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Saturday,
October
10,
2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
India
for global treaty on terror
Nirupama Rao in Kabul, to
meet Afghan leaders
New Delhi, October 9
Foreign Secretary Nirupama
Rao arrived in Kabul to assess the situation arising out of
Thursday's suicide bomb attack outside the Indian embassy there.
The blast had claimed 17 lives and injured over 60. Taking a
serious view of the incident, India has called for an
international terror treaty to tackle the growing menace.
Editorial: Kabul blast
Afghan
official sees ISI hand
New Delhi, October
9
Security at the Indian
embassy in Kabul is likely to be further beefed up in the wake
of yesterday’s suicide bomb attack outside the mission
yesterday. There is also talk among official circles of moves to
strengthen the security apparatus at Indian missions in other
neighbouring countries, particularly Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal
and Bangladesh.
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Blast
kills 49 in Peshawar
At least 49 persons were
killed and over 100 injured in a massive car bomb blast in the busy
Khyber Bazar in the northwestern city of Peshawar at noon today. The
blast occurred about a kilometre from the provincial assembly building
where the house was in session.
SYL
canal a dead issue among Haryana voters
Chandigarh, October 9
Though all political parties have reiterated their commitment to
speed up construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal, the issue
no longer evokes any emotions among the state’s voters. Over the years
it has become customary for the ruling party to make a mention of the
canal in the governor’s address or in the annual budget.
Hotline
to curb female foeticide
Punjab gets country’s first
public health helpline
Chandigarh, October 9
“Over the past few years, I have
been forced to get my female foetus aborted four times. My mother-in-law
is waiting for me to bear a son. I am fed up. Please tell me what to
do?” says a woman calling from a border district of Punjab.
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17 killed as Taliban target Indian embassy in Kabul
October 9, 2009
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Day
after, PC woos Naxals for dialogue
October 8, 2009
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Defiant
Maya earns SC rap over statues
October 7, 2009
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Dolphin is national aquatic animal
October 6, 2009
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Forest gives way to leisure park
October 5, 2009
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UPA
succumbs to allies’ pressure on madrasa law
October 4, 2009
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After drought, rain threat
October 3, 2009
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IAF
chief rules out repeat of 1962
October 2, 2009
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AI
stir off, but wait for flights to get normal
October 1, 2009
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