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17 Pak, 8 Indian soldiers killed in border firing
SRINAGAR, Nov 10 — Eight Army personnel, including a Captain, were killed and 12 others injured in attacks by Pakistani intruders and intensified shelling on two border posts in north Kashmir today, Army sources said.

Pak Deputy High Commissioner summoned
NEW DELHI, Nov 10 — India today summoned the Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner to convey New Delhi’s strong protest at the anti-India tirade during the annual congregation of Lashkar-e-Toiba at Muridke near Lahore.		 Former SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra with the re-elected SGPC chief, Bibi Jagir Kaur
Former SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra with the re-elected SGPC chief, Bibi Jagir Kaur, at Teja Singh Samundri hall in Amritsar on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma

Jagir Kaur re-elected SGPC chief
AMRITSAR, Nov 10 — Bibi Jagir Kaur was re-elected President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, known as the mini Parliament of the Sikhs, with a comfortable margin of 77 votes.
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Orissa cyclone relief: an appeal
Never has Orissa seen death, devastation and disruption of life on such a scale as the supercyclone has caused. Lush paddy fields have turned into watery graves for human beings and cattle. Efforts are on to save the starving, the marooned and the disease-hit. We appeal to the readers to rise to the occasion as they did during the Kargil crisis and donate liberally.
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Cyclone toll doubles to 7,474
NEW DELHI, Nov 10 — The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today constituted a high-powered task force under the chairmanship of the Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes, to direct and coordinate all Central rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures in the cyclone-affected areas of Orissa.

Kalyan to propose Gupta’s name
NEW DELHI, Nov 10 — The BJP today dismissed reports about a possible revolt by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Kalyan Singh, as "speculation" and expressed the confidence that there would be smooth sailing for the next Government headed by Mr Ram Prakash Gupta.


Goons rule over Cuttack at night
CUTTAK, Nov 10 — As soon as the sun sets, the cyclone-ravaged Cuttack turns into a ghost city. An unusual calm prevails over the city, having a population of over 200,000, as anti-socials and goons take to the streets.


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We have to start crisis management in UP. Orissa can wait!
by Sandeep Joshi
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