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Tuesday, November 9, 1999, Chandigarh, India
   
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Hectic activity in BJP over Kalyan
NEW DELHI, Nov 8 — There was hectic activity in the Bharatiya Janata Party camp here today with strong indications available that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Kalyan Singh, was on his way out. Senior party leaders from the State came to the Capital and held parleys with the Central leadership to discuss the imminent change.		 A shop in which 15 persons perished due to suffocation
A shop in which 15 persons perished due to suffocation while trying to escape the flames in Ashok Nagar market in Sonepat on Saturday.
— PTI photo
Sonepat fire
Residents recount cops' gallantry
SONEPAT, Nov 8 — Residents of Sonepat recounted the gallantry of constable Ashok Kumar of Haryana Police, who sacrificed his life while saving the victims on one of the worst Divali tragedies of recent times in which at least 45 persons were killed in the Kutcha Quarter Market in Ashok Nagar locality here on Saturday evening.
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'No conversion call' by Pope
NEW DELHI, Nov 8 — The Catholic Church of India today moved swiftly to contain the Sangh Parivar’s efforts to exploit the message of the Pope John Paul II by issuing a clarification that "evangelisation" did not mean a call for religious conversion. 		ope John Paul II is seen off by the Minister of State for External Affairs
Pope John Paul II is seen off by Minister of State for External Affairs Ajit Panja, and Foreign Secretary K. Raghunath on Monday.

Land strip full of bodies
Cyclone-hit cry for medical aid
BHUBANESWAR, Nov 8 — The death toll in the super cyclone rose to 3451, the government said, as Ersama, a seaside strip in the coastal district of Jagatsinghpur, submerged till yesterday, surfaced with hundreds of decomposed bodies and carcasses.

Quake rocks region
CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — Hundreds of residents of the city came out of their houses as an earthquake rocked the city late tonight.

No de-escalation on LoC: Pak
DOHA, Nov 8 — Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has vowed to continue the policy of de-escalation on the international border with India he announced last month but announced no extension of the policy to the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

Kathua bus mishap toll rises to 60
KATHUA, Nov 8 — Over 60 persons, including the Tehsildar of Bani, four policemen, 10 teachers, were killed and 17 injured in a bus mishap near here on Saturday. A Banihal route bus skidded off the road and fell down into a 350-foot gorge at Jandrali on the Bani-Basohli road in Kathua district.


Kashmir VC escapes bid on life
SRINAGAR, Nov 8 — The Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University, Mr M.Y. Qadiri, escaped an attempt on his life and a couple had been killed since yesterday in militancy-related activities in the valley, official sources said today.

Lost son , refused pension
CHANDIGARH, Nov 8 — "My tragedy was too deep for tears the day my only son, Capt M.S. Bhinder, perished in the Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy in Delhi three years ago after chivalrously saving the lives of 160 persons. His wife, Jot Roop, and their four-year-old son, Ruskin, too perished in the fire with him.

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