Wednesday, December 26, 2001, Chandigarh, India
  Updated at 3:00 am (IST)


30 more Pakistani soldiers killed
 Several desert posts; 20 bunkers destroyed
Jammu, December 25
At least 30 Pakistani soldiers were killed and more than 60 Pakistani troops wounded across Samba, Poonch and Rajouri sectors during the past 24 hours. More than 12 Pakistani posts and 20 bunkers were also destroyed in the Indian retaliatory fire. Reports said the Pakistani troops had moved high-calibre weapons, including nuclear missiles across Poonch and Rajouri.

Pak troops lay mines along LoC
Jammu/Samba, December 25
Pakistani troops have laid mines along the LoC to prevent the Indian forces from marching into their territory with the two sides locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball position. The Indian forces too have started to mine the border belt to check infiltration from across the LoC. 

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Nambiar talks of ‘other steps’
New Delhi, December 25
India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Vijay K Nambiar, who arrived here today after government’s decision to recall him from Islamabad, said New Delhi would have to think of diplomatic and “other steps” if Pakistan failed to rein in terrorist outfits operating from its soil.
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India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Vijay K. Nambiar gets into a car soon after his arrival at New Delhi’s international airport on Tuesday. 
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Shed superiority complex, Musharraf tells India
Islamabad, December 25
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today called upon India to shed its superiority complex and deal with Pakistan on terms of equality to resolve differences.

Union Home Minister L.K. AdvaniIndia against war: Advani
New Delhi, December 25
In a major climbdown, none other than Union Home Minister L.K. Advani today said neither the government nor the people want war and that India would create world opinion to force Pakistan to stop using terrorism as “an instrument of state policy”.
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Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha today said he would not hesitate to hike defence allocation in the forthcoming Budget if the current Indo-Pak situation warranted it.

Jaish chief arrested
Islamabad, December 25 
Apparently under intense international pressure, the Pakistan police today arrested Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of the Pakistan based Jihad group Jaish-e-Mohammad, which had a major role in the terrorist attack on Indian Parliament. 



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Islamabad, December 25
International terrorist Osama bin Laden — whom the USA holds responsible for the September 11 kamikaze-style assaults on New York and Washington, has died a natural death in the Tora Bora mountains, a Taliban leader has claimed.

Bombing resumes in Tora Bora
Kabul, December 25
US warplanes resumed bombing in the Tora Bora region after a pause of a few days and the American and the Afghan forces continued to scour the caves and tunnels for any sign of Osama bin Laden amid fresh reports that the terrorist mastermind might have died natural death.


Akalis working hard for Panthic unity
Chandigarh, December 25
Though unity in the Shiromani Akali Dal before the coming Assembly elections looks improbable, yet certain ardent advocates of “Panthic unity” are continuing their efforts to bring the warring leaders together. In fact the leadership of both the North American unit and the Delhi unit of the Dal, besides a few other hardcore Akalis, has been working hard to bring about unity in the SAD.

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