Friday, August 18, 2000, Chandigarh, India

3 Pak troops shot dead
 Attack on forward post in Naushehra
JAMMU, Aug 17 — Indian troops foiled a major Pakistani plan to capture a post in Naushehra sector in Rajouri district, killing three Pakistani soldiers. A Defence Ministry spokesman said here today that a group of Pakistani soldiers intruded into the Indian territory and attempted to capture a forward post in Kalsian area of Naushehra.

2 Hizb men surrender at Rajouri
JAMMU, Aug 17 — The Hizbul Mujahideen received a setback when two of its top activists surrendered before security forces at Rajouri today.

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Most of sub’s crew feared dead
MOSCOW, Aug 17 — As rescue efforts intensified to salvage the crippled Russian submarine lying at the sea-bed for the past six days, reports suggested that its captain and 60 of the 116 seamen are feared dead.

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Mr Mahendra Pal Chaudhry, deposed Prime Minister of Fiji, is escorted by the Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Babu Parmanand, in the convocation procession before an honorary doctorate was conferred on him in Rohtak on Thursday.
Mr Mahendra Pal Chaudhry, deposed Prime Minister of Fiji, is escorted by the Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Babu Parmanand, in the convocation procession before an honorary doctorate was conferred on him in Rohtak on Thursday.— Photo by Karam Singh
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  India must back us: Chaudhry
Aug 17 — Bahujamalpur (Rohtak) — There was an air of happiness all around as the ‘son of the soil’, the ‘deposed’ Fijian Prime Minister, Mr Mahendra Pal Chaudhry, paid his first-ever visit to his ancestoral village here today.

IAF man held for church blasts
BANGALORE, Aug 17 — The police has arrested an Indian Air Force officer and two other members of a little-known sect, Deendar Anjuman, blamed for the recent bomb blasts in churches in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
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Kumaramangalam still critical
NEW DELHI, Aug 17 — The condition of Union Power Minister, Mr P.R. Kumaramangalam, continued to be critical today with multiple organ failure and unstable blood pressure and he remained on life support systems, doctors attending him at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said.

Statue desecration rocks HP House
SHIMLA, Aug 17 — The issue of desecration of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Hamirpur rocked the Himachal Assembly on the opening day of the monsoon session here today.

Bibi’s counsel submits reply
AMRITSAR, Aug 17 — Counsel for the SGPC President, Bibi Jagir Kaur, contended before the three-member Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission here today that it had no jurisdiction to try the petition against her for abuse of power and misuse of gurdwara funds.

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