Quicktakes

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Indian to be premier
WASHINGTON: An Indian immigrant from Punjab who could not speak English till he was a teenager and arrived in Canada only in the late 1960s is poised to become the premier of British Columbia in what is being called a historic milestone in the country's multi-cultural experiment.

Attack on office
AHMEDABAD: The Sangh Parivar members on Saturday vandalised the Ahmedabad Mayor's office demanding the reconstruction of a temple demolished by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

Pakistan for talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday proposed to India to continue the derailed peace process and urged New Delhi to implement commitments Islamabad made a year ago. Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar, in an interview with Reuters television said General Pervez Musharraf's government would join the process "honestly and sincerely".

AP cops killed
VISAKHAPATNAM: In A daring act, about 40 Naxalites of the outlawed People's War Group attacked and killed seven policemen and injured nine at an armed outpost at Darakonda near here late Friday night.

Lata award for SPB
INDORE: Playback singer S P Balasubramaniam will be conferred with the `Lata Mangeshkar Award' here on Sunday by Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development Sumitara Mahajan, a release said.