Tuesday, October 10, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

North Korea conducts N-test
Seoul, October 9
North Korea boasted today it performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test, saying it detonated a successful underground blast in a “great leap forward” that defied international warnings against the communist regime.

Unfortunate development: PM
New Delhi, October 9
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday described the nuclear tests conducted by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea as an unfortunate development.

India hits out at Pak-N. Korea nexus

Provocative, says US
Washington, October 9
North Korea’s first nuclear test in defiance of the international community has evoked widespread criticism from across the globe.

N.Korea can now blackmail US
News Analysis by K. Subrahmanyam
Specially written for The Tribune
The North Korean nuclear test was unique in its being announced before hand. In the case of China and Pakistan preparations for the tests were known to the world before hand.

World page:
Pak distances itself from N. Korean N-programme
N-test conducted in mountain tunnel?
Editorial: It wasn’t a bluff