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India to go in for a spy satellite: Sareen
Air Force Chief S K Sareen said that India's answer to Ghauri is Prithvi, which is incidentally the star attraction at the defence exhibition. He further said that at present India is using satellite images from `friendly countries' to ascertain the range and capabilities of Ghauri. To offset this problem in the future, India will shortly go in for an indigenous military reconnaissance satellite, he declared.
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24 Indians dead in Haj tragedy
Embassy officials camping at Mecca began the process of identifying 24 Indians among the pilgrims killed in the stampede during "stoning the devil" ritual at Mina, 10 km from the holy Mecca city. Of the 24, 13 were men and 11 women and that not many Indians were injured in the stampede which claimed the lives of at least 150 Muslim pilgrims, mostly elderly and sick.
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Sharif, Vajpayee may meet in Colombo
Pakistan Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan has hinted at a possible meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart, Atal Behari Vajpayee, during the SAARC summit at Colombo in mid July, but ruled out any possibility of official talks before that. The Pakistan Foreign Minister also expressed his apprehensions about a dialogue after keeping Kashmir aside.
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Talk slyly on the Net, slash ISD bill
If you're still waiting for the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) to set up its Internet telephone services, in order to cut your international telephone bills by half, forget it. A host of cheaper, though not strictly legal, alternatives have already sprung up. The earliest that VSNL hopes to set up its services is by September while the others are available right now.
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Abolish population-based quota system for Army jobs: Badal
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal demanded that the population-based quota system of recruitment to the defence forces should be immediately abolished and merit made the sole criterion instead. Badal urged Defence Minister George Fernandes to intervene personally to get this long standing grievance of Punjab resolved in "national interest".
Duma rejects Yeltsin nominee for premier
In a major blow for President Boris Yeltsin, Russia's Lower House Duma rejected his nominee Sergei Kiriyenko as the country's next Prime Minister, but the President immediately re-nominated him for the post. The Communist-dominated 450-member House, which had earlier opposed 35-year-old Kiriyenko's candidature on the grounds of his "relative inexperience", rejected the motion by 186-143 votes.
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 Id is time to battle for hides in Pak
Pune varsity to shut single window system?
15 killed in Pak tribal feud
Russians protest non-payment of back wages
No missile tech for China, says Washington
Punjab pumps energy into Tamil Nadu
It's a "good" Friday for Northern Ireland
News published in good faith not defamatory
Ryots rally against reservation of land
ED crackdown on money exchange racket
To court after the wedding
Two killed in Assam encounter
Al-Umma activists booked under NSA
Three Veerappan associates surrender
Reliving the agony of Christ brfore his crucifixion
Ex-Fertiliser Minister rebuts Paul's claim
Museum, a just award for Vikrant's service to India
Child workers find a global voice; speak volumes about their world
"Rich" BMC desperate as income dries up
Charak regrets ad
Quicktakes
Holy war! Coke, Pepsi lay siege to Kumbh
Archies Gallery owner held
CR cracks down on touts and benami ticket holders
Good Friday observed in city
Sheriff's anti-pollution drive to zero in on vehicle owners
Unemployed man sets family on fire
Prime accused in riots case arrested
All's fine with Pre-Primary Act
Railways to clean up drains
3 dead, 2 hurt in Dahisar wall collapse
Mumbai Notes
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Common crime
Three Ashwin Naik goons held
Varsity faces a tug-of-war
Woman kills children, commits suicide
Study on mortality due to tobacco
AP continuing with back-to-school programme
Asia's largest dairy coming up at Hoskote
Bomb planted by IDF at TVS bus stop
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