Indo-Pak talks run into trouble
*Pak wants reduction of troops in J&K
*India says end infiltration first

New York, September 15 The Indo-Pakistan talks ran into trouble late last night with both sides failing to make any significant move, except to reiterate their resolve not to allow terrorism to impede the peace process. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf points at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after their joint Press conference in New York on Thursday. — PTI photo

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No compromise on terror, Manmohan
tells UN
New York, September 15
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared here today India would not succumb to or compromise with terror in Jammu and Kashmir or elsewhere and emphasised that democratic governance within nations and in global institutions would also constitute a powerful weapon in meeting the global scourge of terrorism. In video (28k, 56k)

Sarabjit case will be considered: Musharraf
Misgivings will be removed, says Pervez

Blasts in 2 cracker factories
At least 34 killed, over 50 injured
Khusurupur (Patna), September 15
At least 34 persons, including five women and 10 children, were today killed and 50 injured, many of them seriously, in a series of explosions in two cracker factories here, about 50 km from Patna.

Punjab to enact law on medical fee structure
Chandigarh, September 15
The Punjab Government will bring a Bill in the coming session of the Punjab Assembly to regulate the functioning, fee structure and admission process in private medical, dental and other such professional colleges in the state.

Oil well at Dikom on fire
3,000 evacuated, relief camp set up
Guwahati, September 15
At least 3000 persons of three villages have been evacuated, following a fire at a leaking high pressure gas and crude well of Oil India Limited at Dikom, near Dibrugarh, late last night.

Firemen attempt to extinguish a blaze at an oil well in Dikom, about 520 km east of Guwahati, on Thursday. Hundreds of firemen battled to control a towering blaze at the damaged oil well sparked by natural gas escaping from the well head. — AFP photo

Army begins rescue work in Maharashtra
Mumbai, September 15
The Army has been called out in northern Maharashtra after heavy rains inundated parts of several districts in the region, according to state government officials. Sources say Bhandara district is the worst-hit.

Brazil, SA join India on UN reforms
New York, September 15
India, Brazil and South Africa have come together, demanding that sweeping UN reforms should be in place by the end of this year and emphasised that this will be incomplete without including developing countries as members of the decision-making Security Council.

Police protection to check illegal mining
Chandigarh, September 15
The Supreme Court has directed the Haryana Government to provide police protection to a lease-holder of stone quarries in the Khanak area of Bhiwani district so that unauthorised mining can be stopped.