Armed forces on extra alert -- Fernandes
While the military take-over in Pakistan did not pose any threat to India, the country's armed forces were on ``extra alert'', Defence Minister George Fernandes said on Wednesday.

Congressmen oppose Pressler waiver
Four leading US Congressmen have condemned the military coup in Pakistan and demanded retention of the current Pressler provisions barring military sales to Islamabad.

Britain, European Union seek restoration of democracy
Reactions to the coup in Pakistan from Britain, the European Union (EU) and the Commonwealth give an early indication of the kind of isolation the country faces unless democracy is restored.

  Israel to dismantle 15 illegal settlements along West Bank
  Parties have no role in temple -- Singhal
  Plan to computerise Goa schools hits snag
  Hazare drafts agenda for PM
  SC takes up undertrials' issue with AG
  Pak army moves to consolidate hold, Sharif still under house arrest
  4 die in Dombivli crash, 9 others hurt
  HC notice on Govt staffing scheme
  ACP asked to pay litigation cost
  Canadian Robert Mundell wins Nobel Prize for economics
  S Africa insurer offers `rape survivor' policy
  Chechens report fighting in key region
  Golkar looks for alternatives to President Habibie
  HC distressed at `disrespectful' attitude of police
  Order on bail plea in gold watches case reserved
  `Mumbai is India's medical capital'
  Mind your language, manch flays new teaching policy
  Mathadi leader shoots self at Vashi
  Marching orders for KDMC chief
  Musharraf not Washington's blue-eyed boy
  No tears for Sharif in J&K
  65 babies ill; given ink dose as oral vaccine
  At cross-purpose with Crossroads
  Army had blueprint to counter sacking
  Politics apart, the CEO has business to do
  Cache of weapons seized from Chhota Shakeel
  Passengers abort countdown to take-off
  `Recession, fuel hike has crippled transport trade'
  Mumbai Notes
  Quicktakes
  Gujarat gets strict on foreign tours
  Literacy project for tribals failed, says CAG
  14 yrs down, prosecution yet to probe over 100 witnesses
  Periscope on Pakistan
  At A Glance
  Young refugees give up on Palestine dream
  Vadodara Beat
  Garba singers out of tune with demand
  Lakhs looted from angadias
  Salt unit opposes BORL pipeline
  Cable-guys script their own drama
  Crime Watch -- Vadodara
  Panther held in Waghodia
  SPU to organise cultural events
  Specials to cater to vacation rush
  Lecturers' future uncertain
  State labour dept corners local unit
  Excise dept's action rapped
  Man kills wife, throws live daughter in well
  Workers planning agitations
  Two held following group clash
  GR quality circles bag top prizes
  Surat Beat
  Crime Watch -- Surat
  SC ruling on FIRs welcomed in city
  Surat cop dies during workout
  Man abducts youth, demands ransom
  Drunk cop booked for beating up man
  Seminar on `Building on Standards'
  L'image inaugurated
  PU teachers plan dharna to protest disproportionate representation
  Mayor, dy mayor distribute sweets in colonies
  Twenty one year old hangs herself
  Sub-inspectors, ASIs shifted
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  Freshers' party
  All-India entrance for BE courses needed
  AISAD panel meet at Ludhiana on Oct 23
  Selected, but still waiting for the appointment letter
  Pune Beat
  One-ways planned to end chaos
  Court acquits duo in Sonavane murder case
  Agitated villagers nab nine dacoits
  Decision on DTP draft policy awaited
  Professors will now set papers at varsity itself
  Pune Notes
  In Brief -- Pune
  City clinic finds solution to rheumatoid arthritis
  Ratnaswamy in Journal of catalysis board
  Angry villagers nab nine dacoits
  Ahmednagar to have slow water supply
  Uniform policy on illegal constructions
  Seminar on safety held
  No cracker stalls now at the Sanas ground in Pune
  AMC yet to hand over Rs 40 lakh to employees' credit society
  Training Workshop
  Two workers injured in attack