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

Pak not to hand over any suspect
Islamabad, October 2
A day after New Delhi said it would confront Islamabad with the evidence of its involvement in the Mumbai blasts, Pakistan today promised it would take action against any of its nationals having links with the attack if provided information about it but would not hand over any suspect.


Editorial: Mumbai blasts
Nation page: India’s assertion on blasts ‘based on concrete evidence’

South Africa backs India
Supply of nuclear fuel
Pretoria, October 2
South Africa declared today that once the US Congress cleared the Indo-US nuclear accord and it reached the nuclear suppliers’ group, it would fully support India’s case.

Business page
South Africa — gateway to African market
In video: PM praises film for preaching Gandhian principles. (56k)

Manmohan meets Mandela
Johannesburg, October 2
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Nelson Mandela, one of the world’s most respected statesmen who used Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent methods to end South Africa’s apartheid regime, here tonight. — PTI

Security to blame for poor turnout?
Manmohan Singh’s functions at Durban
Pretoria, October 2
Was it because of security that the turnout of people at all the public functions of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, in Durban was poor? The Prime Minister's train journey to Pietermaritzburg did not evoke any enthusiasm as, apart from security personnel and officials, only a few people turned up at the railway station to receive him.