Tuesday, September 26, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Ban on prime farm land for SEZs
New Delhi, September 25
 Putting a virtual ban on the acquisition of prime agricultural land for special economic zones (SEZs) by the state governments, Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today said no proposal to set up any such zone on prime agricultural land would be cleared.

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 Singapore to set up SEZs in India
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India, Pak centrifuge design same, claims Pervez
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf claims India’s uranium enrichment programme could have its roots in disgraced metallurgist Abdul Qadeer Khan's nuclear blackmarket. In his autobiography, “In the Line of Fire,” General Musharraf says, “Ironically (Dr Khan’s) network based in Dubai had employed several Indians, some of whom have since vanished.” A Pakistani reads a copy of a book written by Pervez Musharraf titled “In the Line of Fire: A Memoir”, in Islamabad on Monday.
A Pakistani reads a copy of a book written by Pervez Musharraf titled “In the Line of Fire: A Memoir”, in Islamabad on Monday. — AFP photo

Army rubbishes Pervez’s claims
New Delhi, September 25
The Army today said the claims made by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that only five battalions (more than 5,000) of regular Pakistani troops were deployed in Kargil incursions in 1999 were false and that facts actually belied this.

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 ‘Initial signs of flexibility’ sensed in Manmohan ‘withering away’
 If Pak did not join USA, India would, says Musharraf

Rajnath asks govt to stop taking CBMs with Pakistan
New Delhi, September 25
 The BJP president, Mr Rajnath Singh, today asked the Centre to desist from going ahead with the Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) with Pakistan unless it stopped “encouraging terrorism” against India.

 India responsible N-power: Pranab

Padmini Padmini dies at 74
Chennai, September 25
 “Dancing Brilliance” and movie diva Padmini who had done more than 250 films in five languages succumbed to a massive heart attack today and died in a private hospital. She was 74.

 Obituary: Padmini brought grace and drama to celluloid