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              |  |  | Manhunt
        on to trace NishanJALANDHAR, Oct 20 —
        Pressurised by the CBI, the Punjab police has finally launched a manhunt
        to trace Nishan Singh by forming a team of police officers to trace the
        missing ASI, attached with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
        chief, Bibi Jagir Kaur, as her gunman.
 
 
 
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        & K posting for new IAS men?NEW DELHI, Oct 20 — The
        Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes, hopes to discuss with the Jammu
        and Kashmir Government the proposal of posting Indian Administrative
        Service (IAS) officers straight out of probation to the state in a bid
        to give fresh direction to the administration there.
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              |  Don’t worry. This is Swadeshi brand!
 
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                Sandeep Joshi |  | 
          Israel refuses to
          help in UN probeGENEVA, Oct 20 — Israel
          said today that it refuses to cooperate with a United Nations inquiry
          into alleged human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza. The
          Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement rejecting a resolution
          passed yesterday by the UN Human Rights Commission condemning Israel
          for “widespread, systematic and gross violation of human rights.”
 
          
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          to mining in KhaniyaraGovt succumbs to pressure
 SHIMLA, Oct 20 — The
          government has succumbed to pressure by influential slate mining lobby
          of Kangra by getting hurdles cleared in the way of resuming quarrying
          in Khaniyara area which is already environmentally degraded.
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              | EARLIER
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                |  | 17
          militants killed in J&K October 20, 2000
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                |  | 12 top
        militants surrender October 19, 2000
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                |  | Israel, Palestine agree to end violence October 18, 2000
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                |  | 5 Pak soldiers shot,
        attack repulsed October 17, 2000
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                |  | 350-cr relief for Punjab October 16, 2000
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                |  | RSS attacks BJP
        on Ayodhya October 15, 2000
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                |  | Several trains
        cancelled October 14, 2000
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                |  | Rao, Buta get 3 years’ RI October 13, 2000
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                |  | Paddy: Centre softens stand October 12, 2000
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