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Food riots in Orissa
Mob attacks Fernandes' chopper
BHUBANESWAR, Nov 1 — Food riots have broken out in Orissa’s cyclone ravaged coastal districts, including the state capital, even as the rescue and relief teams of armed forces struggled to access the worst hit areas today, three days after the calamity struck.
Aerial survey by Sonia Gandhi		 Army vehicles try to make their way through the inundated National Highway No 5 at Jaleswar in Balasore district of the cyclone-ravaged Orissa on Sunday.

Army vehicles try to make their way through the inundated National Highway No 5 at Jaleswar in Balasore district of the cyclone-ravaged Orissa on Sunday. — PTI photo
Kashmir core issue: Musharraf
Sets up accountability bureau
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 — Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf today said that he wanted to settle all of his country’s disputes with India, but warned New Delhi that "hostility will be met with hostility’’.
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Pope John Paul IINo VHP protests during visit
NEW DELHI, Nov 1 — Senior VHP leader Acharya Giriraj Kishore today said his organisation would not hold any protests of "dharnas" during the visit of Pope John Paul II here from November 5 to 8.

Hike in rail fare ruled out
LUCKNOW, Nov 1 — Union Minister of State for Railways Digvijay Singh today ruled out the possibility of a hike in the rail fare, saying the resources for development of Railways would be made available by commercial use of the railway property.

Badal goes fund hunting
NEW DELHI, Nov 1 — The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today urged the Centre to set up a separate Rs 10,000-crore corpus to help the states provide incentives for economic reforms all over the country on a uniform pattern.

Kewal Singh may be told to quit
AMRITSAR, Nov 1 — As pressure has been mounting on Giani Kewal Singh, Jathedar Damdama Sahib, to quit his post immediately after the registration of a case under Section 304-B of the IPC against him at Talwandi Sabo on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Bibi Jagir Kaur, president SGPC has said that 'suitable decision' would be taken at an appropriate time to uphold the honour and prestige of the Takht.


 80 pc VDC members not
paid for 6 months
JAMMU, Nov 1 — Over 80 per cent of the 1400 Village Defence Committee members have not received their paltry wages for the past six months due to severe cash crisis and on account of a wide gap between the committee sanctioned by the Centre and the number that function in reality.

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