Tuesday, December 18, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Pak deploys troops along LoC
Army on high alert in face of build-up
Jammu, December 17
Pakistan has amassed more troops and has rushed in heavy armour along the Line of Control and the International Boundary in Jammu and Kashmir, a top military official said today.

Prime Minister Atal Behari VajpayeePM reviews Pak army build-up
New Delhi, December 17
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today reviewed the security situation arising out of Pakistan’s army build-up and the cancellation of leave of Pakistan army personnel and was briefed by the three service chiefs of the Indian military preparedness in the event of a flare-up.

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J&K police alerts Centre
25 Jaish men camping near Pahalgam
Jammu, December 17
Though the main persons involved in organising a terrorist strike on Parliament House in Delhi on December 13, in which 13 persons, including five militants, were killed and over a score wounded, have been apprehended the security and intelligence agencies continue to dig out further links of militants with the strike.
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New Delhi, December 17
The Delhi Police achieved another breakthrough this morning by nabbing two more persons from a house in Gandhi Nagar, which was reportedly used as a hideout by the slain militants.

Terrorist fury shortcircuited
New Delhi, December 17
A catastrophe was prevented in Parliament House on December 13 by the sheer absent-mindedness of the terrorists. Secret video footage of surveillance cameras fitted on Parliament House gates shows that the terrorists had succeeded in laying out a 25-metre-long (nearly 90 feet-long) wire from gate 11 to gate 9.

 

 

 

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New Delhi, December 17
Mr Shankar Sharma and his wife Devina Mehra, directors of stockbroking firm First Global, which holds 14.5 per cent stake in Tehelka.com, were today picked up by sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate, reportedly for questioning in connection to alleged FERA violations.
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Beijing, December 17
Talks between US diplomats and China on President George W. Bush’s decision to abandon the Soviet-era Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty ended on Monday, with Beijing urging Washington to safeguard global stability.

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Ludhiana, December 17
The cotton growers of Punjab circle comprising Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan are being forced to make distress sale of cotton due to low-demand of the same by the textile industry. The prices of cotton are low-demand of the same by the textile industry. The prices of cotton are low compared with the prices of the last year despite the fact that there is fall in the cotton production in this region.

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