Sunday, October 15, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

UN slaps sanctions on N. Korea
United Nations, October 14
After five days of intense negotiations, the United Nations Security Council today unanimously imposed non-military sanctions on North Korea to punish it for testing a nuclear device on Monday and warned it against repeating such an act in future.

World page: North Korean nuclear test won’t hit India’s interests

Middlemen indispensible in defence deals, says PM
On Board Air India One, October 14
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said that the country’s defence purchases cannot take place without the assistance of middlemen associated with the defence industries.

Indo-Pak Foreign Secys’ talks in November
New Delhi, October 14
The much-awaited India, Pakistan Foreign Secretaries' talks will take place here early next month. The exact dates are yet to be set, but this correspondent understands that the talks are expected to take place towards the end of the first week of November.