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Friday, November 2, 2001, Chandigarh, India

 Updated at 3 am (IST)


Raids hit dam, power plant
Taliban say ground-air attack repulsed
Islamabad, November 1
US bombs severely damaged Afghanistan’s biggest dam and power station, cutting electricity to two major cities, a Taliban minister was quoted as saying by Afghan Islamic Press today, even as the Taliban claimed to have repulsed a ground-air attack by the USA.

The USA has carpet bombed Taliban frontlines north of Kabul.

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Defend Islam, Laden asks Pakistanis



A Marine CH-46 Chinook helicopter lifts off from the assault ship USS Peleliu carrying its load of US Marines on Thursday. — Reuters photo

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B.K. Nehru cremated New Delhi, November 1
The mortal remains of eminent diplomat and administrator B.K. Nehru were consigned to the flames at the electric crematorium here amid the chanting of Vedic mantras.

Admirers, friends pay homage to B.K. Nehru

President K.R. Narayanan after laying a wreath on the body of B.K. Nehru at Gurgaon on Thursday.
President K.R. Narayanan after laying a wreath on the body of B.K. Nehru at Gurgaon on Thursday. — Tribune photo

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Pak Army build-up on borders
New Delhi, November 1
MapIndia today said that it was Pakistan which was adopting an offensive posture along the LoC in two sectors by moving in infantry and armoured brigades along with a large number of troops. Senior Army officers have pointed out that rather than India being on the offensive, it was Pakistan.

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Rumsfeld to visit India on Nov 5
New Delhi, November 1
Concerned with the marked escalation in the war of words between India and Pakistan, US President George W. Bush is rushing his Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to the subcontinent on November 5.

Bill supporting Sikh Americans is law
Amritsar, November 1
In a significant development, US President George W. Bush has signed into law the Patriot Act of 2001 which incorporates resolutions condemning crimes against Sikh Americans and calls for the protection of their civil liberties. 






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Consider cases against Punjab cops with sympathy: Advani
New Delhi, November 1
Union Home Minister L.K. Advani today said that the courts should consider sympathetically the human rights violation cases pending against the security personnel who fought terrorism in Punjab. (28k, 56k)

Bharucha sworn in Chief Justice
New Delhi, November 1
Mr Justice Sam Piroj Bharucha was sworn in today as the Chief Justice of India. (28k, 56k)

BJP to evolve mantra for elections 
New Delhi, November 1
The two-day national executive of the BJP will begin its deliberations tomorrow at Amritsar with top leaders making efforts to evolve an appropriate strategy for winning the three crucial Assembly elections in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Firing across LoC, four injured

Srinagar, November 1
Four persons working as porters with the Army were injured when Pakistani troops fired from across the LoC in Uri sector of Baramula district this morning.

A doctor in a hospital in Srinagar attends on Fayaz Ahmad
A doctor in a hospital in Srinagar attends on Fayaz Ahmad, who was injured when Pakistani troops opened fire across the Line of Control on Thursday morning. — Reuters photo
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