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National Security Advisor J. N. Dixit dead
14 killed as buses collide in Punjab

Moderate quake in West Nicobar
New Delhi, January 2
An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale tonight shook the West Coast of Great Nicobar Island just four hours after one which hit the coast this evening. The quake occurred at the latitude of 6.5 degree in north and longitude of 91.9 degree east, the Indian Meterological Department said and described it as a moderate one.

Panic wanes in Car Nicobar
Relief efforts improve in Campbell Bay

World page: 20-day-old child survives tsunami This is how the quake-triggered tidal waves hit Kammale temple in Phuket, about 862 km south of Bangkok, on December 26, 2004. — Reuters

Army, Navy in top relief gear
Mass immunisation for tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, January 2
The Indian Navy and the Army have been pressed into service for relief operations in the tsunami-affected areas of Tamil Nadu while the administration, as a preventive measure against the outbreak of the epidemic, conducted mass immunisation programmes among the victims.

Government to send special teams to tsunami-affected states to review relief operations. (28k, 56k)
Mosque in Cuddalore provides refuge to displaced Hindus, Christians. (28k, 56k)

India augments aid to Indonesia, Lanka

More stories on Nation and World pages Six-day-old Tsunami Roy, sleeps in his mother’s arms at a relief camp at Port Blair on Saturday. Tsunami was born three weeks ahead of time on a rocky slope where his parents had fled from the killer waves that lashed Hut Bay on the remote Little Andaman Island on December 26. — Reuters

Tsunami death toll crosses 1,27,000
Jakarta, January 2
The confirmed number killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that hit Indian Ocean shorelines a week ago passed 1,27,000 today, as more bodies were recovered in Sri Lanka.

Centre puts tsunami toll at 9,451
Aid pours in as disease, hunger swallow more lives

Nanavati panel report by month-end
New Delhi, January 2
The Justice Nanavati Commission, which is inquiring into the 1984 riots and preparing to submit its report to the Union Home Ministry, sees a ‘pattern’ behind the attacks on Sikhs. “The evidence does indicate a pattern in which the riots took place and the pattern in which the attacks took place on the Sikhs,” Justice G.T. Nanavati said.

Gujarat to give citizenship to 900 Pak migrants
Ahmedabad, January 2
The Centre has delegated powers to the Gujarat Government to grant citizenship to nearly 900 migrants from Pakistan who have been residing in four districts of the state for the past several years.

US drone crashes in Pakistan

Cold wave conditions grip North India More snow in J&K, HP New Delhi, January 2 After a brief respite, chill was back in North India with mercury dipping in most parts, including the national capital, and frigid conditions prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh after fresh snowfalls. Two persons were killed when a Food Corporation of India (FCI) truck was crushed under a landslide triggered by rain and snowfall on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today.