| 
 
 
 
 
 
          
          
 | Myanmar too joins hands against rebelsPremagatyse (Bhutan),
        December 24
 India, Bhutan and Myanmar have joined hands to launch the biggest ever concerted offensive against   the North-East militants, holed up in the neighbouring two countries.
 
  In video: Bhutan terms offensive against Indian
        militants a success.
        
         (28k, 56k) 
  PM to take up ULFA issue with Khaleda 
  Bhutan hands over members of rebel
        families to India 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        Kidnapped Indian engineers freedNew Delhi, December 24
 Two Indian engineers kidnapped by the Taliban on December 6 in southern Afghanistan were released today and handed over by the Afghan authorities to the Indian Embassy in Kabul.
 Fog hits life in regionChandigarh, December 24
 Normal life, including rail, road and air traffic was disrupted in Chandigarh and most parts of Punjab and Haryana due to a thick blanket of fog in the region.
 
  In
        video (28k, 56k) 
 
 
          
            
              | Discord at Bismillah-Amjad Ali jugalbandiKolkata, December 24
 
          
            | A rare shehnai-sarod jugalbandi concert before a sellout crowd here last evening ended abruptly on a discordant note with Ustad Bismillah Khan refusing to play,  blaming “poor” acoustics and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan hitting back at him. |  |  
            | Ustad Bismillah Khan and Ustad Amzad Ali Khan (right) at a rare shehnai-sarod jugalbandi concert in Kolkata on Tuesday evening. The concert ended abruptly when the shehnai maestro stopped playing, complaining about the sound system. — PTI
              photo |  |  | 
 
 
 
            
                |  | Stop terror for talks, PM tells
        Pakistan December 24, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | Ex-PM
        Rao, Chandraswami let off in cheating case December 23, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | CBI registers case against Judeo, three others December 22, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | DMK
        pulls out of NDA government December 21, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | Samjhauta to resume from January 15 December 20, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | Pak
        talks of dropping 1948 UN resolution December 19, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | Amarinder, Bhattal leave it to Sonia December 18, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | Historic victory for IndiaDecember 17, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | Bhutan
        cracks down on Indian insurgentsDecember 16, 2003
 
 |  
                |  | Saddam captured in Tikrit December 15, 2003
 
 |  |