OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Friday,October 3, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 32 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International Delhi Sport No rhythm, all blues Metro Rail: The Real rally, Man U for Halle Berry as dream gets bigger, upset in Champions marriage breaks up the city’s on a roll League matches Page 12 Page 2 Page 22 WIN WITH THE TIMES AFP PW conducted blast dry run in Chhattisgarh 45 days ago CCD meets Established 1838 Reuters Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. today, oil is I do not want the peace that the key issue passeth understanding. Mines planted I want the understanding By Sanjay Dutta which bringeth peace. TIMES NEWS NETWORK — Helen Keller New Delhi: Damned if it 3 months ago does, damned if it doesn’t. That is the predicament for By B V S Bhaskar the blast was carried out in the Cabinet Committee on TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chhattisgarh, 45 days ago. Disinvestment (CCD), when The real strike was carried it meets on Friday to ponder Khammam/Hyderabad: A Shaarod Shubbechha out by members of the Peo- over the Supreme Court judg- day after the abortive assas- Durga Puja festivities symbolise the ple’s War’s military wing, ment asking the government sination bid on Andhra victory of good over evil. The festival the Central Military Com- to seek lawmakers’ nod be- Pradesh chief minister N marks the slaying of demon mission (CMC). fore selling the two oil PSUs, Chandrababu Naidu in ‘Mahishasura’ by Durga - the mother The trial was conducted HPCL and BPCL. Tirupati, it has come to light goddess. Durga idols are installed at Light decorations featuring Harry Potter on in the presence of PW boss On the one hand, the disin- giant pandals and worshipped with that the mines were laid half display outside a Durga puja pandal in Muppala Laxmana Rao alias vestment ministry under chanting of mantras and blowing of a foot inside an embank- Kolkata on Wednesday. Ganapathi and other central Arun Shourie — and to that conches. The puja ends with ment built for the Tirumala committee members at a extent, the Vajpayee govern- Vijaydashmi when the idols are taken shrine authorities three for visarjan, or immersion. training camp in Dantewada ment itself — would like to months ago. send a signal that it means Anti-Bush T-shirt is This is the reason why the district in Chhattisgarh. A security personnel, who con- recce of the Tirumala ghat business when it comes to NEWS DIGEST road was done nine months privatisation. fine, rules US court ducted a regular search op- eration, failed to detect the ago, the sources added. On the other hand, those in Detroit (US): A high school student has the directional mines. A PW source said top nax- the business of politics, such as oil minister Ram Naik, right to wear a T-shirt to school with the face The state government on alite leaders Patel Sudhakar Reddy, Satyam, Sakhamuri would prefer caution as busi- of US president George W Bush and the Thursday said it had set a Appa Rao and eight others ness and politics could make words ‘‘international terrorist’’ on the front, special team to probe the se- were assigned the task of a disastrous cocktail for a a federal judge has ruled. curity lapse. Home minister planning the ambush. And a ruling party that has to seek ‘‘There is no evidence that the T-shirt cre- Devender Goud said the PW special team of the People’s people’s mandate in four key ated any disturbance or disruption,’’ US dis- planted 17 claymore mines Guerrilla Army (PGA) was states within a few months. trict judge Patrick J Duggan said in the rul- — nine exploded — on a re- taining wall. They were trig- set up for the operation. This makes one thing cer- ing released on Wednesday. Three places were short- tain. The CCD is unlikely to The American Civil Liberties Union gered from about 100 m. Sources say a dry run to listed for the strike: Hyder- STILL SHAKEN: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu toe the disinvestment min- (ACLU) of Michigan had sued the Dearborn abad, Bhadrachalam and heads for the airport in Tirupati on Thursday. istry’s line of challenging the School District on behalf of the student, Tirupati, where Naidu is an court verdict. Though the Bretton Barber. Six detained annual visitor. After initial suggestion has the backing of Barber was 16 when he wore the T-shirt on recces, the Bhadrachalam ‘‘The hit was so accurate, had the law ministry,the political Hyderabad: The police a day he was scheduled to present a ‘‘compare option was dropped. The PW fallout of such a move is be- on Thursday picked up it been some other car (not a and contrast’’ essay in English class. Barber then dropped Hyderabad ing seen too hot for the gov- RSS abandons Joshi: The RSS six civil rights activists has asserted that it never supported had chosen to compare Bush to former Iraqi too, because it felt Naidu’s bullet proof one) things would ernment. The Opposition from the temple town of Union HRD minister M M Joshi’s leader Saddam Hussein. security system was strong noise against the privatisa- Tirupati. Three of them have been different today... resignation. In a lead piece on their Following this, an assistant principal there. Another reason was tion of the oil companies has are activists of the AP website, Sangh chief Sudarshan has had ordered Barber in February to the possibility of collateral been muted. But challenging Civil Liberties Commit- ‘‘The blessings of Lord overturned all rumours to the con- conceal the anti-Bush message or go damage to ordinary people. the court verdict would be in- tee. Two others belong trary saying they were always non- home. Dearborn High said it worried Probe looks at loopholes: P8 Venkateswara saved the chief terpreted as the ruling coali- to Rayalaseema Praja committal over the issue. P7 about inflaming passions at the suburban Edit: The Forgotten Wars tion’s lack of respect for the Samithi. PTI minister” — a security officer Secretive tehelka probe: The Detroit school, where a majority of students Dubyaman: P12 judiciary,putting it on the de- examination of the tehelka tapes by are Arab-American. AP fensive at the hustings. a foreign forensic expert is shrouded in mystery with the commission of inquiry refusing to divulge the name J M Coetzee of the expert. Tehelka says the ex- Pak targets Al-Qaida, 12 killed pert has said the tapes examined so far are doctored without once asking World warming up wins Nobel Islamabad: Pakistani troops five kms of the border in mation that several Al-Qaida for the recording equipment. P6 killed at least 12 Al-Qaida sus- South Waziristan tribal men were hiding there. Pak- pects and captured 10 others agency. The captured mili- istan has deployed some for literature in a major offensive launched tants, mostly foreigners, were 60,000 troops along its border Stockholm: South African on Thursday against the ter- paraded blindfolded with with Afghanistan to check to climate change writer ror network holed in a rugged hands tied behind their backs the movement of Taliban and John tribal region bordering in front of journalists from suspected Al-Qaida militants. Afghanistan. the foreign media who were “We believe that some Al- By Chandrika Mago Effects of GLOBAL WARMING Maxwell TIMES NEWS NETWORK Coetzee According to Maj Gen taken by the Army to the Qaida men have taken shelter won the Ameer Faisal, about 12 Al- scene of the operation. in South Waziristan tribal indiatimes.com POLL New Delhi: Could that musty smell in Mt. 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