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India Developing Launching Engine- India is on the verge of developing an engine that
would enable it to launch high-altitude communications satellites, a top space research
official said. The technology could also be used to build intercontinental ballistic
missiles....-Reuters
RSS opposes Bangaru's rehabilitation-The RSS strongly
disapproves of the ongoing moves to rehabilitate former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman whom they
had harshly described as a "failed swayamsevak."...-TNT
Letter with powdery
substance reaches Advani's office-The anthrax scare on Tuesday reached the doorsteps of Home Minister L K
Advani when a suspicious letter containing powdery substance and addressed to him reached
his office....-Zee News
Sahmat flays Imam’s
remarks against Shabana-The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (Sahmat) today strongly condemned the
remarks of Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari describing film actress and MP
Shabana Azami as a ''nautch girl and prostitute'' and demanded an apology from him....-Deccan Herald
Govt gets power to suspend
passports-The
government today promulgated an ordinance under which the Centre and the state governments
can suspend the passport and travel documents of any citizen suspected to be belonging to
terrorist, militant, subversive and other anti-national organisations....-The Tribune
Juniors arrive to
rousing welcome-The
Indian junior hockey team returned with the World Cup from Hobart to a rousing welcome
here today. Hundreds of hockey fans, sports officials and media persons thronged the Palam
Airport in New Delhi as 12 members of the Indian squad arrived from Mumbai....-The Tribune
Al-Qaeda
online targets Indian websites-Pak and Arab hackers joined forces to wage Afghanistan’s war in
cyberspace. Groups like GForce Pakistan and Pakistani Hackerz Club have teamed up with
Palestinian hackers like Dodi to form a two-week-old Al Qaeda Alliance Online....-Hindustan Times
Secrecy around PSLV launch raises
questions-India's launch
of three satellites by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Monday without the usual
fanfare has raised questions whether the country has begun experimenting with spy
satellites....-Rediff
Don’t compare with
Pakistan, US tells India-There's a hectic exchange of signals in the run-up to the Prime
Minister’s meeting with US president George Bush on November 9. The cornerstone of
this exchange, both government-to-government...-Financial Express
AFGHANISTAN
Optionless Pak plans coup against Omar- If Taliban 'foreign
minister' Abdul Wakeel Muttawakil and the political machinations in Islamabad are any
indication, a coup against Mullah Omar may be in the offing....-TNT
US jets blast al-Qaeda base north of Kabul- US jets swooped down to strike
Taliban front lines and an Osama Bin Laden stronghold north of Kabul on Tuesday, watched
by opposition fighters hoping the American bombardment will open the way for their
advance....-The Times Of India
BANGLADESH
Attacks against Hindus in
Bangladesh condemned-Hundreds
of activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal and Hindu Mahasabha today
staged a demonstration outside the Bangladesh High Commission in the capital to protest
against the increasing attacks...-The
Hindu
BIHAR
CBI wants warrant on
Laloo-The CBI wants its
Ranchi special court, to direct the Bihar police to execute a non-bailable warrant on Mr
Laloo Prasad Yadav and others in connection with...-Statesman
CHINA & TIBBET
China denies any contact with Taliban-China on Tuesday vehemently
denied maintaining contacts with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and rejected reports
that it paid millions of dollars to terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden to get unexploded
US-made Cruise missiles launched at his camps in 1998....-The Times Of India
China to keep US cities
within target range: Powell-US Secretary of State Colin Powell, fresh from his talks with Chinese
leaders, has said that China will continue to keep American cities within striking
distance of its missiles and modernise its nuclear weapons....-Zee News
JAMMU - KASHMIR - LADAKH
Burqa
edict provokes defiance in Valley-There's defiance on the streets of Srinagar, where many young women have
stopped wearing the burqa, acting against a two-month-old diktat issued by the
Lashkar-e-Jabbar, a relatively unknown militant group....-NDTV
Kashmir is for Phase II: Advani-Mr L. K. Advani describes America’s current war
against the Taliban as Phase I of the drive against global terrorism. “In Phase II
they have promised support to India’s fight against terrorism in Kashmir,” says
the Union Home Minister....-The Tribune
PAKISTAN & SINDH
Decide whether you want peace
or conflict, Vajpayee tells Pak-A day after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf talked of teaching a
lesson to India, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Tuesday asked Pakistan to decide
whether it wanted peace or conflict....-Zee
News
US
helicopter came under fire in Pakistan: Pentagon-A US military helicopter came
under hostile fire in Pakistan over the weekend while refueling at a Pakistani airfield
during an operation to recover a second helicopter that had crashed on the night of a
commando raid into Afghanistan, the Pentagon disclosed Tuesday....-Sify
Pakistan
moves additional forces to the LoC-Pakistan has moved additional forces to the Line of
Control (LoC) along Jammu and Kashmir, its defence ministry today said. Pakistan has taken
necessary steps to counter the mobilisation of Indian forces on the Line of Control in
Jammu and Kashmir, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)....-Sify
Clashes erupt at Pakistan protest- Pakistani police wielding batons have beaten back
protesters demonstrating against the US-led strikes in the southern city of Jacobabad.At
least a dozen people were injured in the clashes close to the Shahbaz airbase, which
several militant Islamic groups claim...-BBC
Broke Pakistan waits for US aid- While Pakistan eagerly awaits
large infusion of foreign aid to revive its crippled economy, it is losing contracts,
projects, and key people because of its location in the war zone.....-The Times Of India
UTTAR PRADESH
LCP merges with Samajwadi Party- The Loktantrik Congress Party on
Tuesday merged with the Samajwadi Party. The merger took place in Faizabad where SP
president Mulayam Singh Yadav had led a protest rally against the BJP government...-The Times Of India
 
TES
functioning well: ISRO-The Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) launched by Indian
Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C3) from
Sriharikota on Monday is functioning well....-Sify
Vajpayee to visit Russia, US in November- He will meet President Vladimir Putin for
discussions covering the entire gamut of bilateral relations besides regional and
international issues of mutual concern....-Hindustan Times
UTI suffered Rs
5,000 cr loss on PSU investment-Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie said on Wednesday that the country's
largest mutual fund Unit Trust of India suffered a notional loss of over Rs 5,000 crore on
its investment in public sector undertaking (PSU) shares compared to what appreciation
could have been made on similar investment in bank deposits....-Pioneer
Charges against 11 framed in
Phoolan murder case-At
a hearing after 90 days of the incident, the Delhi Police today chargesheeted 11 persons
in connection with the sensational day light murder of Samajwadi Party MP Phoolen Devi
outside her residence at 44 Ashoka Road on July 25....-The Tribune
Not keeping promise
can’t be termed as cheating: SC-Giving a new interpretation to word cheating, the Supreme Court has ruled
that a mere failure to keep a promise by a person does not make him or her liable for
offence unless there is an intention to deceive under Section 420 of IPC....-Deccan Herald
VHP to go ahead with temple plans- The Vishwa Hindu Parishad is in
a defiant mood. Even after Prime Minister Vajpayee said in Lucknow that the storming of
the disputed structure at Ayodhya had harmed his efforts to find an amicable solution to
the temple dispute, the VHP is all set to launch...-Hindustan Times
Around the world for Rs 29,000- In a move to overcome recession,
the British Airways (BA) is offering travel agents an opportunity to buy travel coupons by
October 31, in exchange for return tickets to any international destination from Delhi and
Mumbai for Rs 29,000....-The Times Of
India
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