Wednesday, October 10, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

We’ll wait for India to talk: IAEA chief
Mumbai, October 9
Mohammad ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, today held a meeting with the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Anil Kakodkar.

UN atomic energy chief Mohammed El Baradei (left) listens to Indian Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar at a function at the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Mumbai on Tuesday. — AFP photo

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Chinese incursion into Bhutan worries India
New Delhi, October 9
The latest diplomatic bugbear from Beijing to New Delhi is China’s incursions into Bhutan, a country whose foreign policy is by and large run by India.

Central rule in Karnataka
New Delhi, October 9
Karnataka was tonight brought under President’s rule after collapse of the JD(S)-BJP coalition government with a Presidential proclamation that kept the state Assembly in suspended animation.

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Wheat MSP raised to Rs 1,000
Rs 50 bonus for paddy
Chandigarh, October 9
The Central Government today announced the MSP for wheat at Rs 1,000 per quintal. It also announced a bonus of Rs 50 per quintal on MSP for paddy for the ongoing procurement season.

Capt’s foreign visit: Punjab moves SC
New Delhi, October 9
Acting swiftly the Punjab government today moved the Supreme Court to challenge the High Court’s yesterday order granting permission to former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to go abroad even when Vigilance Bureau wanted to question him in connection with the Ludhiana City Centre scam and has sought cancellation of his bail.

Fert, Grunberg win Nobel for physics
Stockholm, October 9
Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize for physics for their work with nanotechnology, the Nobel Committee for Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said today.

‘Lobbying for Peace Prize may backfire’

Pak trying to palm off substandard military equipment to Lanka
New Delhi, October 9
There is sustained pressure from Islamabad on Colombo to buy substandard Pakistani military equipment in view of the intensification of the conflict between Sri Lankan troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

India not in favour of change of guard in Myanmar
New Delhi, October 9
India is not in favour of regime change in Myanmar and is in constant touch with both the parties --the military junta led by Senior General Than Shwe as well as the pivotal Opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi.

Sensex hits 18K
Highest ever single-day rise of 789 points
Mumbai, October 9
A day after the bears went on the rampage, the bulls struck back with a vengeance taking the Sensex up 789 points to cross 18,000 mark and close at 18,280 levels. In the broader markets, Nifty surged 242 points or 4.7 per cent to close at 5,327 levels.
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Boom makes Ambani brothers world’s richest

Upset over ‘offensive’ Sonia ad, NRIs ask NYT to disown it New York, October 9 Non-Resident Indians for a secular and harmonious India, along with three other organisations of NRIs, have asked the New York Times to disown the remarks made against Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a full page advertisement taken out by Gandhi Heritage Foundation on Saturday.