Friday, October 18, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Governor’s rule in J&K
Farooq refuses to be caretaker CM
Srinagar, October 17
Governor’s rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir late tonight after a week-long stalemate over the formation of a new government and Dr Farooq Abdullah declining to continue as caretaker Chief Minister.
According to an official spokesman, the Governor, Mr Girish Chander Saxena, this evening initiated action for the imposition of Governor’s rule in the state.
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Criminal case against Thackeray
Sena threatens govt of dire consequences
Mumbai, October 17
Bal ThackerayTaking a serious view of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s call to Hindus for forming suicide squads to combat terrorism, the Maharashtra Government today slapped a criminal case accusing him of promoting communal disharmony, a move described by the saffron party as “politically motivated”.
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Troop pullout may take some time
New Delhi, October 17
It will take some time before the actual movement of troops starts from the international border with Pakistan.
Sources cited logistic problems and the distances involved at various places which could delay the return movement of the troops.

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Pak also to withdraw forces
Islamabad, October 17
Giving a “positive response” to India’s decision to pull back troops from the Indo-Pak border, Pakistan today announced it would “shortly” withdraw its forces as well to their “peace-time locations.”

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Fiscal reforms irreversible: PM
New Delhi, October 17
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today called for a broad-based approach towards terrorism and religious extremism while maintaining that India’s economic reform process was irreversible.

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Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee with FICCI president R. S. Lodha at the opening ceremony of the India-ASEAN trade summit in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Plot to kill Advani: charges framed
Mumbai, October 17
A Sessions Court today framed charges against six members of the Dawood Ibrahim gang, facing the charge of criminal conspiracy to kill key politicians, including Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani. The gangsters were charged with an offence under Section 121-A of the IPC, a stringent law regarding waging war against nation.

A case of mistaken identity
Lynching of innocent Dalits in Jhajjar
Chandigarh, October 17
It was a case of mistaken identity which led to the lynching of five innocent persons by a mob in Jhajjar district on Dasehra day. The mob mistook the victims, who were Dalits, for cow slaughterers. Preliminary investigations into the shocking incident suggest that the victims were, in fact, traders of animal skins, according to highly placed sources.

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