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Kasuri for joint working group on gas pipeline project
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 8. India, Iran and Pakistan should form a joint working group to discuss plans for an oil-gas pipeline running through the three countries, the Pakistan Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, said today. In an interview to ...

Aziz to visit India
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 8. Agreeing to continue with high-level contacts, India and Pakistan announced today that apart from a meeting between the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, later this month in New ...

Congress-NCP dispute over 25 seats
MUMBAI, SEPT. 8.The leaders of the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra today concluded their seat-sharing talks for the Assembly elections in October 13 but could not accomplish the task fully. They could not agree ...

BJP plans series of agitations
BANGALORE, SEPT. 8. Starting with the `Tiranga (tricolour) Yatra' of the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Uma Bharti, from Hubli to Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab from September 10 to 25, the Bharatiya Janata Party has lined up a series of ...

Dravid walks away with honours
LONDON, SEPT. 8.Rahul Dravid grew in stature at the inaugural ICC Awards, winning two major prizes to enhance his image in the cricket world. Dravid claimed the coveted award of the evening — The Player of the Year — in addition to ...

Crashes
DUGWAY PROVING GROUND (UTAH), SEPT. 8. The Genesis space capsule, which promised scientists potential clues to the origin of the solar system, crashed to the Earth today after its parachute failed to deploy. It wasn't immediately known whether ...

10 ULFA cadres killed
SHILLONG, SEPT. 8.Eight suspected ULFA cadres were found dead with bullet marks at a remote place in West Garo Hills, police officials said here today. Two more were reported killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's Nalbari ...

U.S. toll crosses 1,000
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 8.The Pentagon announced yesterday that there had been 1,001 military casualties since U.S.-led forces moved into Iraq to topple the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, 18 months ago. — ...

Deuba arrives
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 8. The Nepalese Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, arrived here today on a five-day visit. He will hold talks with the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and is expected to convey Kathmandu's concerns over Maoist insurgency. ...

Decks cleared
MUMBAI, SEPT. 8. The decks have been cleared for a re-trial of the Best Bakery case in Maharashtra. A special court today declared that it would frame charges afresh on September 15 against 21 accused facing charges of killing 14 ...

Soren released
JAMTARA (JHARKHAND), SEPT. 8. The JMM chief, Sibu Soren, was today released from judicial custody after the Jail Superintendent, A.K. Sinha, received the release order from a Giridih court. — PTI ...

Officials sentenced
PATNA, SEPT. 8.The Bihar Finance Commissioner-cum-Secretary, U.N. Panjiyar, and the Education Secretary, Anil Kumar, were sent to judicial custody by the Patna High Court today in a contempt petition. — ...

Three beheaded
JAMMU, SEPT. 8.Suspected Islamic separatists dragged three Kashmiri Muslims out of their homes and beheaded them because they were `informants' for security forces, police said on Wednesday. — ...

Census Commissioner meets officials
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 8. With doubts being raised about the growth rate of Muslims projected in the "First Report on Religion Data" — released this week by the Office of the Census Commissioner — the Government today sought to take stock ...

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