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BJP suspends Kalyan Singh
Kalyan SinghNEW DELHI, Nov 27 — Outraged at former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh's intemperate outbursts against Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, the BJP today suspended him but a defiant Kalyan Singh stood by his "bitter truth" of conspiracy against him, almost daring the party to expel him.
A special report
How Pakistan’s ISI funds its proxy war
By Syed Nooruzzaman
That the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate of Pakistan has been pumping in crores of rupees to sustain the proxy war unleashed on India is a well-known fact. But how is the huge fund generated? How does it reach the militants fighting the undeclared war in the Kashmir valley?

Details of the ISI's cash transactions

Approver alleges pressure
4 more want to depose against Sharif
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 — Pakistan's former Director-General of Civil Aviation Aminullah Chowdhary has reportedly said that he turned approver in the PIA hijacking case, in which deposed Premier Nawaz Sharif is one of the accused, because of "terrible pressure" brought on him.
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Jacob sworn in as Punjab Governor
CHANDIGARH, Nov 27 — Lieut-Gen Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob (retd) today took over as Governor of Punjab-cum-Administrator of Chandigarh. At a simple ceremony held at Punjab Raj Bhavan, he was administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Justice Arun B. Sahariya.

Badal to induct 8 to 10 more
Cabinet expansion in 15 days
CHANDIGARH, Nov 27 — The much-awaited Cabinet expansion in Punjab will take place within a fortnight, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said here today. "I would add eight to10 ministers", he told TNS.		 Lieut-Gen Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob
The new Punjab Governor, Lieut-Gen Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob, with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

45 Bills ready for winter session
NEW DELHI, Nov 27 — A semblance of stability restored is evident from the legislative business prepared by the Atal Behari Vajpayee government for the winter session of Parliament starting here on Monday.

Governor's nod for ex-CM's prosecution
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Nov 27 — Kerala Governor Sukhdev Singh Kang has reportedly given the go-ahead to prosecute former Congress Chief Minister K. Karunakaran and former Food and Civil Supplies Minister T.H. Mustapha in the sensational palmolein import case.


CM wants Tibetan govt to stay
DHARAMSALA, Nov 27 — The Chief Minister, Mr P.K. Dhumal, today said the state government would provide all protection to the Tibetans and they need not shift elsewhere. Contacted over the phone at Shimla, he said that the Tibetans, led by the Dalai Lama, have been residing here for the past 40 years. It is for them to decide, where to have their set up.


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IN PASSING
Now where will Congressmen go for the millennium celebrations?
by Sandeep Joshi
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