Wednesday, October 4, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Dengue claims one more life at AIIMS
Situation under control, says Health Minister

New Delhi, October 3 Even though a 35-year-old man from Mathura died of dengue today at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here, the Health Minister maintained that things had not gone out of hand.

Suspected dengue patients under observation in a makeshift dengue ward at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Tuesday. — AFP Precautions against dengue    Dengue fact sheet

Symptoms of dengue Chandigarh page: Dengue cases go up to 11 Punjab page: No dengue case in Malwa belt Ludhiana page: Threat of dengue epidemic looms large Delhi page: Delhi Cabinet decides to intensify anti-dengue drive

Chikungunya hits Kerala. (56k)

Pak will have to walk the talk, says PM
New Delhi, October 3
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said India would “test the waters” on the India-Pakistan joint mechanism and Pakistan would have to walk the talk.

Execution of Afzal may be delayed
New Delhi, October 3
The Centre may adopt a go slow approach in deciding on the clemency petition filed by Mohammad Afzal’s wife Tabasum leading to the possibility of deferment of his execution on October 20.

Prime conspirator of Mumbai train blasts held: ATS
Mumbai, October 3
In a major development, Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) today arrested Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid, the suspected prime conspirator of the July 11 train blasts planned by Pakistan’s ISI, from Belgaum in neighbouring Karnataka.

Tharoor loses race to S. Korean for UN job
Shashi Tharoor, India’s candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, yesterday withdrew from the race after South Korea’s Foreign Minister virtually assured himself the post with a strong showing in the Security Council’s fourth straw election.
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MEA reaction to Tharoor’s exit today 

2 murder convicts to be hanged on October 16
Amritsar, October 3
Convicted of murder, Jaj Singh and Gurwail Singh both residents of Bhitewad village (Amritsar), will be hanged to death in the high-security Central Jail, here on October 16, four days before the hanging of Mohammed Afzal, the man sentenced to death for attacking Parliament in 2001.

Bedi takes over as Bombay  High Court CJ
Mumbai, October 3
Mr Justice H.S. Bedi, who was till recently Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, today took over as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, the biggest High Court in the country.

Indra Nooyi most powerful businesswoman in world New York, October 3 Chennai-born Indra Nooyi, who was recently appointed as CEO of global soft drink giant PepsiCo, has been named as the world's most powerful business woman by Fortune magazine, ahead of people like Oprah Winfrey and eBay chief Meg Whitman.