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Tuesday, October 17, 2006, Chandigarh, India
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SC pulls up government on quota in IITs, IIMs
New Delhi, October 16
In spite of the Veerappa Moily committee recommending the implementation of the 27 per cent OBC quota at institutes of higher learning in a phased manner from June 2007, the government today told the Supreme Court that it would not be implemented unless a law was passed by Parliament.

Panel on job quota in private sector

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a coordination committee to go into the issue of private sector’s affirmative action on job reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The committee would submit an interim report in six months and a final report in a year, he added.

Blue influx leaves city littered
Chandigarh, October 16
 If dharnas and rallies are a weapon to make a political point, they are also a scourge for the common man. Unprepared for a massive influx of workers of both the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the city was virtually under siege for more than eight hours today.

 SAD, BJP target PM, Amarinder
 Chandigarh page: SAD-BJP rally chokes city roads

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Shoaib, Asif in dope net
Withdrawn from Champions Trophy
Karachi/Jaipur, October 16
 Pakistan cricket plunged into another scandal today with its spearhead fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif testing positive for a banned drug after which they were recalled home from Jaipur and now face the risk of being banned for two years.


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Cop Pinky surrenders
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 Fatehgarh Sahib, October 16
 Setting aside speculations about his whereabouts, controversial cat-turned-encounter specialist Gurmeet Singh, alias Pinky, currently Inspector with the Fatehgarh Sahib police, surrendered in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate here this morning.

Bush phones PM, discusses nuclear deal
New Delhi, October 16
United States President George W. Bush today telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed a whole range of issues, including the Indo-US nuclear deal and nuclear weapon test conducted by North Korea.

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Navy Chief calls Barak “incomparable”
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New Delhi, October 16
Navy Chief Admiral Arun Prakash today came out strongly in support of the controversial Barak missile saying it was a “very good and incomparable”system.

No derogatory remarks on Kalam, explains Fernandes
New Delhi, October 16
NDA Convener George Fernandes is of the view that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been a silent spectator to the gross and unprecedented misuse of the CBI by his government to browbeat political opposition.

Sinha rejects Pervez claim
New Delhi, October 16
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today rejected Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s claim that his famous handshake with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Kathmandu Summit had the “desired effect” in Islamabad two years after the failed Agra Summit.

Scheme in Ganga basin to help HP
New Delhi, October 16
Himachal Pradesh is one of the beneficiary from the government-approved sanction of a revised scheme amounting to Rs 305.03 crore for anti-erosion work in the Ganga basin.




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