Word: delhi
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...Vegas on Dec. 24 for a round-the-world trip. Rather than stuff passengers into a tour bus to take them to the Taj Mahal, INTRAV has chartered a jet that will get them to the palace in the early morning and back to a four-star hotel in Delhi in time for lunch. The 18-day, hassle-free millennium package costs $75,000. Who's buying? "The percentage of travelers who are millionaires is staggering," says David M. Weber, managing director of two-year-old R. Crusoe & Son. His company has sold all 80 places on one millennium junket...
...Thursday as the Pakistan-backed guerrilla forces inside Indian territory delivered their verdict on the withdrawal promised to President Clinton last Sunday by launching fierce counterattacks against Indian troops. "Feelings are running very high in Pakistan over what many perceive as a sell-out over Kashmir," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "But the U.S. won?t accept Nawaz's going back on his word, and he?ll lose authority as prime minister if he can?t rein in the military, so this is going to be the biggest test of his political career...
...Delhi Darbar, a Holyoke Street eatery popular among students, closed on November 15 because of a lack of business. Another risky venture, a Tibetan restaurant, has since taken its place...
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...talks on Saturday. And it?s not just their triumph in the all-important cricket encounter that?s got India approaching those talks with a measure of confidence. "Pakistan is in a bit of a bind now that the U.S. is putting on pressure for talks," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "It had hoped to provoke India into escalating the conflict in order to bring it up at the United Nations again, but India has refused to be drawn in to a wider conflict. Pakistan has found no international support for their action, and the West has made...