Economist Amartya Sen gets Nobel
Professor Amartya Sen has been awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. Sen is the sixth Indian and first Indian economist to win the prize.

CBMs to top agenda of Indo-Pak dialogue
Patience, modest objectives and incremental gains are emerging as the key words in the countdown for the India-Pakistan talks, scheduled to begin in Islamabad on Friday. Peace and security, including specific confidence-building measures (CBMs), are high on the agenda in the first part of the composite dialogue process.

Govt draws up new action plan to combat ISI ultras
A seven-point action plan, calling for creation of special task forces to tackle the menace of ISI-sponsored terrorism and criminal gangs and reorientation of criminal justice system, was formulated at a meeting of chief ministers of seven northern states in New Delhi yesterday.

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  Army developing anti-explosives device
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  Karnataka seeks power to deal with petrol adulteration
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  Proxy Pak war costs India Rs 50,000 cr
  Rights body seeks report on missing foreigners
  Pu Thi Na dead
  HC pulls up American school
  Three extortionists held in Andheri
  Goa airport crying out for a face-lift
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  Sushma promises two good deeds a day
  Naidu pulls up panel members on ISP
  Traders demand emergency import of onions
  Rave reviews from the Big Apple for Sen
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  Designer raids
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  Condom banks
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  Fire breaks out in Khadi Gramodyog in city
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  Surat Beat
  Prisoner escapes from Baroda jail
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  Umra PSI shoots self accidentally
  Crime Watch -- Surat
  Mob ransacks civic zonal office; manhandles engineer in city
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  Chandigarh Headlines
  Schoolboy, scooterist die, five hurt in City mishaps
  Bandh over calf slaughter
  Electric pole standing, 16 years after removal was sought
  Extension for Gupta certain
  K B Sharma refused bail
  Sec 40 showroom gutted
  Month later, BJP still silent on paid parking
  PU re-opens amidst protests
  In Brief -- Chandigarh
  Plea against Kuldip Singh premature
  Use Hindi in science research
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  Jailbreak case orders tomorrow
  IAS officer, others suspended
  No ultras' camps in Chamba
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  Revolt in Punjab YC comes to fore
  Verma's removal irks Chautala
  32-lakh pisciculture project launched
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  11 more grain markets planned
  Postal employees hold demonstration
  Freshers asked to sodomise each other
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  PM to lay stone of Bathinda refinery on Oct 31
  Decks cleared for New Amritsar project
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  UT maintenance workers hold rally
  GMC Euphoria-99 from Jan 6
  Repatriate UT Home secretary, demands SAD
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  Maruti knocked him down
  Biz File
  Villagers' dharna enters sixth day
  Congress manifesto to focus on BJP failures
  Swaraj fails to show up for Mahila meet
  Delhi needs better trauma care, CAT just not enough
  Woman held for kidnapping
  Crime Beat -- Delhi
  Youth-friendly BJP upset with EC deadline
  Expulsion case
  Sonia's visit will highlight farmers woes
  Disaster management plan ready
  Senate members to approach Chancellor
  Rape of nuns condemned
  Better standards for computer education
  Flycatcher to strike enemy planes
  Dengue awareness campaign
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  Sugarcane harvesters are a sorry lot
  CPI leader Sole dead
  125 affected by gastro at Asurle
  Gang of murderers arrested in city
  Pune Beat
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  Phaltan all set to go global
  Missing in action SHO suspended
  Sushma Swaraj promises 2 good deeds every day
  Rogue Blueline bus claims another victim
  We'd rather put our votes in a well
  Maruti sales down by 20 to 25%
  Onions are cheap, but only for few
  Bus rams flyover
  Regional Beat -- Chandigarh