‘Wounded’ Kalyan attacks Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Nov 25 — Ousted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh today launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and declared his next political move was "in the final stages" of making even as Mr Vajpayee sought to smoothen Mr Kalyan Singh's ruffled feathers.

PUNJAB: SAD leaders meet today HARYANA: INLD, BJP creating uncertainty: Vidrohi CHANDIGARH: Tantrik held, woman sent home JAMMU & KASHMIR: Copter service for Doda area HIMACHAL PRADESH: Workshop on role of community EDITORIAL: Exhortations & hard facts ARTS TRIBUNE: Is Chandigarh a recording Mecca?

CTBT revision likely : Pressler New regime on N-issues hinted NEW DELHI, Nov 25 — Republican Senator Larry Pressler today said the proposed visit by the US President, Mr Bill Clinton, to India offered prospects for a "breakthrough" on the comprehensive test ban treaty as the USA was expected to come up with important amendments relating to the contentious issue. Pak spells out N-strategy ISLAMABAD, Nov 25 — Pakistan’s military regime today spelt out its nuclear strategy asserting it would keep minimum nuclear deterrence as its guiding principle but refused to quantify it saying it would entirely depend on the Indian nuclear build up.

FCCI president G. P. Goenka with US Senator Larry Pressler at a meeting with industrialists in New Delhi on Thursday. —PTI photo

Shahbaz held for treason
KARACHI, Nov 25 — The brother of deposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-terrorist court today in a treason and conspiracy to murder case.

Captain, 21 militants killed SRINAGAR, Nov 25 — Four security personnel, including an Army Captain and 21 militants, were among 27 persons killed in the Kashmir valley in the past 24 hours. Baba Amte to get Gandhi Peace Prize NEW DELHI, Nov 25 — Gandhian and noted social worker Baba Amte has been chosen for the coveted 'Gandhi Peace Prize for 1999 for his exemplary work for treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients and his concept of the "Shramik Vidyapeeth."

To our readers Orissa cyclone relief: an appeal Next to manpower, Orissa needs money to rebuild life brick by brick. Millions of rupees are required to reconstruct the ruined huts and vanished roads. We appeal to the readers to rise to the occasion. List of donors

140 dead as ferry capsizes
BEIJING, Nov 25 — At least 140 persons died, many frozen to death, and some 136 were missing after a ferry caught fire and capsized off the eastern Chinese port of Yantai in Shandong province, officials said today.

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