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Pak rejects no-first strike offer
Sharif calls for resolution
on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 — Pakistan today rejected India’s offer of a no-first use pact on nuclear weapons, even as both the sides agreed to form a joint panel of experts to explore mutual confidence measures and "full range" of peace and security issues. 		Mr K.Raghunath, Indian foreign Secretary, being received by his counterpart, Mr Shamshad Ahmed, at Islambadad airport
ISLAMABAD: Mr K.Raghunath (right), Indian Foreign Secretary, being received by his counterpart, Mr Shamshad Ahmed, at Islambadad airport on Thursday night. — AP/PTI

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N. Irishmen get Nobel Prize
OSLO, Oct 16 — Mr John Hume and Mr David Trimble today won the Nobel Prize for Peace for their efforts to resolve the three-decade-old northern Ireland conflict culminating in the peace agreement signed this spring.		 Crusader, hardliner share prize

’84 riots: HC upholds death penalty of 3
NEW DELHI, Oct 16 — The Delhi High Court today upheld the death sentence of three persons found guilty of murder during the 1984 riots by the trial court, but acquitted two more due to lack of evidence against them.

Salman’s bail petition rejected
JODHPUR, Oct 16 — Matinee idol Salman Khan, under arrest here since October 12 on charges of poaching protected antelopes, was today remanded in judicial custody till Oct 26 by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court which rejected his plea for bail.

Rain sparks fall in mercury Farmers suffer heavy loss
CHANDIGARH, Oct 16 — Rain over the entire north-western region and snow in the upper reaches of the Himalayas since last evening has made temperatures plummet, heralding the onset of an early winter. CHANDIGARH, Oct 16 — Farmers in Punjab have suffered a loss of several hundred crores of rupees due to the spell of inclement weather. Paddy procurement operations have been affected.

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Villagers brave it out on border
MALJODA (Akhnoor), Oct 16 — BSF Head Constable Mannu Singh, hailing from Itawa in Uttar Pradesh, had purchased some new garments and toys for his children. He was due to leave the BSF post on October 15 to go to his village after his leave application had been sanctioned. He wanted to be with members of his family on Divali.

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He has started sleeping in uniform just in case Sushmaji visits his police station!
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