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12 massacred in Bihar
DALTONGANJ (Bihar), Nov 18 — In a gruesome incident, 12 persons, including seven children, were killed as about 200 assailants swooped down on Loto village in Palamu district last night, but the police was clueless about the identity of the assailants. Earlier, police sources had said the victims, belonging to a minority community family, which was reportedly sympathiser of a Naxalite outfit.		 Major General Salim Ulha (Pakistan), left, greets Inspector General Avtar Singh Aulakh of the BSF

Major General Salim Ulha (Pakistan), left, greets Inspector General Avtar Singh Aulakh of the BSF at the Wagah border on Thursday. The four-day meeting, during which border disputes are discussed, is the first to take place since the Kargil conflict in May. —AP/PTI
HC judge to probe jail riot
CHENNAI, Nov 18 — Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi today ordered a judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge into the rioting and police firing in the central prison here yesterday which left nine prisoners and one jail official dead.
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Sonia pleads for Nalini’s life
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 — The Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, favours that the life of Nalini, who has been sentenced to death in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, be spared.

PM briefs President on CHOGM
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 — Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had a 50-minute meeting with President K.R. Narayanan at Rashtrapati Bhavan during which he is understood to have appraised the Head of State about the details of the CHOGM at Durban.
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Orissa cyclone relief: an appeal
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Sharif not produced in court
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 — Pakistan’s deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was flown to Karachi to stand trial on charges of treason and hijacking, was not produced before the anti-terrorism court today and the court adjourned the hearing of the case till Saturday.

Hospital land to go to PUDA
AMRITSAR, Nov 18 — The cash-strapped Punjab Government has decided to sell prime ‘surplus land’ of government hospitals to the Punjab Urban Development Authority at throwaway prices.


Education crumbles in cyclone
KENDRAPARA, Nov 18 — For 12-year-old Biswajit it has been a long holiday ever since the supercyclone pounded his school in a remote village in Kendrapara district a fortnight ago.


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IN PASSING
IN PASSING
We have changed the engine, the wagons are old.
by Sandeep Joshi
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