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Friday, October 13, 2006, Chandigarh, India
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I got offers to underplay: Gibbs
New Delhi, October 12
Avoiding the Delhi Police ever since the match-fixing scandal broke out in 2000, South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs today appeared before its Crime Branch which said he was part of the conspiracy and confessed to receiving offers twice to underperform but he never accepted the offer.
South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs arrives at the Delhi Police headquarters for questioning
South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs arrives at the Delhi Police headquarters for questioning in connection with a match-fixing and betting scandal case in New Delhi on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Rajeev Tyagi

BSNL to slash STD rates from Nov 1
New Delhi, October 12
As a Divali bonanza, the country’s leading telecom operator, the BSNL, today slashed the STD rates by 58 per cent, enabling 1.16 crore customers to make calls across the country for Re 1 per minute with rentals and other benefits.

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One-time settlement scheme introduced for Punjab farmers
Chandigarh, October 12
The Punjab Government has introduced a one-time settlement scheme( OTS) with regard to the recovery of dues from defaulter farmers who had secured loans from cooperative banks.

Mob fury over student’s suicide, Principal arrested
Jammu, October 12
An irate mob today ransacked the house of the school Principal who had so mercilessly beaten up and insulted a student that he committed suicide yesterday. The mob also attacked the private school— Harminder Public School — and smashed its windowpanes and furniture.


Younger brother of deceased Jatinder Singh, a Class IX student who had committed suicide on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sarbjeet Singh
Younger brother of deceased Jatinder Singh, a Class IX student who had committed suicide on Wednesday

Pak army is nation’s largest business conglomerate
Gen Pervez MusharrafNew Delhi, October 12
The US may be talking of the gradual democratisation of Pakistan, but the country’s army may be in no mood to relinquish power given its proliferating commercial interests.

Regrouping of ultras rings alarm bells
New Delhi, October 12
The Ministries of External Affairs and Home are understood to have sent classified reports to the Prime Minister’s Office regarding a disturbing development in the neighbourhood: regrouping of Jamiat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

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Kolkata, October 12
A huge cache of sophisticated firearms, including automatic rifles, revolvers, cartridges, landmines and other explosives was found unearthed in the Behala area, near Kolkata today, following a raid jointly by the Army and the city police.

Barak deal: CBI may seek Israel’s help
New Delhi, October 12

The CBI is contemplating about sending a Letter Rogatory (LR) to Israeli authorities seeking their cooperation in the probe into the payment of commission in the multi-crore Barak Missile Systems deal with an Israeli firm.
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Literature Nobel for Turkey novelist
Orhan PamukStockholm, October 12
Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s best-known novelist and incendiary social commentator, today won the 2006 Nobel prize for Literature. In its citation for the 10 million Swedish crown ($1.36 million) prize, the Swedish Academy said: “In the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, (Pamuk) has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures”.

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