ISI-Osama deal on `spectacular terrorist strikes' in India
The Saudi millionaire militant Osama bin Laden and Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence have struck a deal under which the so-called mujaheddin will carry out ``spectacular terrorist strikes'' in the heart of India in return for the ISI's support.



Stripped of NSG cover, VIPs to lose palatial houses too
After being divested of the the National Security Guards cover, a dozen-odd VIPs are set to lose their palatial government accommodation as well.



In Orissa, relief work takes a vacation
The speck on the map of coastal Orissa dissolves into a sylvan villageas we reach Mallipura. Patches of brilliant neon-green paddy, low clouds, nearby, an oval lake bordered with bottle green algae.



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