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              | by
                Sandeep Joshi |  | Pak minister at
        his softest best New Delhi, November 10
 The usually fire-breathing Pakistan
        Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was at his softest best tonight
        when he had a lengthy interaction with the visual and print media and
        did not mention the “core issue” of Kashmir.
 
  In
        video (28k, 56k) 
 
  Nation page: Ministers
        arrive for SAARC conference 
 PDP
        leader among 13 killed in KashmirSrinagar, November 10
 Ten persons, including five ultras
        and a ruling PDP activist, were killed in separate incidents in Jammu
        and Kashmir since last night, a police spokesman said today.
 CBI
        arrests Madhumita’s ‘killer’Lucknow, November 10
 The Central Bureau of
        Investigation, probing the poetess Madhumita Shukla murder case, today
        arrested Prakash Chandra Pandey, alleged killer of the poetess, and
        produced him before Special Judicial Magistrate R.M. Yadav here, who
        remanded him in 14 days judicial custody.
 Reveal
        names or face stir, Congress tells VajpayeeNew Delhi, November 10
 The Congress today threatened to
        launch a nationwide agitation if Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did
        not reveal by November 14 the names of six ministers who had allegedly
        sought “undue favours” from chiefs of some public sector
        undertakings under their jurisdiction.
 PPSC
        to reconduct lecturers’ interviewPatiala, November 10
 The Punjab Public Service
        Commission has decided to reconduct the interview process of all college
        lecturers to whom call letters had been sent during the tenure of its
        former Chairman Ravinderpal Singh Sidhu.
 
 
 
            
                | School
                that sparked acting in Anupam Kher
  Shimla,
                November 10 It was a nostalgic walk
                down memory lane as the famous cine personality Anupam Kher
                entered the premises of the DAV school at Lakkar Bazar after 25
                years. While the Bollywood star was overwhelmed by memories of
                his schooldays, the excited students jostled to shake hands with
                him and greet their idol.
 
 Film actor Anupam Kher eats ‘tikki’ at the famous Sita Ram shop in Lakkar Bazar, Shimla, on Monday.
 — Photo by Anil Dayal
 
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                |  | Suicide
          bombers kill 11 in Riyadh November 10, 2003
 
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                |  | Press across nation rallies behind
              The Hindu November 9, 2003
 
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                |  | Death
        penalty for Sushil Sharma in ‘tandoor’ case November 8, 2003
 
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                |  | 19 hacked, burnt in tea garden clashNovember 7, 2003
 
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                |  | Emergency in LankaNovember 6, 2003
 
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                |  | Lankan
        Parliament suspendedNovember 5, 2003
 
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                |  | Sushil Sharma convicted November 4, 2003
 
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                |  | 3
        killed, 40 hurt in Gujarat violence November 3, 2003
 
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                |  | We’ll
        test Pak sincerity, says PM November 2, 2003
 
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                |  | India scalp Pak for hockey gold November 1, 2003
 
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