India not to sign NPT
We are fulfilling all norms, says PM
New Delhi, October 7
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made his maiden policy statement on a sensitive and controversial matter like NPT and dropped enough hints that India was not interested in signing the NPT when he said India was already fulfilling all commitments of the Treaty.

In video (28k, 56k) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder during a welcome ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday.  — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

Centre puts north-eastern states on red alert
Guwahati, October 7
After the Centre decided to dispatch 5,000 additional paramilitary forces and use helicopters to locate militants in Assam, Nagaland and adjoining north-eastern states, the entire North-East has been put on red alert.
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65 pc polling in Arunachal

EC raps govt for violating model code
New Delhi, October 7
The Election Commission today found Dr Manmohan Singh-led UPA government guilty of violating the Model Code of Conduct by announcing the move to set up a commission to look into reservation for minorities.

Editorial: PM on quota
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Liquor flows as poll date draws near
Kapurthala, October 7
Even as countdown for the Kapurthala byelections has begun, liquor shops in the district and the outskirts have started registering high demand for branded bottles by the political parties contesting in the assembly segment.

Harbhajan Singh Yogi dead
Chandigarh, October 7
America’s top Sikh spiritual leader Harbhajan Singh Yogi, whose followers included hundreds of thousands of Americans and Europeans, has died of a heart condition at the age of 75.

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Amarinder grieved at Yogi’s death

Car bomb kills 40 at Pak religious rally
Islamabad, October 7
At least 40 persons were killed and over 100 wounded early today when a car bomb ripped through a gathering of Sunni Muslims in Pakistan’s southern Multan city to mark the first death anniversary of a religious leader. 
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Medics tend to a wounded person after a car bomb explosion in Multan on Thursday. 
— Reuters photo

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