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Saturday, September 2, 2006, Chandigarh, India
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Bugti buried in secrecy
* No family member allowed at funeral ceremony
* Pak Opposition observes “black day”
Quetta, September 1
Pakistan’s combined Opposition observed “a successful black day” in various parts of the country on Friday, even as the army buried the body of slain Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti at his ancestral Dera Bugti cemetery amidst tight security and complete secrecy.
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Tribesmen bury the body of Baluch rebel leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in the Dera Bugti area of Baluchistan on Friday. World page: Race on to inherit Bugti’s legacy


Tribesmen bury the body of Baluch rebel leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in the Dera Bugti area of Baluchistan on Friday. — Reuters photo

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Sureesh Mehta to be new Naval chief
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 In key appointments in Armed Forces, seniormost naval officer and fighter pilot, Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta was today named as the country's new Chief of Naval Staff and Let Gen Thomas Mathew along with Let Gen Arvind Mahajan were appointed Adjutant General and Director General of the Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Corps.  Vice-Admiral Sureesh Mehta 

Indian detained at Paris airport
New Delhi, September 1
 Yet another Indian has faced the western paranoia about aircraft security, this time not on account of “suspicious behaviour” but because of “suspicious” checked-in baggage.

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Chandigarh, September 1
 There may be more than what meets the eye in the case pertaining to the removal of Lt Gen Deepak Summanwar from the post of Director-General Military Intelligence (DGMI) last month.

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 The crisis in the Congress-PDP coalition continued for the second consecutive day today with the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad impressing upon Muzaffar Hussain Beig not to resign from the Cabinet.

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Make peace with PDP, Cong leadership tells Azad
New Delhi, September 1
As relations between the two UPA allies in Jammu and Kashmir showed fresh signs of strain, the Congress Central leadership is learnt to have told its state Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to make peace with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), as it wants this partnership to survive. (Details on Nation page)

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An Iranian airliner caught fire on landing in the northeastern city of Mashhad today, killing at least 80 passengers, state television reported.

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 Mainstream and separatist political parties have expressed optimism over the proposed talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf during the forthcoming Havana NAM summit 
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Punjab changes pattern of releasing grant to aided schools
Chandigarh, September 1
 The Punjab Government has changed the pattern of releasing 95 per cent grant to aided schools to pay salaries to teaching and non-teaching staff. There are about 480 aided schools with a staff strength of 10,000 in Punjab.

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