J&K militants target cable operators
SRINAGAR, Sept 30 — In a bid to enforce ban on cable operators and video parlours, militants today attacked their establishments with grenades at two different places here, wounding a cable operator. Militants first hurled a grenade on a private cable network at around 12.30 p.m. in the Solina area of uptown Srinagar.

Sukh Ram was a compulsion: Thakre
NEW DELHI, Sept 30 — Joining hands with the Himachal Vikas Congress (HVC) leader and former Communication Minister, Mr Sukhram, was a compulsion for the BJP, the party President, Mr Kushabhau Thakre, said here today.

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GVG for panel on delimitation
NEW DELHI, Sept 30 — The Election Commissioner, Mr G.V.G Krishnamurthy, today suggested that the Government should form a committee to start the work of delimitation of constituencies and be ready when the time comes.

N-fuel leak in Japan
TOKYO, Sept 30 — An accident at a Japanese nuclear fuel facility today exposed three workers to radiation and prompted the authorities to evacuate the area while advising other residents to stay inside, officials and media said.

Health-scam unearthed in J&K
SRINAGAR, Sept 30 — A top Jammu and Kashmir government official, Dr Muzaffar Ahmad, has been put under suspension following the unearthing of a major health-scam involving the supply of spurious and substandard medicines to state-run hospitals here by vigilance authority.

British Home Secy to decide Nadeem's fate
MUMBAI, Sept 30 — The London Bowstreet Magistrate would commit music director Nadeem Akhtar Saifee on October 6 to the British Home Secretary for his extradition to India to stand trial in the sensational Gulshan Kumar murder case, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said here today.

Terrorism may rise if SAD stays in power:Amarinder
LUCKNOW, Sept 30 — The Congress said today escalation in terrorist activities in Punjab could not be ruled out if the BJP-Akali Dal combine government was allowed to survive for more time in the state.

Solan water coliform-infested
SOLAN, Sept. 30 — Contaminated drinking water with a high level of coliform is being supplied to residents of this town by the Irrigation and Public Health Department and the local municipal committee.

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