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Army to counter N-threat: Chief
NEW DELHI, Sept 30 — Gen. S.
Padmanabhan, who today took over as the Chief of Army Staff, said that he would work towards modifying the Army’s tactical systems to meet the challenge posed by the advent of nuclear weapons in the
neighbourhood.
Five of a
family shot dead
JAMMU, Sept 30 — Militants struck in Gursain village in the Mendhar area of Poonch by killing five family members of a forest guard, Gulzar
Hussain.
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CPM no more national party
NEW DELHI, Sept 30 — The Election Commission today derecognised the Communist Party of India (Marxist) as a national party and froze the name and symbol of the Janata Dal.
The commission, however, recognised the two factions of the Janata Dal, led by Civil Aviation Minister, Sharad Yadav and former Prime Minister
H.D. Deve Gowda as state parties.
India lays
claim to UN seat
NEW DELHI, Sept 30 — India and Germany today staked their strong
claim for permanent membership of a reformed and expanded United
Nations Security Council. Jointly addressing a specially convened
press conference here, the German Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer
and the External Affairs Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh said India and
Germany were not “competitors” and would work together for the
enlargement of the UN Security Council.
Kashmir a
problem of past: US official
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 — The issues regarding Kashmir, Korea and Taiwan
are problems of the past and not future and should be resolved by the
parties concerned themselves, a senior US navy official has said.
Governorship for
SAD leader?
LOPOKE (Amritsar), Sept 30
— Even as the Shiromani Akali Dal has failed to retain Udham Singh
Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, it has been trying to have one of its senior
leaders as Governor of the newly created hill state of Uttaranchal to
overlook the interests of Punjabis there.
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