Central and state
governments to the quake victims in Jammu and Kashmir.
Subcontinent susceptible to natural disasters
Hyderabad, October 9
About 54 per cent of the subcontinent’s landmass is vulnerable to earthquakes, said M. Sashidhar Reddy, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority.
President’s anguish over Bihar
New Delhi, October 9
The President, Dr A.P.J. Kalam has shared his anguish with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh at the turn of events in Bihar following the Supreme Court’s verdict holding the imposition of President’s rule as “unconstitutional”.
Sack Patil and Buta: SP
New Delhi, October 9
The Samajwadi Party today demanded immediate removal of Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Bihar Governor Buta Singh in the wake of Supreme Court striking down the Presidential order dissolving the state Assembly.
Nation page:
Sonia
deceiving people of Bihar: Jaitley
Editorial: In-house
review
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2 convicts rape woman as cops stand guard
Amritsar, October 9
A convict, serving a sentence in the local high security central jail, along with another convict, raped his estranged wife in an abandoned house with the connivance of the police personnel, who had escorted them to the Civil Hospital, and doctors, the police said today.
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Quake rocks subcontinent
October 9, 2005
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SC quashes order on House dissolution
October 8, 2005
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Disinvestment
of BHEL put on hold
October 7, 2005
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AMU to move Apex Court against
High Court order
October 6, 2005
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India,
Pak take step forward on Sir Creek
October 5, 2005
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India, Pak heading for Siachen breakthrough
October 4, 2005
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Shahabuddin
booked for ‘appearing’ in exam
October 3, 2005
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Deepender Hooda wins by huge margin
October 2, 2005
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Nationwide
CBI raids
October 1, 2005
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Govt clears armed forces tribunal
September 30, 2005
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LNG, gas pipeline deals on, says Iran
September 29, 2005
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