Panel set up to check population, says PM
India crossed the billion Rubicon. Choosing the occasion to drive home the elemental message that the country's galloping population had to be reined in, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee called for a "national movement" involving the entire nation.



Govt move on talks with Hurriyat unfortunate -- Thackeray
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has taken strong exception to Centre's move to hold talks with prominent leaders of the Hurriyat Conference for restoring normalcy in the Valley.



Strike cripples business, transport
The nationwide strike called by the National Platform of Mass Organisations (NPMO) against liberalisation, privatisation, rising prices and cuts in food and fertiliser subsidies evoked near total to partial response in various states and industries.



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