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              Sandeep Joshi |  | 9 cops
    die in LeT suicide attackSrinagar, September 17
 At least nine police personnel were
    killed and 10 others injured when a three-member suicide squad of the
    Lashkar-e-Toiba attacked a camp of the Special Operations Group of the Jammu
    and Kashmir Police at Handwara in Kupwara district last night. A militant
    was also killed while two of his accomplices managed to escape after the
    attack.
 
      
        |  | Wailing parents of a policeman are consoled by a relative at the Special Operation Group’s camp in Handwara, 75 km north of Srinagar, on Monday.  Nine policemen were killed and 10 injured after a suicide squad attacked the camp. — Photo Amin War
 
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            | Octroi
              abolition from Oct 1Chandigarh, September
              17
 The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr
              Parkash Singh Badal, has given the green light to the Local Bodies
              Department to abolish octroi from October 1, in the state. An
              indication to this effect was given here today by the Local Bodies
              Minister, Mr Balramji Dass Tandon.
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