Jewish settlers in West Bank protest Wye River accord
Militant Jewish settlers on Sunday blocked several dozen crossroads in the West Bank to protest at the Wye River accords signed between Israel and the Palestinians. Earlier, on Saturday, United States President Bill Clinton appealed for Israelis to support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Wye River memorandum he signed with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Meerut riots: SC pulls up UP Govt
The Supreme Court has warned the Uttar Pradesh Government that if it failed to file within two months the summary of the Parekh Commission report, which went into various aspects of 1982 Meerut riots, and the action taken report, it would summon the state Home Secretary.

Sharma got passport for Dawood's mother
The Union Home Ministry has decided to set up a probe team consisting of senior CBI and IB officials to look into the Romesh Sharma case. Investigators claim they have clinching evidence that immediately after the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, Sharma had secured a passport for Dawood's mother Amina Bi within 24 hours.

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  Govt yet to file affidavit on CVC ordinance
  Sharif wants US to be a mediator
  Advani cautions against criminalisation of business
  Centre has failed to check prices
  ULFA runs hotels and schools in Bangladesh, says report
  I-T Tribunal man blames Thambidurai for transfer
  BSEB snaps supply of power to CIL colonies
  India wants US to ratify CTBT before signing
  Telecom unions threaten to go on strike
  Court pulled up for passing derogatory remarks against judge
  ISRO to protect satellites from comet debris
  Delhi scientist develops protein to fight leprosy, tuberculosis
  Conservatives win elections to Iranian assembly
  Fundamentals of change
  NATO on crucial Belgrade mission
  Koreas narrow gap, move towards peace
  The judiciary now on trial
  Arvinda bowled by a "model" googly; to tie the knot in Dec
  Bail for two in poaching case rejected
  Meeth calls halt to use of iodised salt
  Put houses in distant suburbs in order, SC tells CIDCO
  Mumbai Notes
  Mass transport for Mumbai's masses, circa 1999
  BTRA scientist spirits kerosene out of thin air
  Suspended cop granted all his dues
  New law may give cops sweeping powers
  New Rent Act
  Kalyan terror
  Mumbai Beat
  Tohra's re-election
  TMC hits out at BJP's education policy
  Vadodara Beat
  Cotton crop hit by rains
  Groundnut oil prices fall; strike today
  Mosquitos may face new menace
  Govt wakes up to illegal charcoal manufacture
  City duo prints miniature Bhagwadgeeta
  Grover remanded to 4 more days of custody
  Complaint lodged against trader
  Scribes boycott Governor's meet
  This is the age of mediocrity, claims Jaya Bachchan
  Crime Watch -- Vadodara
  Panel to expedite inquiries
  Navyug college to have more facilities
  Patel for guarantee to co-op banks
  ONGC sponsors project for tribal women
  Surat Beat
  Municipal schools get a raw deal
  Geetaben throws down gauntlet
  Crime Watch -- Surat
  Citizen lodges complaint against firecracker trader
  Experts' for redraft of water project
  Pune Beat
  Onions to cost more
  Similarities in Pune, Kolhapur crimes
  State awaits WB grant for malaria
  5 killed in mishaps
  Updating of land records starts from October 27
  Exercise must to avoid heart diseases
  Ad seminar on Oct 31
  In Brief -- Pune
  Satara facing traffic woes
  Hawkers seek commercial complex at Shaniwarwada
  And now robbers get into the act
  PCB to examine Dastur plan
  Attack on church condemned
  Associate philosophy with daily life
  Chain snatcher nabbed
  Forum to issue warrant
  In Brief -- Chandigarh
  300 more beds will be added to GMC's OPD
  Members protest PFA functioning
  Cancer easy to treat among kids
  Politicians' role in religion regretted
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  Blood donation camp
  BJP education agenda "deplorable"
  Villagers' hunger strike enters 17th day
  Dissolution of MC sought
  Beauty pageant
  Fake registration racket flourishing
  Plan to grow more fruits in lower HP
  CM lauds message of Vivekananda
  Block-level BJP meetings
  Quota likely for sportsmen in HP
  Free diesel to expedite draining of rain water
  Supply of poor quality ration in HP?
  Anti-intoxicants drive
  IGMC doctors fulfill man's desire to become a woman
  Harassed by in-laws, teacher seeks justice
  Chartered Accountant booked for cheating
  Post-mortem method resented
  Panipat leads in small savings
  Doctors to go on MCL tomorrow
  Chandigarh Headlines
  PUDA allots land to 3 private builders
  Wildlife Bureau soon
  Duo wins back broken hearts
  Cop snatches bag, caught by Major
  Sanskrit, housekeeping do not find favour
  Paddy procurement in Patiala in full swing
  Licences of five arhtiyas suspended
  Need to supplement farming stressed
  PM calls meeting of panel on Birth of Khalsa celebrations
  Police rescue 2 kidnapped girls
  Kuldip Singh should step down Maloya
  Tohra's election a shift from Punjabiat to Sikh identity
  Badal has made secret pact with BSP
  "Outsiders" upset diehard Congress ticket-seekers
  Court dismisses plea of ousted ICHR member challenges
  Millennium bug bites Capital's educationists
  Asha to sing PM's poems
  Seabird evacuees reject rehabilitation funds
  Save Cubbon Park campaign
  Seven year RI for bank employee