CTBT - Clinton urges Senators to put off vote
With defeat staring him to get the Senate ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), President Bill Clinton has called upon Senators to postpone a vote taking.

India caucus hails waiver authority move
US Congressman and co-chairman of the House Caucus on India Gary Ackerman has welcomed the waiver authority on various kinds of sanctions given to President Bill Clinton.

Memo suggests CIA role in US scribe's murder in Chile
The Central Intelligence Agency may have played a role in the execution of an American during the military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Chile in 1973, a US State Department document declassified on Friday said.

  Quicktakes
  Housemaid jumps to death
  MSRTC fares to go up
  High Court judge proposes reforms in Family Courts Act
  Major reshuffle in police force
  Mumbai Scan
  High Court allows resort on Goa beach
  Fake SPG officer ends up in jail after a 3-day indulgence
  Population control policy is faulty, claim experts
  Postal ballots recovered from dy tehsildar's residence
  British press calls it a victory for regional parties
  `Nail parade' leaves J-K votes invalid
  Less deaths but more outrage, Gaisal loses out to Paddington
  Scientists should develop core competence, asserts Kalam
  Y2K problems - Aircraft chart out new routes
  Inspector missing
  Armyman, father escape fourth militant attack
  At Delhi's international airport, touts care two hoots for cops
  Three-point plan for E Timor - Interfet
  At A Glance
  Suspect in US Embassy bombing held
  LTTE starts campaign against death penalty