Saturday, October 7, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Venod Sharma quits Chandigarh, October 6 After dithering for several days, Haryana Power Minister Venod Sharma today put in his papers. He submitted his resignation from the Cabinet to AICC president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi this morning.                         Venod Sharma
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Mumbai blasts: India, USA share evidence
New Delhi, October 6
India is understood to have shared with the US evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the July 11 Mumbai blasts. The US Ambassador here, Mr David C. Mulford, hinted at this today when he was asked a question on whether India had shown evidence of the involvement of the ISI in the blasts.

No reopening of talks on Indo-US N-deal: Mulford
New Delhi, October 6
The Bush Administration will try its best to bring the Indo-US nuclear agreement to vote in the Senate during its lame-duck session beginning November 13, but in case it does not happen the entire legislative process will have to start all over again when the new Congress starts its session next early next year.