Mishra in US to talk trade and security
Prime Minister Vajpayee's Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra arrives in Washington on Wednesday to engage US officials on a variety of trade issues linked to the upcoming World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle next month.

Sharif accused of $ 100 mn graft -- Report
Pakistani police, carrying out a cleanup of high-level corruption for the country's new Army rulers, have accused ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of graft worth $100 million, newspapers reported on Wednesday.

Cyclone hits over 5 lakh, Orissa seeks relief
An estimated five lakh people have been affected in Orissa's coastal Ganjam district in the severe cyclonic storm which lashed on Sunday night while the state government asked the centre for an ad hoc assistance of Rs. 50 crore to meet the situation.

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  Row over headless Gandhi statue in Vadodara
  Freedom fighter Limaye dead
  Goa govt moots free port and Japanese township
  Nashik Diary
  Dedicated to `deity', 6-year-old Mathamma's life will not be hers to lead
  VHP protest wrong -- Shankaracharya
  Bear kills `teasing' visitor at Chandigarh zoo
  Here, Ravana is worshiped not burnt on Dussera
  Bihar gangster Ashok Jha arrested in Mumbai
  For women, stroke needn't mean chest pain
  Pak army, militants working together like they did in Afghanistan -- Malik
  Bring paramilitary forces under NHRC purview, aver experts
  Indonesia lets go of E Timor
  300 feared dead as boat capsizes in Indonesia
  Cheer, protests and a blast mark end of another era
  Muslim leader Wahid elected new President
  Venice is sinking ever faster -- US researchers
  Yeltsin calls crisis meet on Chechnya
  Lanka presidential poll announced
  Palestinians, Israel agree to open safe passage
  Ecuadoran community flees possible volcano eruption
  Marzaban Patrawala dies of cardiac arrest
  Plea in HC for special cells on sexual harassment
  Day 2 of RTO drive -- 800 notices issued to taxis
  Govt gears up for transport stir
  Mumbai Beat
  HC upholds transfer of 4 cops
  Sessions Court rejects complaint against Joshi
  HC deliberates on matters of the soul
  Now, a US visa in 20 minutes
  Non-bailable warrant against Rajesh Khanna
  Bucket seats contain sizzler for WR
  Greenpeace ship to sail into Mumbai
  In Brief
  In Brief -- Ahmedabad
  State Govt in the driver's seat
  Sporting wicket for third Test
  No takers for sex education
  Panel on ragging appointed
  Tribunal revokes suspension order
  City ready to host shooting event
  Hiccups in mid-day meal scheme
  Crime Watch -- Ahmedabad
  Miles to go before this Mayor rests
  KPT upgradation a priority
  AMC-run hospitals to guide mothers-to-be
  Pulse Polio drive in city from Oct 24
  People's sector hamstrung by red-tapism
  In Brief -- Chandigarh
  No IAS -- Its officers protest Centre move
  Eye check-up camp at Nehru Park on Sunday
  Man mauled to death by bears identified, kin informed
  Two day paediatric nursing update
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  Visarjan in Ghaggar with aplomb
  Special edition `Opel 100' launched
  Bail plea rejected in fraud case
  Christians flay Dal, VHP stand on Pope's visit
  Spare beautification in encroachment drive
  Haryana tells depts to probe within given time
  PSEB staff to hold rallies from Oct 26
  CIFP, UGCE-IIET sign MoU for advancing insurance education
  Panchkula citizens demand vacant area development
  House burgled in Pinjore; fourth in a week's time
  Cheque issued by PWD bounces; complaint filed
  Old-age pension beneficiaries to be re-examined
  Punjab Tubewell Corporation staff seek salary
  Daily Despatches -- Chandigarh
  HUDA to allot plot to complainant
  Major Gurpreet to be cremated today
  Factorisation theory successful only if it works on computers -- PU
  IT-entrepreneurship bond opens new vistas
  Govt gears up to tackle transporters' strike
  Sena calls for bandh after attack on MLA
  Power cuts hit Pirangut industrial estate units
  Teachers warn of indefinite strike from December 8
  No decision on funds for PMT again
  PCMC gets remote sensing technique for urban devp
  NDA exhibition
  Progress possible through coordination between industry, bureaucracy
  India's maritime heritage displayed at INMEX '99
  Bhave award for Mohan Wagh