PM clears Paswan's `free phone' package
Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday allowed communications minister Ram Vilas Paswan's free phone largesse to telecom employees with certain eyewash changes.

IDBI launches first bank branch in Orissa
The first bank branch of the private sector Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was launched in Orissa on Saturday. The bank offers a wide range of innovative products.

Emergency shelters for East Timor
In the weeks following East Timor's vote for independence from Indonesia on August 30, 1999, this small territory was besieged by violence and destruction. Up to 60% of the county's population fled their homes.


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