Wednesday, March 22, 2000, Chandigarh, India

Clinton’s mantra for peace
Respect LoC: Clinton
NEW DELHI, March 21 — The US President, Mr Bill Clinton, today made it clear that he would not mediate between India and Pakistan unless asked to do, but advocated four basic principles that could restore immediate peace between the two neighbours.

(Below) The Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and the US President Bill Clinton exchange the Vision 2000 agreement documents in New Delhi on Tuesday.
— Photo by Sondeep Shankar
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Carnage sparks off protests
Calls for bandh; Badal reaches Srinagar
CHATTI SINGHPORA (Anantnag), March 21 — The first attack of its kind on Sikh community, that left 35 persons dead, in the over decade-long militancy in Kashmir, left the community shaken as hundreds of them converged at the village today.

Curfew imposed in Jammu
JAMMU, March 21 — Indefinite curfew restrictions were imposed in parts of Jammu city today. Tension gripped the city and its adjoining areas when reports regarding the killing of 35 Sikhs reached here. People of various communities and political parties took out a procession in protest against the carnage. Transport services on the inter-district and inter-state routes were suspended.

Lashkar, Hizbul ‘behind’ killings

Shelling on Indian positions

Clinton, PM express outrage
NEW DELHI, March 21 — The massacre of 35 persons at Chatti Singpora in the Kashmir valley last night had its echo in talks between US President, Bill Clinton and the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee today with both leaders expressing outrage over the incident.
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ANANDPUR SAHIB, March 21 — Bowing to the directions of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC), Bibi Jagir Kaur, President, SGPC, stayed away from the political conference organised by the Shiromani Akali Dal here yesterday. Earlier, she had announced that “come what may I shall participate in the Hola Mohalla celebrations”.


Giani Puran Singh, Jathedar of Akal Takht, leads the procession on the concluding day of Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib on Tuesday.
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