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TOP REPORTS
US stand encouraged Pakistan: Advani
The home minister told the Lok Sabha that India would have to fight terrorism on its own.

Parliament resolves to fight terror
Both Houses adopted a resolution condemning Tuesday's attack near Jammu.

Attack will not go unanswered: Omar
The minister of state for external affairs flayed the international community for not understanding India's security concerns.

Two killed in Pakistan shelling
A boy, Rinkoo Kumar, died in a forward village in Kanachek, while Rampal, who was injured on Thursday at Arnia, succumbed in a hospital.

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The leader of the opposition said if the government has any strategy, it should disclose it.

Congress with Centre on J&K
Party leader Pranab Mukherjee, however, advised ministers to stop expressing their personal views, advocating war as the only solution to tackle Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.

Angry Abdullah leaves Parliament in a huff
The Jammu & Kashmir chief minister said that if he had been in government, he would have done what the US did in Afghanistan.

Pakistan wants EU to help defuse tension
But Islamabad insisted that it would continue to uphold its `principled' stand on Kashmir and highlight the issue at all fora.

GUEST COLUMN
Kaluchak and after
'Persisting weaknesses in our internal security infrastructure and the lack of a counter proxy war policy through covert actions continue to be our weak points in dealing with Pakistan's proxy war,' says B Raman.

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Men in Uniform
Images from Agra of the joint exercises of Indian Army paratroopers and United States Special Airborne Forces.

DIARY
Just like that
All it took was a miraculous solution to a couple of niggling problem to make Ratna Rajaiah a believer in Life's little miracles.

BLACKWILL CONTROVERSY
US probing 'low morale' in embassy in Delhi
A 'Washington Post' report had said that US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill was unpopular among his staff.

'Controversy will harm Indo-US ties'
'Ambassador Blackwill is our ambassador to India. He remains our ambassador to India.' state department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

OTHER REPORTS
Pearl's body may have been found
With clues from three suspects, Pakistani authorities have come across a torso with the head lying beside it at a grave near Karachi.

Explosion in Srinagar, 2 killed
Sixteen people were injured in the explosion, which occurred outside the fire brigade headquarters near the secretariat.

Body of missing cop found with stab wounds
The body of Parvatsinh Kesaji, attached to the Vejalpur police station, was found in Juhuapura locality of Sarkhej town in Ahmedabad (rural) district on Friday.

NSCN (I-M) demands 'employee tax' in Manipur
Government employees in Manipur have been served notices, which specify the amount due from them.

Bihar officials busy with 'marriage duty'
Policemen, ministers and the babus have only one job now: make sure that Laloo's second daughter is wedded off in style!

BUSINESS
Gujarat economy is fine: Modi
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi rejected reports that the recent violence have adversely affected the state's economy.

A-I to resume flights to Chicago, Frankfurt
Air-India will start its long-awaited direct flights to these cities within the next two months.

CRICKET
Result of fourth Test rankles Kumble
The leg-spinner felt India could have got a favourable result had he been able to scalp the wicket of Hooper.

Amit Mishra has Sri Lanka 'A' in a twirl
The 19-year-old Haryana leggie bagged five of the last six Sri Lanka 'A' wickets to give India 'A' a 115-run lead on day 2 in the first unofficial Test.

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MOVIES
No chills, no thrills
This 'Danger' falls flat.

I give you, Vivek Oberoi!
Suresh Oberoi on his talented son.

'Hrithik made Vivek work on his physique'
Yashodhra Oberoi on her special child.

NET GUIDE
A patent that owns humans?
A patent watchdog group discovers that the University of Missouri holds a US patent not only on cloning technology, but on any product of the process - including, potentially, a human being.

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